

Board members share their global finance, executive, life sciences and academic experience to guide our activities. Better yet, they volunteer their time. Find out who these leaders are.
*Denotes executive committee member
Dr. Rebecca Alexander, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Wake Forest University
Mr. Peyton Anderson, MBA
CEO
Affinergy Inc.
Dr. Anthony (Tony) Atala, M.D.
Director, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine; Professor and Chair Department of Urology
Wake Forest Baptist Health
Mr. John L. Atkins III, FAIA*
Chairman and CEO
O'Brien/Atkins Associates PA
Dr. Michelle Berrey, M.D.*
Mr. George B. Briggs
Executive Director
The North Carolina Arboretum
Mr. Santo (Sandy) Costa*
Former President, CEO & Vice-Chairman
Quintiles
Mr. James (Jim) Datin
President and CEO
BioAgilytix Labs Inc.
Mr. Douglas Edgeton*
Assistant Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
President and CEO
North Carolina Biotechnology Center
Mr. Neal Fowler
CEO
Liquidia Technologies Inc.
Ms. Meredith Friga*
Partner
Ernst & Young LLP
Ms. Kelly Fuller
President
NC Chamber Foundation
Mr. Frank Grainger
President
Fair Products Inc.
Mr. Peter Hans
President
North Carolina Community College System
Mr. Brent Harpham, MBA
Executive Director
North Carolina Community College System
BioNetwork Capstone Center
Mr. William (Bill) Hawkins III
Senior Advisor
EW Healthcare Partners
Dr. Undi Hoffler, Ph.D.
Director, Research Compliance & Technology Transfer
North Carolina Central University
Dr. Daniel (Dan) Janies, Ph.D.
Director
Bioinformatics Research Center
UNC Charlotte
Dr. Moise Khayrallah, Ph.D.
CEO
Emergo Therapeutics Inc.
Dr. Mary Klotman, M.D.
Chairwoman
Duke University School of Medicine
Ms. Karen LeVert
CEO and Co-Founder
Ag TechInventures LLC
Dr. Steven A. Lommel*
William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor
Associate Dean for Research
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Director of NC Agricultural Research Service
North Carolina State University
Dr. Terry Magnuson, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor, Research and Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Genetics
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mr. Merrill Mason*
Partner
Smith Anderson
Ms. Sheila Mikhail
Founder and CEO
Asklepios Biopharmaceutical, Inc
Mr. Adam Monroe
CEO
Panaceutics Inc.
Dr. Hernán A. Navarro
Director
BRITE
Mr. Arthur M. Pappas*
Managing Partner
Pappas Capital
Ms. Joy Parr Drach*
President & CEO
Advanced Animal Diagnostics Inc.
Mr. John C. Rabby*
Chairman
Commercial Director, AgBiome Innovations
AgBiome Inc.
Secretary Machelle Baker Sanders
Secretary, Department of Commerce
State of North Carolina
Dr. Jose (Zito) Sartarelli, Ph.D.
Chancellor
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Mr. Thomas A. Stith, III
President
NC Community College System
Mr. Michael Tanner
Director
NOAA Center for Weather and Climate
Mr. Benjamin P. Teague
Vice President, Strategic Development
Biltmore Farms
Mr. Steve Troxler
Commissioner
North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Dr. Michael Van Scott
Interim Vice-Chancellor and Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
East Carolina University
Dr. Bhaskar R. Venepalli, Ph.D., MBA, FRSC
President and CEO
CiVentiChem
Dr. Thomas A. Walker, Jr.
President
Wayne Community College
Dr. R. Sanders Williams, MD
Interim Vice-President for Research and Innovation
Duke University
Mr. Brad Wilson
Executive in Residence, Wake Forest University
CEO Emeritus, Blue Cross Blue Shield NC
Dr. Benjamin R. Yerxa, Ph.D.
CEO
Foundation Fighting Blindness
Mr. John McTyeire
Interim Counsel and Assistant Secretary
Parker, Poe, Adams and Bernstein L.L.P.
Mr. William Pappas
Counsel and Assistant Secretary
Parker, Poe, Adams and Bernstein L.L.P.
Ms. Paltine Braxton
Senior Executive Assistant to Doug Edgeton
North Carolina Biotechnology Center