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Virginia Bauer, former New Jersey commerce secretary, was sworn in as CEO and secretary of the New Jersey Commerce & Economic Growth Commission.

The Greater Phoenix Economic Council announced Barry Broome will become the new president & CEO beginning in February.

Michael DeAloia has been named tech czar for the City of Cleveland.

Marlo Jenkins will be the new managing director of TechTown, Wayne State University's research and technology park.

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Virginia Bauer, former New Jersey commerce secretary, was sworn in as CEO and secretary of the New Jersey Commerce & Economic Growth Commission.

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The Greater Phoenix Economic Council announced Barry Broome will become the new president & CEO beginning in February.

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Michael DeAloia has been named tech czar for the City of Cleveland.

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Marlo Jenkins will be the new managing director of TechTown, Wayne State University's research and technology park.

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The Board of Directors of BioCrossroads, Indiana's life sciences initiative, announced David Johnson would succeed Charles Schalliol as CEO.

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Real estate developer Robert Klein II was selected as chairman of California's stem cell oversight committee.

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John Merrill will serve as executive director for the Greensboro Center for Innovative Development, a joint millennium campus and research park between University of North Carolina Greensboro and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

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Eric Mittelstadt will become the new CEO of the National Council for Advanced Manufacturing. He replaces founder and current CEO, Leo Reddy.

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Wisconsin commerce secretary Cory Nettles is resigning his position and will join his old law firm as a partner.

SSTI Takes Holiday Break

For all intents and purposes, the SSTI offices will be closed from Dec. 24 - Jan. 3 (although some of us retain the right to stop back into the office for respite when either the in-laws, urchins or eggnog get to be a little much). Next week, SSTI will be switching to a new webhost and, while we do not anticipate any problems, e-mail service may be temporarily interrupted or unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Publication of SSTI's Weekly Digest and Funding Supplement will resume with the Jan. 10 issue.

The staff at SSTI hopes each of our readers is enjoying a wonderful holiday season!

North Dakota Gov. Includes $50M for Centers of Excellence in Budget Request

In an effort to increase the economic impact of the state's university-based research, Gov. John Hoeven has included $50 million in his 2005-07 budget request to create Centers of Excellence on each of the North Dakota 's college campuses.

First proposed by the governor during his state of the state address nearly one year ago, (see the SSTI Weekly Digest for Jan. 16, 2004), the centers are envisioned as hubs for education, research, training and job creation. Individual center activities would be focused in targeted sectors, such as technology, aerospace, value-added agriculture, energy, advanced manufacturing and tourism.