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Aimee Dobrzeniecki, NIST MEP deputy director, will be leaving the MEP system May 16. Dobrzeniecki is joining Cathy Renault at Innovation Policyworks and will expand the company by opening a DC office.
Mark Crowell, the founding executive director of the University of Virginia Innovation and associate vice president for research, will step down May 16. Crowell plans to become a consultant based in Chapel Hill, NC.
David Wurzer, formerly a senior managing director at Connecticut Innovations, has been appointed chief investment officer and executive vice president.
Kimberly Andrews Espy has been appointed the senior vice president for research at The University of Arizona, effective May 27. Espy has held the position of vice president for research and innovation, and dean of the graduate school at the University of Oregon since 2011.
Christina Quick Henderson has been hired as the executive director for the newly formed Montana High-Tech Business Alliance, a membership organization focused on creating more high-tech jobs in Montana and increasing the visibility of those endeavors that are successful.