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Rich Cook has joined the West Michigan Science and Technology Initiative as venture center director.

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Jeffrey Corcoran has been named director of the new SUNY Fredonia High Technology Incubator in Dunkirk, N.Y.

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Anna Ehnmark was appointed executive director of the Technology Alliance Group for Northwest Washington.

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John Gee was named president and CEO of the Information Technology Association of Wisconsin.

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Donna Kent resigned as president and CEO of the Arizona Technology Council to accept a position with Televerde, a marketing service solutions provider based in Tempe.

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Lisa Kuuttila is the first CEO of Michigan State University Technologies, a business organization to train MSU students in the commercialization of science and technology.

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Enterprise Florida selected Louis Laubscher to replace Howard Haug as its new senior vice president and COO.

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Connecticut Innovations has named John Mengacci interim president while it conducts a broad search to fill the position permanently.

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Richard Nelson has been appointed chairman and CEO of the Council of Regional Information Technology Associations.

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Gov. Eliot Spitzer has named Avi Schick and David Emil, respectively, as chairman and president of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation.

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Gov. Chet Culver has appointed Mike Tramontina as director of the Iowa Department of Economic Development.

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John Wasilisin was named deputy executive director of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation.