Chair: Mark Burrows, Economic Development Director, Transylvania County, Brevard
Vice-Chair: Robert K. McMahan, Jr, Ph.D., Dean and Professor of Engineering, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee
- Michael A. Almond, Director, Appalachian Regional Development Institute, Piney Creek
- Jake Blood, Executive Director, Yancey County Economic Development Commission, Burnsville
- George Briggs, Executive Director, The North Carolina Arboretum, Asheville
- Steven M. Casey, MBA, Vice President, Statewide Operations, North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Research Triangle Park
- John (Jack) F.A.V. Cecil, President, Biltmore Farms, Asheville
- Socrates Choumbakos, Venture Development Group, Weaverville
- Jason Clement, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Chemistry, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee
- Tom Covington, NewFound Mountain Associates, Leicester
- Jan Davis, Asheville City Council, Asheville
- Scott Hamilton, President & CEO, AdvantageWest North Carolina, Fletcher
- Jeffrey M. Hinshaw, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Extenstion Specialist, NC State University, Fletcher
- Jonathon Lawrie, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, Western Carolina University, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee
- Steve Lockett, MBA, Statewide Operations Regional Programs Manager, North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Asheville
- Cheryl S. McMurry, Director, Bent Creek Institute, Asheville
- Brian D. Moore, Chief Strategic Planning Officer, Mission Hospital, 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
- Steven Seagle, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Biology, Appalachian State University, Boone
- Benjamin Teague, Senior Vice President for Economic Development, Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, Asheville