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TBED People & Orgs

Gov. Lincoln Chafee has nominated Deputy Director William Parsons to lead the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation.

Gov. Rick Perry has appointed J. Bruce Bugg, Jr. as president and chairman of the Texas Economic Development Corp.

Gov.-elect Steve Bullock tapped Meg O'Leary to be the Montana Commerce Department director.

Thomas McDonnell, a Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation trustee since 2003 and board chairman since 2006, has been elected CEO of the foundation.

Blake Perry has been appointed as the interim president of the Arkansas Science & Technology Authority.

Charlie Moret has joined TechTown as managing director, entrepreneurial programs. Previously, he served as managing director of business development at Connecticut Innovations Inc.

David Oliver, professor of genetics, development and cell biology, and associate dean of the Iowa State College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has been named interim vice president of research and economic development, effective January 1, 2013.