CED News

« The Entrepreneur and Software Development | Main | Congratulations to the Summer FastTrac TechVenture Graduates »

CED Announces New Additions to Board of Directors and Staff

CED announces thirteen (13) additions to their 2008-2009 board of directors. New board members consist of key investors, business professionals and university leaders from across the Triangle.

New additions to the board include:

• Greg Anglum, partner, Grant Thornton LLP
• Steven Burke, vice president of corporate affairs, North Carolina Biotechnology Center
• David Finch, president and CEO, ATCOM Business Telecom Solutions
• Vipin Garg, president and CEO, Tranzyme Inc.
• Brian Handly, senior vice president of sales, Microsoft Corporation
• Kevin Johnson, vice president of business development, Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina
• Karen LeVert, president and CEO, Southeast Tech Inventures Inc.
• Chris Lynch, attorney, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP
• Greg Owen, senior vice president, relationship manager, Wachovia
• John Paris, partner, Williams Mullen
• Jack Sheffield, managing director, Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown
• David Spitz, vice president, Channel Advisor
• Garheng Kong, partner, Intersouth Partners
• Ted Zoller, executive director, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Stephen Wiehe, president and CEO of SciQuest, Inc., will serve as CED's chair for 2008-2009. Wiehe succeeds Mary Musacchia as chair.

CED's 2008-2009 executive committee officers include Stephen Wiehe (chair), Kent Christison (secretary), Greg Anglum (treasurer), Michael Elliot (chair-elect), Mary Musacchia, Susan Acker-Walsh, Jason Caplain, John Fogg, Richard Harris, Chris Kroeger, Steve Nelson, and Anastasia Pucci.

Click here to view the complete list of CED's 2008-2009 board of directors (including new members and returning members).

CED also introduces Stephanie Dorko as the new director of development. Prior to joining CED, Dorko worked as a fundraiser on numerous political campaigns, most recently for State Treasurer Richard Moore. She also worked as vice president of government affairs for the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce and is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Trinity College in Washington, DC. Dorko is a native of Greensboro, North Carolina.

What Members are Saying

"CED has provided entrepreneurs like myself with an effective way to network and gather valuable information and meet other business leaders in the Research Triangle." -- Scot Wingo, President and CEO, ChannelAdvisor Corp.