AURP Leadership

AURP Staff

Executive

Eileen Walker, Chief Executive Officer

Events

Victoria Palmer, Events Manager

Membership and Marketing

Chelsea Simpson, Membership and Marketing Manager

2012-2013 Officers & Board of Directors

Officers and Executive Committee

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

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

Teresa W. McKnight, 2nd Vice President
Executive Director, Montana State University Innovation Campus 

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

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

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

Board of Directors

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

Andrew Duffell
President & Chief Executive Officer, Research Park at Florida Atlantic University 

Ken Marcus
Director, University of Arizona Science and Technology Park; Chief Financial Officer, Campus Research Corporation 

Cameron J. McCoy
Executive Director, Corporate Engagement Office, University Research Campus - University of Oklahoma 

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

Jaime Parada-Avila
Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Innovation and Technology Transfer of Nuevo Leon and Innovation Technology Park (PIIT)

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