NCBiotech Board of Directors

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
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Economic and Community Engagement 
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