Staff
Stan Mandel
Acting Director
Dr. Mandel has participated in the start-up of more than 15 organizations within the medical device, biotechnology, education, retail, financial services, health care, consulting and nonprofit sectors. He also advises and serves on the boards of student- and alumni-led start-up companies.
Board of Advisors
| Name | Association/Company |
|---|---|
| G. Douglas Atkinson | VP, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center |
| Anthony Atala | Dir., Wake Forest University Institute for Regenerative Medicine |
| David Blanco | Partner, Blanco Tackabery Combs & Matamoros |
| Rick Blume | Partner, Excel Medical Ventures |
| Charles Calkins | Partner, Kilpatrick Stockton |
| David Carroll | Dir, Wake Forest University Center for Nanotechnology |
| Alan Davis | CEO, CellScience, LLC |
| Bill Dean | Dir., Piedmont Triad Research Park |
| Thomas Franklin | Senior Medical Advisor, North Texas Enterprise Center for Medical Technology |
| Robert Egleston | DataMax |
| Elizabeth Gatewood | Dir. Office of Entrepreneurship, Wake Forest University |
| Michelle Gillepsie | Assistant Provost, Wake Forest University |
| David Herrington | Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center |
| Jeff Howland | Partner, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice |
| Tim Janke | IMAF & Small Business & Technology Development Center |
| Roland Johnson | CEO, Piedmont Pharmaceuticals |
| Nancy V. Johnston | Executive Director of the Piedmont Triad Office of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center |
| Troy Knauss | Fund Executive, Piedmont Angel Network |
| Peggy Lowe | VP Technology, Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce |
| Stan Mandel | Dir. Angell Center of Entrepreneurship, Wake Forest University |
| C. Douglas Maynard | Trustee, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center |
| Norm Potter | VP Development, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center |
| Sam Rand | VP, Mullen |
| Russell Read | Dir. NC Biotechnology Workforce & Forsyth Tech |
| Joshua Schwartz | WFU Office of Technology Management |
| Scott Sewell | VP of Business Development Cook Medical |
| Sally A. Shumaker | VP Office of Research, Wake Forest University Medical Center |
| J. Robert Tyler | Partner, Hutchison Law Group |
| George W. Weightman, MD | Associate Director and Chief Operating Officer, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine |
| Mark Welker | Assistant Provost for Research, Wake Forest University |
| Kim Westmoreland | Keranetics, Babcock Graduate School of Management |