NCBiotech Board of Directors

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

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

John Atkins III, 
Chairman and CEO
O'Brien Atkins Associates, PA

Michelle Berrey, M.D.

Page Castrodale
Sr. Director of Government Affairs
Eli Lilly

James Datin
Operating Partner
GHO Capital

Joshua Diver
Partner
Smith Anderson

Victor Dzau, Ph.D.
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Medicine 
Chancellor Emeritus Professor of Pathology
Duke University

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 
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 to 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, III
Sr. Director of Piedmont Regional Innovation Network
NCInnovation, Inc.

Karen LeVert*
Founder
LeVert Ventures

Lee Lilley
Secretary, Department of Commerce
State of North Carolina

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

John Loyack
Vice President of Economic Development
North Carolina College System

Kimberley McAllister
Vice Provost, Research, Scholarly Inquiry & Creative Activity
Wake Forest University

Adam Monroe
CEO
Zymtronix

Somnath Mukhopadhyay, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
North Carolina Central University

Heidi Norman
Vice Chancellor for Strategic Partnership and Economic Development
NC A&T State University

Arthur Pappas
CEO & Managing Partner
Pappas Capital LLC

Joy Drach
President & CEO
Ad Astra Diagnostics Advanced Animal Diagnostics

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

Gustavo Pesquin
Chief Executive Officer
AskBio

John Rabby
Former President
Altaecore / Zymtronix Re, LLC

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

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

Mike Tanner
Former Director
NOAA Center for Weather and Climate

Benjamin Teague
Vice President of Strategic Development
Biltmore Farms, LLC

Steve Troxler
Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
State of North Carolina

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

Aswani K. Volety, PH.D.
Chancellor
University of North Carolina Wilmington

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

Krista Walton
Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation
NC State University

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