Chair: George Briggs, Executive Director, The North Carolina Arboretum, Asheville
Vice Chair: Mark Burrows (Vice-Chair), Economic Development Director, Transylvania County, Brevard
- Cynthia A. Atterholt, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Chemistry, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723
- Jake Blood, Executive Director, Yancey County Economic Development Commission, Burnsville
- Dale B. Carroll, President & CEO, AdvantageWest North Carolina, Fletcher
- Steven M. Casey, MBA, Vice President, Statewide Operations, North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Research Triangle Park
- John (Jack) F.A.V. Cecil, President, Biltmore Farms, One Town Square Boulevard, Asheville
- Socrates Choumbakos, Venture Development Group, Weaverville
- Mark B. Clasby, Executive Director, Haywood County, Economic Development Commission, Waynesville
- Jan Davis, Asheville City Council, Asheville
- Jeannine M. Davis, Ph.D., Associate Professor, North Carolina State University, College of Agriculture & Life Science, Fletcher
- Gregg A. Kormanik, Ph.D., Professor, Chief Research Officer, Biology Department, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville
- Keith E. Krumpe, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville
- Jonathon Lawrie, Ph.D., Manager, BioBusiness Center, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, Candler
- Richard J. Lutovsky, President & CEO, Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, Asheville
- Cheryl S. McMurry, Director, Western Office, North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Asheville
- Brian D. Moore, Chief Strategic Planning Officer, Mission St. Joseph’s Health Systems, Asheville
- Charles G. Moreland, Ph.D., Emeritus Vice Chancellor for Research, NC State University, Hendersonville
- Paul V. Phibbs, Ph.D., Emeritus Prof. of Microbiol & Immunol, East Carolina Univ. School of Medicine, Asheville, NC 28804
- Tom Ranney, Ph.D., Professor of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Mtn. Horticulture Crops & Research Center, Fletcher
- Jeffrey Schmitt, Ph.D., Director of Research, Bent Creek Institute, The North Carolina Arboretum, Asheville
- Alan Thornburg, Senior Policy Fellow, Institute for the Economy and the Future, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee