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Janice Bourque, president and chief executive officer of the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, plans to step down once a replacement has been found.

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Cynthia Helphingstine is the new vice president for business development for Inproteo (formerly the Indiana Proteomics Consortium).

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Andrea Lohneiss, community development director for Riverhead, N.Y., is leaving to become Suffolk County's commissioner of economic development.

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The Georgia Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism, in partnership with the University System of Georgia, has appointed Page Siplon and Michael Hale as directors of the Maritime Logistics Innovation Center and the Middle Georgia Innovation Center for Aircraft Lifecycle Support, respectively.

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SSTI welcomes Rhiannon Mehring to its staff as a research associate.

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Doros Platika is the new chief executive officer for the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse.

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Sherrie Priesche, the science and technology advisor to New Jersey Governor James McGreevey, has been appointed as the new executive director for the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology.

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James Roberson, president of the Research Triangle Foundation for the past 16 years, is retiring at the end of May.

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George Swift is the first executive director for the new Southwest Louisiana Partnership for Economic Development.

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The University of Vermont announced that Janice St. Onge has joined the Vermont Business Center as the director of business education.

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Kay Wade is the new president of the Oklahoma Professional Economic Development Council. Ms. Wade retains her position as director of the Center for Business Development at the Meridian Technology Center.

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The Wright Center for Innovation for Advanced Data Management and Analysis named Charles Walsh as its first president.