AURP Leadership

AURP Staff

Executive

Eileen Walker, Chief Executive Officer

Events

Victoria Palmer, Events Manager

Membership and Marketing

Chelsea Simpson, Membership and Marketing Manager

2011-2012 Officers & Board of Directors

Officers and Executive Committee

Kevin T. Byrne, MBA, President
Chief Operating Officer, The University Financing Foundation, Inc.

Harold E. Strong, Jr., Immediate Past President
Director of Discovery Park and Technology Transfer, University of North Texas

David E. Baker, 1st Vice President
Executive Director, University Technology Park at IIT

Curt M. Hess, RPA, Treasurer
Senior Vice President Real Estate Operations, The University City Science Center

Robert T. Geolas, Secretary
President & Chief Executive Officer, Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina

Eileen Walker, MBA, Chief Executive Officer
Association of University Research Parks

Board of Directors

Peter T. Bianco
President, Bioscience Business Development, LLC

Rod Casto, Ph.D.
Former Chief Executive Officer, University of South Florida Research Foundation
Associate Vice President for Research and Innovation, University of South Florida

Jim Currie
Program Director, BioHio Research Park, Ohio State University, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARCD)

Reynold Gonzalez
Director of Development and Technology Transfer, Instituto de Innovacion y Transferencia de Tecnologia

Tony Grindberg
Executive Director, North Dakota State University Research & Technology Park

Marcia B. Mellitz, MBA
Vice President for Program Development, BioSTL

Joe Meredith, Ph.D.
President, Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center (CRC)

Gregory S. Napier, RLA
Assistant Director of Real Estate and Physical Facilities, Purdue Research Foundation

Jane M. Shaab
Assistant Vice President, Economic Development, University of Maryland, Baltimore;
Senior Vice President, University of Maryland BioPark

Carol A. Stewart
Manager, David Johnston Research + Technology Park, University of Waterloo