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Monday, May 2, 2005

Randa Hayes is the new director of the business development and trade division of the Missouri Department of Economic Development.

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Monday, May 2, 2005

The new Vice President for Business Ventures at the Mississippi Technology Alliance is Jim Lowery.

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People

Monday, May 2, 2005

TechNet named Lezlee Westine, White House Director of Public Liaison, to serve as its new director.

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Job Corner: ITIF Seeks IT Policy Analyst

Monday, July 17, 2006

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), a leading IT and innovation policy think tank, is seeking an IT policy analyst. Candidates should have excellent research and writing skills; knowledge of IT, telecommunications and Internet policy; at least two years of experience with these policy issues; a bachelors degree; and, ideally, a masters degree. Direct resumes to mail@innovationpolicy.org.

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Monday, July 17, 2006

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has appointed former Kansas Gov. John Carlin to the Kansas Bioscience Authority.



Robert Cresanti has been appointed to serve as chief privacy officer for the Department of Commerce, concurrent with his responsibilities as under secretary for technology.



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Monday, July 17, 2006

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has appointed former Kansas Gov. John Carlin to the Kansas Bioscience Authority.

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Monday, July 17, 2006

Robert Cresanti has been appointed to serve as chief privacy officer for the Department of Commerce, concurrent with his responsibilities as under secretary for technology.

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Monday, July 17, 2006

Lew Ebert announced he is leaving the Kansas Chamber of Commerce to become president and CEO of North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry.

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Monday, July 17, 2006

Science Foundation Arizona, a new nonprofit organization, has named Bill Harris as its director.

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Monday, July 17, 2006

The Greater Phoenix Economic Council recently hired Jim Hudson as vice president of strategy.

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People

Monday, July 17, 2006

Louisiana State University appointed Brooks Keel as its new vice chancellor for research and economic development.

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Monday, July 17, 2006

The Open Technology Business Center, a Beaverton, Ore.-based incubator, has named Steve Morris as its third executive director.

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Monday, July 17, 2006

Steven Preston was sworn in July 10 as administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, succeeding Hector Barreto.

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Monday, July 17, 2006

Mark Wdowik was named vice president of technology transfer for the Colorado State University Research Foundation.

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Monday, July 17, 2006

Ned Weinshenker has been appointed to a restructured position as vice president for strategic ventures and economic development at Utah State University.

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Correction

Monday, July 17, 2006

In last week's Useful Stats article, we incorrectly reported that South Dakota ranked last among states experiencing a public high school graduation rate less than the national average for the 2002-03 school year; in fact, the state ranked 19th. South Carolina had the lowest graduation rate for that year. We regret the error.

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SSTI Job Corner

Monday, July 24, 2006

The six position opportunities described below were posted on the SSTI Job Corner over the last week. For more information, including complete details on responsibilities, qualifications and application deadlines (when available), visit http://www.ssti.org/posting.htm.



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Monday, July 24, 2006

Trisha Batra was named executive director of Absolutely! Aberdeen, an economic development group serving the Aberdeen, S.D., area.



Dr. Alan Brown was named executive director of the Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center, a newly formed economic development initiative.



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Monday, July 24, 2006

Trisha Batra was named executive director of Absolutely! Aberdeen, an economic development group serving the Aberdeen, S.D., area.

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People

Monday, July 24, 2006

Dr. Alan Brown was named executive director of the Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center, a newly formed economic development initiative.

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Monday, July 24, 2006

Barbara Fleisner is the new vice president of economic development for the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. She succeeds Paul Ehrfurth, who retired in June.

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Monday, July 24, 2006

As part of plans to build a biotechnology campus in Kannapolis, N.C., Clyde Higgs has been hired to oversee a $100 million venture capital fund that will serve to attract biotech companies and other corporate tenants.

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Monday, July 24, 2006

Paul Hiller has stepped down as CEO of the Riverside, Calif.-based Inland Empire Economic Partnership to be the executive director of the Boise Valley Economic Partnership.

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Monday, July 24, 2006

GSP Consulting, a full-service government and consulting firm, has added Dr. Jerry Paytas to its newly established Economic Architecture practice as director of research.

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Monday, July 24, 2006

Colorado State University and the Northern Colorado Economic Development Corp. together have hired Martin Shields as a new regional economist.

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