Lenore VanderZee – UEDA President

Vice President for Strategic Relations & Communications
State University of New York at Canton
Canton, NY
vanderzeel@canton.edu

Carol Stewart – UEDA President Elect

Vice President, Tech Parks Arizona
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
stewartc@uatechpark.org

Juli Golemi – UEDA Vice President

Director, Georgia Tech University Center; Senior Research Faculty
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
juli.golemi@innovate.gatech.edu

Sandra Ruiz – UEDA Treasurer

Regional Director, Florida Apex Accelerator
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL
smarinruiz@fau.edu

Margo Fliss – UEDA Secretary

Associate Director
University of Alaska Center for Economic Development
Anchorage, AK
mgowens@alaska.edu

Teresa Merriweather Orok, PhD – UEDA Immediate Past President

Professor and Executive Director
Alabama A&M University – Center for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Development
Huntsville, AL
teresa.orok@aamu.edu

Rob DeCleene

Vice Chancellor
Indiana University South Bend
South Bend, IN

Omar Faison

Vice Provost for Research & Economic Development
Virginia State University
Petersburg, VA

Melody Flowers

Assistant Vice President, Economic Development & Real Estate
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

Carolyn Fryberger

Associate Director of Economic Development
NCGrowth
Chapel Hill, NC

Jessica Gnad

Director of Economic Development
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS

Mary Frances Postupack 

Vice President for Economic Development and Research Support
East Stroudsburg University of PA
East Stroudsburg, PA

Frederick Steinmann

Director, University Center for Economic Development
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV

Elli Travis

Associate Director for Impact and Evaluation
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

Greg Wilson

Associate Director
University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government
Athens, GA