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

Glenn W. Perdue, Vice President, Treasurer,
Executive, Crowe Chizek & Company, LLC, Nashville

Chuck Marquis, Vice President, Secretary, Memphis Regional Chamber, Existing Business Representative, Memphis

Matthew Gallivan
President, Nashville Health Care Council, Nashville

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

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

Directors

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

Jeff Bedard, CEO, Del-Ray Dermolotologicals, Johnson City

Stephanie Clendennen, Ph.D., Biotechnology Program Leader, Eastman Chemical, Kingsport

Jerry Collins, Ph.D., Research Association Professor, Biomedical Engineering Vanderbilt University, Nashville

Mike Demster, Vice President, Biomedical Business Development, Memphis Regional Chamber of Commerce

Kim Denton, President, Oak Ridge Economic Partnership, Oak Ridge

Jim Frierson, Executive Director, Advanced Transportation Technology Institute, Chattanooga

Bob Iannacone, Franklin

A.J. Kazimi, CEO, Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Nashville

Russ Miller, Commercialization Manager, Biology & Environmental Sciences, Oak Ridge National Labs, Oak Ridge

Lisa Morrissey, Business Development Director, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville

Gary Sayler, Ph.D., Director, UT/ORNL Joint Institute for Biological Sciences, Knoxville

McDavid Stilwell, Manager, Corporate Communications and Financial Analysis, Memphis

Fred Tompkins, Ph.D., President, University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Assoc. VP for Research, University of Tennessee

Tom Whitaker, Ph.D., President, Atom Sciences, Inc., Oak Ridge

Leslie A. Wisner-Lynch, D.D.S., DMSc Director, Applied Research BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc., Franklin

Ex Officio Members

Jeff Costantine, President, Nashville Technology Council

Executive Director

Joe Rolwing