Four Appointed to SSTI Board

SSTI is pleased to announce four new appointments to our board of trustees:

• Mike Cassidy, president of the Georgia Research Alliance, a partnership of six research universities and the business community working with state government to nurture the growth and development of Georgia's technology sector;
• Michael Finney, president and chief executive officer of Ann Arbor SPARK, a public-private partnership that works to advance innovation-based economic development in the greater Ann Arbor region;
• Angie Godwin, president of the Area Development Partnership, a regional economic development organization and chamber of commerce in south central Mississipppi; and,
• Bruce Mehlman, partner of Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti Inc. and executive director of the Technology CEO Council, a leading information technology association.

The four appointees will join SSTI's existing eight board members in providing strategic guidance and oversight for the organization's 37 state sponsors and 114 affiliates and supporters. Representation of these sponsors, affiliates and supporters - or SSTI members - ranges fom state and local tech-based economic development organizations and universities to nonprofit organizations providing services to companies.



Existing board members include former Michigan governor and SSTI Board Chairman John Engler, former Massachusetts governor and Vice Chairman Michael Dukakis, John Ahlen, Donald Almquist, Richard Bendis, Luis Proenza, and Phillip Singerman. Their biographies are available at http://www.ssti.org/board.htm.



Engler indicated that he is pleased with the selection of Cassidy, Finney, Godwin and Mehlman.



"They are an outstanding four," Engler said. "Combined, their leadership, vision and expertise will enable SSTI to continue to develop its nationwide network of practitioners and policymakers."