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TBED Comings and Goings
G. Michael Alder has been named executive director of the Biotechnology Association of Alabama.
Thomas Anderson is the new director of the Automation Alley Technology Center in Michigan.
Colorado Governor Bill Owens has appointed Tim Fritz as the director of the Office of Aerospace and Aeronautics.
Hempstead (New York) Mayor James Garner was elected to serve as the 61st president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors during its annual meeting this week.
The Arlington Technology Incubator (Texas) has selected Geoffrey Grant to serve as the new director beginning July 1.
The Charleston Gazette reports Ron Hatfield, director of jobs development for the West Virginia University Institute of Technology's Technology Research and Development Corp., will also serve as the new executive director of the Upper Kanawha Economic Development Corp.
Joseph James has announced his resignation as head of the Prince George's Economic Development Corporation (Maryland).
The new executive director of the Virginia Piedmont Technology Council is Gail Milligan.
Tucked in the fine print of Illinois' budget bills was language to merge seven financing agencies, according to the June 11 edition of The Bond Buyer. Among the agencies included in the merger are the Illinois Development Finance Authority, the Illinois Research Park Authority (inactive), the Illinois Community Development Authority and the Illinois Rural Bond Bank.