National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Members Named
Twenty-six members, spanning university presidents, investors, serial entrepreneurs, and nonprofit leaders, were appointed to the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship announced yesterday by U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke. The group will support President Obama's innovation strategy by helping develop policies that foster entrepreneurship and identifying new ways to take ideas from the lab to the marketplace to drive economic growth and create jobs. Among the TBED practitioners appointed to the Council are Ray Leach, CEO, JumpStart and RoseAnn Rosenthal, CEO, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania.