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Sally Bilancia was selected to replace Sally Bates as the development director in the City of Bangor, Maine.



Jeff Coney was named Northwestern University's first director of economic development.



Dr. Paul Kedrosky has joined the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation as a senior fellow.



Peter Longo was appointed president and executive director of Connecticut Innovations. Longo previously served as the organization's deputy director and acting executive director.



Hamid Ghandehari and Marc Porter, two prominent scientists in the field of nanotechnology, recently were hired by the University of Utah as part of the state's new Utah Science Technology and Research initiative. Ghandehari comes from the University of Maryland, while Porter comes from Arizona State University.



Carlos Romero, a University of New Mexico employee who previously oversaw the university's governmental affairs office, is now its associate vice president for research administration.



Frank Sabatine has been appointed to the newly created position of associate vice president of economic development and community engagement at Ball State University.



John Wilkinson was promoted to minister of research and innovation in the Ontario cabinet.