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Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher appointed Denise Bentley to serve as liason to the Louisville Metro and Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government councils under the Governor’s Office for Local Development. The position is newly created.
Eric Davis, president of the Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Corp, resigned last week.
The Purdue Research Foundation appointed Kathy DeGuilio-Fox to serve as interim executive director of the Purdue Technology Center of Northwest Indiana.
Jack Faris is the new president of the Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association.
On Friday, President Bush announced his intention to nominate Michael D. Griffin, of Virginia, to be administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Dr. Griffin currently serves as Space Department Head at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Prior to that, he was president and chief operating officer of In-Q-Tel, Inc.
George "Mick" Stadler is the new CEO for the incubator at the Rochester Institute of Technology.