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Sheri Stickley, vice president of SSTI, will be leaving SSTI on March 2 to accept a position with the Oklahoma Department of Commerce. Sheri was one of the primary authors of A Resource Guide for Technology-based Economic Development, and we wish her well in her new position. Oklahoma's gain is our loss, but we look forward to benefiting from her advice and wisdom as she enters a new chapter of her career.
Willem Bakker was named president of the Technology Entrepreneur Center and executive director of the Information Technology Coalition, both in St. Louis.
Jan Lesher was named director of the Arizona Department of Commerce, replacing outgoing Gilbert Jimenez.
Dick Munson is stepping down as executive director of the Northeast Midwest Institute to help start Recycled Energy Development, LLC.
Sherrie Preische resigned as executive director of the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology to accept a position in the private sector.
Connecticut Innovations appointed Dr. David Reed to the position of executive in residence.
The Maryland Technology Development Corp. has appointed Renée Winsky as its new executive director.