Press Release
Contact: Robert Albright |
Phone: 919-549-7500 ext.123 |
CED Elects New Board of Directors for 2005-2006
AlphaVax CEO Peter Young is Chair-Elect
June 30, 2005, Research Triangle Park, NC –The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) has elected its new 2005-2006 board of directors to lead the organization through its next year of operations.
Christy Shaffer, Ph.D., CEO of Durham-based Inspire Pharmaceuticals, will serve as CED’s chair for 2005-2006. In addition, CED has named Peter Young, CEO of RTP-based AlphaVax, Inc., as chair-elect for 2006-2007. Shaffer succeeds Jeff Clark, managing general partner with Durham-based The Aurora Funds, as chair.
“I look forward to serving in this important capacity and working with CED to stimulate an environment for the entrepreneurial community to flourish in North Carolina,” Shaffer said. “I expect this year to be transformational for CED as we continue to establish important new alliances across the state.”
CED’s 2005-2006 executive committee officers include Shaffer (chair), Young (chair-elect), CED’s Monica Doss (president), Grant Thornton’s Mark Larson (treasurer), Ernst & Young’s Michael Constantino (assistant treasurer) and Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman’s Kent Christison (secretary).
Other members of CED’s 2005-2006 executive committee include Peyton Anderson of Affinergy, Jeff Clark of The Aurora Funds, Steve Clark of SpectraSite Communications, Reid Conrad of Commerciality, Tom Finegan of Clarkston Consulting, John Glushik of Intersouth Partners, Robbie Hardy of Silk Road Partners, Deborah J. Hylton of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, and Murray Spruill of Alston & Bird LLP.
In addition to these executive committee appointments, the new members of CED’s board of directors include the following:
- Don DeBethizy, Targacept, Inc.
- Joe DeSimone, Liquidia Technologies
- Jason Caplain, Southern Capitol Ventures
- Mike Elliott, Wakefield Group
- John Fogg, Hutchison + Mason
- Ken Lee, Hatteras BioCapital
- Patricia Morton, Franklin Street Partners
- Murray Spruill, Alston & Bird
- Rick Weddle, Research Triangle Foundation of NC
- David Winwood, NC State University Centennial Campus Partnership
- Ryan Wuerch, Motricity, Inc.
- Ted Zoller, Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, UNC Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School
The complete list of CED’s 2005-2006 board of directors (including new members and returning members) is available online at www.cednc.org/about/board_of_directors.
About CED: The Council for Entrepreneurial Development, located in Research Triangle Park, NC, is a private, non-profit organization formed in 1984 to stimulate the creation and growth of high-impact companies in the greater Research Triangle region. CED provides education, mentoring and capital formation resources to new and existing high-growth entrepreneurs through annual conferences, seminars, workshops and monthly programs on entrepreneurial management and finance. CED is one of the largest entrepreneurial support organizations in the nation with more than 4,000 members representing over 1,100 entrepreneurial companies, financiers and professional firms. www.cednc.org
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