Robert Acuff, Ph.D., Chairman
Director, Center for Nutrition Research, Government Relations, East Tennessee State University
Johnson City

Caroline Young, Secretary
President, Nashville Health Care Council
Nashville

Steve Bares, Ph.D., Treasurer
President and Executive Director, Memphis Bioworks Foundation Memphis

Mark Manner
Managing Partner, Harwell, Howard, Hyne,
Gabbert & Manner
Nashville

Chris McKinney, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Technology Transfer and Enterprise Development, Vanderbilt University
Nashville

Glenn W. Perdue
Member-in-Charge, Kraft Analytics
Nashville

Directors

Tom Ballard
Director, Partnerships, UT-Battelle, LLC
Oak Ridge

Jeff Bedard
Chief Executive Officer, Crown Laboratories
Johnson City

Joe Cook Jr.
Principal, Limestone Fund
Nashville

Kim Denton
President, Oak Ridge Economic Partnership
Oak Ridge

Leigh Anne Downes
Director, Biomedical Business Development,
Memphis Regional Chamber
Memphis

Jim Frierson
Executive Director, Advanced Transportation
Technology Institute
Chattanooga

Pam Knox, PhD
Assoc Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Tennessee Board of Regents
Nashville

Richard Magid, PhD
VP, Health Science Center Office, UT Research Institute Memphis

Lisa Morrissey
Business Development Director, Sarah Cannon
Research Institute
Nashville

Kenneth (Pete) Moss
President, Frazier Barnes & Associates
Memphis

Chris Sloan
Partner, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Nashville

Jeff Smith, CPA
Partner, Assurance and Advisory Business Services,
Ernst & Young
Nashville

Gary Stevenson
Managing Partner, MB Venture Partners, LLC
Memphis

McDavid Stilwell
Manager, Corporate Communications and Financial Analysis
Memphis

Ken Woody
President, Innova
Memphis

Ex Officio Members

Leslie Wisner-Lynch
President and CEO, Tennessee Technology
Development Corporation
Nashville

J. Tod Fetherling
President, Nashville Technology Council
Nashville