NCBiotech Board of Directors

Rebecca Alexander, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
Associate Dean for Research and Community Engagement
Director of Wake Downtown 
Wake Downtown

Peyton Anderson, M.B.A.
Secretary
Founder and CEO
Powered Research

Anthony (Tony) Atala, M.D.
Director of Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine

John L. Atkins III, FAIA*
Chairman and CEO
O'Brien Atkins Associates, PA

Michelle Berrey, M.D.*

Page Castrodale
Sr. Director of Government Affairs
Eli Lilly

Santo (Sandy) Costa*
Counsel
Smith Anderson Law

Jim Datin
Board Vice Chair and Treasurer
Operating Partner
GHO Capital

Douglas Edgeton*
Board Assistant Secretary
President and CEO
North Carolina Biotechnology Center

Garey Fox
Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
NC State University

Neal Fowler
CEO
Pathalys Pharma

Meredith Friga*
Board Chair 
Partner
Ernst & Young LLP (EY)

Penny Gordon-Larsen, Ph.D.
W.R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor
Vice Chancellor for Research
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Michelle Grainger
Executive Director
North Carolina SweetPotato Commission

William (Bill) Hawkins III
Senior Advisor, Corporate Director
EW Healthcare

Undi Hoffler, Ph.D.
Director, Research Compliance and Technology Transfer
North Carolina Central University

Daniel (Dan) Janies, Ph.D.
Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor of Bioinformatics and Genomics, College of Computing & Informatics
Co-Director, Computational Intelligence of Predict Health and Environmental Risk (CIPHER)
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Shaylah Nunn Jones, JD
Director, Public Affairs and Communications
Novo Nordisk 

Louis Judge
Sr. Director
NCInnovation, Inc.

Karen LeVert*
Co-founder, AgTechInventures
Venture Partner, Pappas Capital LLC 

Lee Lilley
Secretary
North Carolina Department of Commerce

Jennifer Lodge, Ph.D.
Vice President for Research and Innovation
Professor, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Duke University

Michelle Logan
Vice President
General Manager, Drug Product Division – North America
Thermo Fisher Scientific

John Loyack
Vice President of Economic Development
North Carolina College System

Merrill Mason*
Partner
Smith Anderson Law

Sheila Mikhail
Founder and CEO
Jurata Thin Film, Inc.

Adam Monroe
CEO
Zymtronix Inc.

Somnath Mukhopadhyay
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
North Carolina Central University

Art Pappas*
CEO & Managing Partner
Pappas Capital LLC

Joy Parr Drach*
President & CEO
Advanced Animal Diagnostics Inc.

Sharon Paynter, Ph.D.
Acting Chief Research and Engagement Officer 
East Carolina University

John Rabby*
Former President
AgBiome Innovations 

Marlene Sanders
Director, State Government Affairs and Policy
Merck & Co.

Blake Stevens, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President
Regional Market Director
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

Mike Tanner
Former Director
NOAA Center for Weather and Climate

Ben Teague
Vice President of Strategic Development
Biltmore Farms

Steve Troxler
Commissioner
North Carolina Dept. of Agriculture

Bhaskar Venepalli, Ph.D., MBA, FRSC
President and CEO
CiVentiChem

Aswani K. Volety
Chancellor
University of North Carolina Wilmington

Thomas Walker, Jr., Ed.D.
President 
Wayne Community College 

Brad Wilson
Founder
Wilson Strategic Consulting LLC

Board Staff

John McTyeire
Counsel and Assistant Secretary
Parker, Poe, Adams and Bernstein L.L.P.

Paltine Braxton
Senior Executive Assistant to Doug Edgeton
North Carolina Biotechnology Center