Chair: Rosemary DePaolo, Ph.D.(Chair), Chancellor, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington
Vice Chair: Wendell H. Murphy (Vice Chair), CEO, Murphy Family Ventures, Rose Hill
- Daniel G. Baden, Ph.D. (Dan), Director,University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington
- J.D. Brooks, Director, Farming and Forestry, Biofeuls Center of North Carolina, Oxford
- William K. Burke (Bill), Board Member, CFB Energy, LLC, Wilmington
- Michael G. Cain, President, Wilmington Investor Network, Wilmington, NC 28403
- Steven Casey (Steve), Vice President, Statewide Operations, North Carolina Biotechnology Center, RTP
- Terry M. Coffey, Ph.D., President, Murphy-Brown East, Warsaw
- Bruce Dawson, President, Infinomics, LLC, Wilmington
- Frederic N. Eshelman, Pharm.D. (Fred), President & CEO, PPD, Inc., Wilmington
- David G. Fussell, Sr., President, Duplin Winery, Rose Hill
- Eugene T. Haley (Gene), CEO, Wilmington Pharmaceuticals, Wilmington
- Harry Hart, Independent Farmer, Bolton
- Leonard D. Holmes, Ph.D. (Len), Director, Biotechnology Business & Training Center, University of North Carolina Pembroke, Pembroke
- Randall Johnson, Director, Southeastern Office, North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Wilmington, NC 28401
- Eric B. McKeithan, Ed.D., President, Cape Fear Community College, Wilmington, NC 28401
- Allen C. Meadors, Ph.D., Chancellor, University of North Carolina Pembroke, Chancellor's Office - Lumbee Hall, Pembroke
- Marvin K. Moss, Ph.D., Professor, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Center for Marine Science, Wilmington, NC
- Michelle G. Sabaoun, Biology Instructor, Brunswick Community College, Supply
- Scott Satterfield, CEO, Wilmington Industrial Development, Wilmington
- Jane Smith, Chair, North Carolina Southeast Regional Partnership, Lumberton
- H.L. Stephenson, III (Steve), Attorney, Ward & Smith, Greenville
- John Swope, Executive Director, Sampson County Economic Development Commission, Clinton
- Cindy L. Van Dover, Ph.D., Director, Duke University Marine Laboratory, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Beaufort
Ex-Officio Member: Mark W. Lanier, Assistant to the Chancellor and Assistant Secretary to the UNCW Board of Trustees, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington