NCBiotech Board of Directors
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.
Professor of Chemistry
Associate Dean for Research and Community Engagement
Director of Wake Downtown
Wake Downtown
Mr. Peyton Anderson, M.B.A.
Secretary
CEO
Affinergy, Inc
Dr. Anthony (Tony) Atala, M.D.
Director of Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Professor and Chair of Department of Urology
Wake Forest School of Medicine
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*
Board Chair
Former President and CEO
Quintiles
Smith Anderson Law
Mr. James (Jim) Datin
President and CEO
BioAgilytix Labs Inc.
Mr. Douglas Edgeton*
Assistant Secretary
President and CEO
North Carolina Biotechnology Center
Mr. Neal Fowler
CEO
Liquidia Technologies, Inc.
Ms. Meredith Friga*
Board Vice Chair and Treasurer
Partner
Ernst & Young LLP (EY)
Ms. Kelly Fuller
President
NC Chamber Foundation
Dr. Penny Gordon-Larsen, Ph.D.
Carla Smith Chamblee Distinguished Professor of Global Nutrition
Interim Vice Chancellor for Research
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mr. Frank Grainger
President
Fair Products, Inc.
Mr. William (Bill) Hawkins III
Senior Advisor
Immucor, Inc.
Dr. Undi Hoffler, Ph.D.
Director, Research Compliance & Technology Transfer
North Carolina Central University
Dr. Daniel (Dan) Janies, Ph.D.
Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor of Bioinformatics and Genomics
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Dr. Moise Khayrallah, Ph.D.
CEO
Emergo Therapeutics Inc.
Dr. Mary Klotman, M.D.
Dean
Duke University Medical Center
Ms. Karen LeVert*
Venture Partner
Pappas Capital, LLC
Dr. Jennifer Lodge, Ph.D.
Vice President for Research and Innovation
Duke University
Dr. Steven Lommel*
William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor
Associate Dean for Research
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Director of the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service
North Carolina State University
Mr. Merrill Mason*
Partner
Smith Anderson Law
Ms. Sheila Mikhail
Founder and CEO
Asklepios Biopharmaceutical, Inc
Mr. Adam Monroe
CEO
Panaceutics Nutrition, Inc
Dr. Hernán Navarro
Director
BRITE
North Carolina Central University
Mr. Arthur M. (Art) Pappas*
Managing Partner
Pappas Ventures
Pappas Capital LLC
Ms. Joy Parr Drach*
President and CEO
Advanced Animal Diagnostics Inc.
Dr. Sharon Paynter
Acting Chief Research and Engagement Officer
East Carolina University
Mr. John Rabby*
Former Commercial Director
AgBiome Board Member
Secretary Machelle Baker Sanders
Secretary, Department of Commerce
State of North Carolina
Dr. Zito Sartarelli, Ph.D.
Retired
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Mr. Mike Tanner
Former Director
NOAA Center for Weather and Climate
Mr. Ben Teague
Vice President of Strategic Development
Biltmore Farms
Mr. Steve Troxler
Commissioner, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
State of North Carolina
Dr. Bhaskar Venepalli, Ph.D., M.B.A., FRSC
President and CEO
CiVentiChem
Dr. Thomas Walker
President
Wayne Community College
Mr. Brad Wilson
Founder
Wilson Strategic Consulting, LLC
Dr. Ben Yerxa, Ph.D.
CEO
The Foundation Fighting Blindness
Board Staff:
Mr. John McTyeire
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