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SUNY CORPORATE ENGAGEMENT

BOOTCAMP

The State University of New York and The University Industry Demonstration Partnership

present the

for more info: www.SUNY.edu/events/bootcamp

19-20OCTOBER2017

AT SUNY POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTEALBANY, NY

SUNY CORPORATE ENGAGEMENT BOOTCAMP

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WELCOME LETTER

Grace Wang, Ph.D. Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development ....................................................................2

SESSION INFORMATIONAgenda at a Glance - Thursday, October 19 ....................................................................................................................................4Agenda at a Glance - Friday, October 20 .........................................................................................................................................5

Map .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 - 7

Session Descriptions .................................................................................................................................................................. 8 - 14

Speaker Biographies ................................................................................................................................................................. 16 - 24

Sponsors/Acknowledgments ................................................................................................................................................. 26 - 27

Table of Contents

Grace Wang, Ph.D. Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic DevelopmentThe State University of New York

Welcome to the SUNY Corporate Engagement Bootcamp!

Over the next two days, you will receive essential tools to establish and grow successful, mutually beneficial relationships with the business community.

As prominent companies are investing in their university engagement strategies, SUNY campuses are primed to expand and advance their corporate partnership portfolio. As companies are facing de-creasing internal R&D budgets and pressure to create new products, solutions and services, SUNY is also positioned to fill the need with innovative and transformative research, technology commer-cialization expertise, and proven success as a driver of economic development and entrepreneurial opportunity.

Our goal with this bootcamp and corresponding efforts is to present a reenergized, new SUNY-wide playbook for effective corporate engagement.

We are extremely grateful for the help and guidance of our colleagues at the Research Foundation for SUNY and the University Industry Demonstration Partnership in organizing this exciting event; for the commitment and support of all of our presenters and sponsors; and for the interest and atten-dance of our Corporate Engagement Ambassadors representing SUNY campuses statewide.

We encourage all in attendance to fully engage, learn, and interact, and enjoy the SUNY Corporate Engagement Bootcamp!

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REGISTRATION - NanoFab South Rotunda

WELCOME - NanoFab South Auditorium

HOW UNIVERSITIES CAN COMPETE IN TODAY’S GLOBAL INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM- NanoFab South Auditorium

CORPORATE RATIONALES AND HOW THEY ARE STRUCTURED FOR UNIVERSITY ENGAGEMENT - NanoFab South Auditorium

REFRESHMENT BREAK - NanoFab South Rotunda

GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVES ON U-I ENGAGEMENT - NanoFab South Auditorium

KNOW, MEASURE, TELL, ENGAGE: CONTRIBUTING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECOSYSTEMS - NanoFab South Auditorium

RECEPTION AND REMARKS - ZEN, Building 201, 3rd Floor Atrium

REFRESHMENT BREAK - NanoFab South Rotunda

STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR ECONOMIC ENGAGEMENT - NanoFab South AuditoriumSUNY POLY’S APPROACH TO INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENTS - NanoFab South Auditorium

LUNCH - NanoFab South Rotunda

TALENT / INNOVATION / PLACE – HIGHER EDUCATION ENGAGEMENT IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - NanoFab South Auditorium

Q&A AND SESSION WRAP-UP - NanoFab South Auditorium

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FRIDAY OCT 20AGENDA AT A GLANCE - SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Albany, New York

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CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST- NanoFab South Rotunda7:30 - 8:15

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SOURCING TECHNOLOGY FROM EXTERNAL PARTIES

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DISCUSSION

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CONTRACTING ISSUES & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (IP) MATTERS

10:15 - 10:45

DISCUSSION

TRACK 1 - RESEARCHNANOFAB SOUTH (NFS) 292 CLASSROOM 8:15 - 8:30

REMARKS

8:30 - 9:15

HIGHER EDUCATION, INDUSTRY, AND EMPLOYERS: FROM COOPERATION TO COLLABORATION TO PARTNERSHIP

9:15 - 10:00

AN ENGAGEMENT CONTINUUM FOR NON-RESEARCH CAMPUSES

10:00 - 10:45

RUST BELT TO BRAIN BELT

TRACK 2 - NON-RESEARCHNANOFAB SOUTH (NFS) AUDITORIUM

THURSDAY OCT 19AGENDA AT A GLANCE - SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Albany, New York


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Attendee & Speaker Parking

Reception

Event Location

Employee Parking

Employee & Visitor Parking

SUNY Poly’s AlbanyNanoTech Complex

RECEPTION LOCATION ZEN, Building 201, 3rd Floor Atrium

EVENT LOCATIONNanoFab South, Building 255

PARKING


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THURSDAY, OCT 19

12:30pm – 1:00pmRegistration

- NanoFab South Rotunda

1:00pm – 1:30pmWelcome

- NanoFab South Auditorium

Grace Wang

Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development, SUNY System Administration

Bahgat Sammakia

Interim President of SUNY Polytechnic Institute

1:30pm – 2:15pm How Universities Can Compete in Today’s Global Innovation Ecosystem


Anthony (Tony) BoccanfusoPresident, University Industry Demonstration Partnership (UIDP)

Keith Spencer

US Academic Liaison, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

Michael Bragg

Manager, North American Academic Markets, Clarivate Analytics

To be successful in today’s competitive environment, universities must develop thoughtful strategies to effectively engage businesses as research partners, employers of graduates, and collaborators throughout the entire partnership continuum. This session will explore contemporary academic-corporate engagement issues, strategies used by companies to identify university partners and how smart approaches can be effectively used by universities to advance their business partnering efforts. Comparative metrics will illustrate how SUNY currently compares to leading university/business engagement programs and highlight areas for growth. It will also cover what SUNY can learn from other global examples of academic-industry partnerships. What approaches have worked elsewhere and what are the potential pitfalls?

2:15pm – 3:15pm Corporate Rationales and How They are Structured for University Engagement


Dawn Tew

Global Director for Global University Programs, IBM

Keith Spencer

US Academic Liaison, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

Every company possesses its own unique approach to university engagement. Concurrently, these structures can rapidly change with new leadership or market conditions. This session will provide insights on some common structures and give participants information on how to work with industry, what industry values and is looking for from academia, insights into how workforce development impacts R&D engagement and other factors that impact how companies collaborate with academic institutions.

3:15pm – 3:30pm Refreshment Break


3:30pm – 4:30pm Government Perspectives on U-I Engagement


Barry Johnson

Division Director for the Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships, National Science Foundation (NSF)

With fast emerging technologies, compelling demands for talents, increasing competition for funding and resources, and pressing need to capitalize on the value of innovations and basic research, today’s academic institutions and corporations are facing a challenging yet exciting time to transform the innovation landscape. Building innovation ecosystems that will not only address today’s challenges but also position us for suitable economic competitiveness becomes ever more important. This session will cover the key components of economic ecosystems and cover challenges

and opportunities academic institutions are facing in terms of research, academic-industry partnerships, and entrepreneurial education.

4:30pm – 5:30pmKnow, Measure, Tell, Engage: Contributing to Economic Development Ecosystems


James (Jim) K. Woodell

Vice President for Economic Development and Community Engagement, Association of Public & Land-grant Universities (APLU)

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities’ (APLU) Economic Engagement Framework helps member universities, and others in higher education, optimize their participation in economic development in their states and regions. At the core of the framework is the idea that institutions of higher education should “know, measure, tell, and engage” to be effective contributors to economic ecosystems. This presentation will explore the framework.

5:45pm – 7:45pmReception and Remarks

- ZEN, Building 201, 3rd Floor Atrium

Howard Zemsky

President and CEO of Empire State Development and Commissioner of the New York State Department of Economic Development

SESSION DESCRIPTIONS


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motivated campus change agents. This session presented by the American Association of Community Colleges will highlight promising practices in engagement with employers large and small. Attendees will have an opportunity to share with each other examples of promising practices of engagement in New York State, as well as hear about successful partnerships across the nation.

9:15am – 10:00amAn Engagement Continuum for Non-Research Campuses


Liz O’Connor

Founder and Principal, Strategy Matters, LLC

Anthony (Tony) Boccanfuso

President, University Industry Demonstration Partnership (UIDP)

In this facilitated conversation, participants will consider the myriad of ways in which community colleges and predominately undergraduate institutions can partner with companies to advance their interests. We hope to create a new continuum (similar to one created by the University Industry Demonstration Partnership for research intensive schools) and use this to add greater illumination to the diverse engagement strategies that reflect the complexity of establishing and maintaining high value, high impact relationships. This newly created continuum will help those with existing, and those with planned, partnerships to navigate the institutional barriers to success, and in this discussion, the tools will be fine-tuned for use in all parts of the SUNY system.

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7:30am – 8:15am Continental Breakfast


8:15am – 8:45am Sourcing Technology from External Parties

- NanoFab South (NFS) 292 Classroom

Chris Hewitt

Science Relations Manager, BASF

For many companies, universities are “vendors” who meet technical needs by providing know how which is incorporated into the product development cycle. Within many firms, technology scouting is a centralized function and attendees will learn of some common strategies utilized by firms to obtain technology from academic institutions.

8:45am – 9:15am Discussion - NanoFab South (NFS) 292 Classroom

8:15am – 8:30am Remarks


Johanna Duncan-Poitier

Senior Vice Chancellor for Community Colleges and the Education Pipeline, SUNY System Administration

8:30am – 9:15am Higher Education, Industry, and Employers: From Cooperation to Collaboration to Partnership


John Dyer

Director of Workforce and Economic Development, American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)

In the 21st century, active engagement between higher education, industry and the business community can no longer be an afterthought - it has become a necessity at the heart of the educational mission. From work-based learning opportunities to customized training to program development and review to capital support for facilities, the strength and depth of successful relationships presents great opportunities for

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of the critical role non-research campuses can play driving economic development in their communities. The goal is to build a scalable and sustainable entrepreneurial eco-system that benefits students and communities and can be replicated by non-research campuses across the country. Tapping into an international phenomenon of rust belt cities reemerging as brain belts, the presenter shows how one small non-research campus can make a real difference in driving community and economic development. The campus relationship with business and industry has been a key component to gaining validation and additional resources, diminishing risk, and bringing energy and expertise to city revitalization efforts. These partnerships and the leveraging produced are examined and discussed during the presentation.

10:45am – 11:00am Refreshment Break


11:00am – 12:00pm Strategic Communications for Economic Engagement: How You Can Help Tell Your Campus Story


Ben Feller

Managing Director, Mercury Public Affairs

Joseph A. Brennan

VP Communications & Marketing, The University at Albany – SUNY

Communicating the distinctive story of your SUNY campus is not just helpful for economic engagement – it’s essential. If your business community leaders do not clearly understand what makes you different and why they should care, why would they engage? This session will give attendees insights, urgency and actionable steps to apply right away. No matter what your title or background, all the participants in this bootcamp are in fact communicators for their campus. This session will help everyone be successful in that role. The takeaways will give you a better chance of getting buy-in from whomever your audiences may be – businesses, industry leaders, colleagues, donors, community stakeholders, the media, other institutions, even your bosses! The two leaders of this session offer different perspectives as higher education communicators who come from inside and outside the university world.

12:00pm – 12:15pm SUNY Poly Approach to Industry Engagements


Michael Liehr

CEO AIM Photonics, Executive Vice President for Innovation and Technology and Vice President for Research at SUNY Polytechnic Institute

12:15pm – 1:00pm Lunch


9:15am – 10:15am Contracting Issues & Intellectual Property (IP) Matters


Elizabeth Adams

Assistant Vice President for Research Administration at the University of Virginia

Catherine Ives

Assistant Director, Industry Contracts & Alliances, Office of Sponsored Programs, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ellen Kosik Williams

University Collaborations Manager and Research Associate, Corning Science & Technology

Negotiating a research contract between industry and an academic institution can be frustrating and time consuming and is rarely a simple process. Areas of disagreement may delay or derail projects and understanding the cultural and organizational differences between industry and academia helps institutions resolve potentially contentious situations. This session will cover typical contractual stumbling blocks and standard approaches for topics like F&A, budgeting, managing project scope, timelines and expectations, and will compare and contrast the academic and industry perspectives.

Ownership and licensing rights in intellectual property can be one of the most contentious issues in structuring university-industry partnerships. Developing and communicating a common understanding of the federal laws that govern inventions developed at universities

through federally funded research and common university policies and practices that affect rights in intellectual property developed by academic researchers is the first step. This session will give participants the opportunity to discuss contract terms (both good and bad) that may provide starting points for future discussions and will compare and contrast the academic and industry perspectives.

10:15am – 10:45am Discussion


10:00am – 10:45am Rust Belt to Brain Belt: A Central Role for Non-Research Campuses in Driving Economic Development


Kevin Snider

Chancellor, Penn State New Kensington

This presentation describes a project that went from a $150k seed grant to spur ideas to over a $1 million dollar (and counting) city, county, and private partnership geared toward driving traffic, ideas, and energy into the downtown area of New Kensington, PA. By bringing co-working and entrepreneurial space to the city, establishing a Corridor of Innovation, seeking corporate and public partnerships, working to improve the image of the town, and filling the gaps in the city’s capacity to participate in building a thriving municipality, Penn State New Kensington has emerged as an example


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1:00pm – 2:00pm Talent / Innovation / Place – Higher Education Engagement in Economic Development: Views from 30,000 Feet to 1,000 Feet


Eva Klein

President, Eva Klein & Associates

This presentation will begin by establishing a “big picture” of the transformational socio-economic changes in our Global Knowledge Economy to which higher education institutions of all types are in the process of designing responses—effectively re-inventing the institution for the 21st century (30,000 feet up).

The presenter will connect engagement to the larger issues of responsiveness and relevance of higher education institutions to the constituencies we serve today—individuals, communities, corporations, government, and non-profits. The presentation will include a review of the intentions, content, and possible uses by institutions of the “Foundations” monograph, co-published in 2015 by the University Economic Development Association (UEDA) and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and of which she and Jim Woodell were co-authors.

The presenter then will summarize on a more pragmatic level, incorporating knowledge and ideas gained in the two days of this conference, how all types of institutions can design their engagement strategies for Talent-Innovation-Place in ways that fit their unique combinations of missions, capabilities, resources, and constituencies (1,000 feet up).

2:00pm – 2:30pm Q&A and Session Wrap-up


Heather M. Hage

Vice President for Industry and External Affairs The Research Foundation for SUNY

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Elizabeth AdamsAssistant Vice President for Research Administration The University of Virginia

As Assistant Vice President for Research Administration at the University of Virginia, Elizabeth Adams leads the Office of Sponsored Programs at UVA and is responsible for the management of sponsored programs at UVA, including research-intensive schools of medicine, engineering,

arts and sciences, and education, among others. Her position includes serving as the institutional official for UVA transactions with a variety of federal and state agencies, foundations, corporations and foreign entities. The variety of entities with which OSP engages, and the variety of agreements that OSP reviews (NIH R01s, to corporate master research agreements, to unfunded visiting scholar agreements with foreign governments), provides her a wide frame of reference for understanding university research in the U.S. Elizabeth additionally communicates to the UVA senior leadership and research community on emerging issues that will impact UVA’s sponsored research portfolio. Elizabeth previously worked in leadership positions in research administration at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago. Last, Elizabeth is an elected board member of the University Industry Demonstration Partnership (UIDP; https://www.uidp.org/), an organization of 130+ universities and companies in the U.S. focused on developing best practices in collaborative cross-sector research.

Anthony (Tony) Boccanfuso, Ph.D.PresidentUniversity Industry Demonstration Partnership (UIDP)

As the UIDP’s President, Tony is a leading expert on university-industry relations and over the past 29 years, he has gained significant experience and insights by working in the academic, corporate, government and non-profit sectors. Tony holds a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the

University of South Carolina and a B.S. in Chemistry and Political Science from Furman University. Tony also serves as a consultant for government agencies, non-profit organizations and corporations and is Chair of the MedStar Health Research Institute. Tony is married to Dr. Laura Boccanfuso, who founded Van Robotics; along with their three children, they reside in Columbia, SC.

Michael BraggManager, North American Academic Markets Clarivate Analytics

Michael Bragg has over 11 years of experience in academic scholarly output, productivity, and assessment assisting Research Universities in North America regarding their education and research initiatives including data driven analytical objectives supporting Academic institutions make faster, more informed decisions with higher confidence.

Most projects include:• Research Collaboration: Helping Universities assess the relationships between the world’s most influential

research and researchers• Research Workflow: Providing tools to support the workflow of ideas to manuscripts• Research Assessment and benchmarking: Evaluating the productivity and impact of research • Research Portals: Highlighting research expertise globally

Joseph A. Brennan, Ph.D.VP Communications & Marketing The University at Albany – SUNY

Joseph Brennan has served as UAlbany’s chief marketing and communications officer since August 2015. He has 25 years of experience as a senior leader in higher education, with a focus on strategic communications, public relations, marketing and brand management, employee

communications, digital and social media, public affairs and development/fundraising.

He also holds the rank of Clinical Professor in the School of Business, where he teaches in the M.B.A. program. His peer-reviewed and professional publications include studies of crisis leadership, emergency communications, board and presidential leadership, recovery from service failures, and higher education rankings.

An accomplished author, sought-after speaker, respected thought leader and active volunteer, he has been the chairman of the PRSA Counselors to Higher Education, a national organization with more than 700 members. He is also active in the American Marketing Association, where he serves on the planning committee for the AMA’s annual conference for higher education marketers.

Brennan joined UAlbany from the University of Iowa, where he served as vice president of strategic communications. Prior to that he was associate vice president for university communications at the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York. While at UB, Brennan designed and directed the communication strategy to build support for UB 2020, which grew into NYSUNY 2020, a groundbreaking set of policy reforms that significantly enhanced revenue growth and supported student success for the entire SUNY system.

In addition, he has served in executive communication roles at Ohio University, University of the Pacific, and The University of Toledo (Ohio).

Brennan earned a Ph.D. in English from the State University of New York at Buffalo; an M.B.A. in marketing from the University of the Pacific; and a B.A. in English and psychology from Wayne State University. He is also a graduate of the SUNY SAIL Executive Leadership Academy.

He earned the designation “Accredited in Public Relations” (A.P.R.) from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) in 1998 and in 2017 he was elected to the Society’s College of Fellows, a distinction held by fewer than 500 of PRSA’s 22,000 members.

Brennan is a member of four academic honor societies: Phi Beta Kappa (liberal arts); Beta Gamma Sigma (business); Psy Chi (psychology) and Phi Kappa Phi. He is also certified by FEMA for Emergency Management Institute coursework.

Johanna Duncan-PoitierSenior Vice Chancellor for Community Colleges and the Education PipelineSUNY System Administration

Johanna Duncan-Poitier is the Senior Vice Chancellor for Community Colleges and the Education Pipeline for the State University of New York (SUNY). She provides system oversight and coordination for SUNY’s 30 community colleges that educate more than a quarter of a million

students with an annual operating budget of $1.8 billion. In her dual role, she also provides leadership to strengthen STEM education, teacher preparation and connections between SUNY’s 64 campuses and New York State’s Pre K–12 schools and business leaders to improve college readiness, completion rates and prepare a highly-qualified workforce. At SUNY, she has led the launch and development of statewide collaborative of projects including the Smart Scholars Early College High Schools and P-TECH programs; the SUNY Empire State STEM Learning Network; a statewide, $14.6 million TAACCCT consortium of 30 community colleges dedicated to high-demand careers; the scale-up of a Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Quantway/Statway Pathways initiative; and the national designation of New York State as one of 12 Jobs for the Future (JFF) Student Success Centers. Ms. Duncan-Poitier also serves as one of five New York State Commissioners for the Education Commission of the States (ECS).

Prior to SUNY, Ms. Duncan-Poitier served as the Senior Deputy Commissioner of Education P-16 for the New York

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Ben’s full-time career began in 1993 as a reporter for the Centre Daily Times in State College, Pa. He also wrote for the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C. and The Tampa Tribune in Tampa, Fla.

A native of State College, Pennsylvania, Ben graduated from Penn State in 1992 with a degree in journalism. He lives in New York City.

Heather M. HageVice President for Industry and External AffairsThe Research Foundation for SUNY

Heather Hage is Vice President for Industry and External Affairs for The Research Foundation for the State University of New York. Devoted to stakeholder engagement and community building through authentic and articulate communication, Heather oversees SUNY RF’s external relations,

corporate communications, government affairs, technology transfer, and industry-facing business systems, and is Managing Director of SUNY’s Technology Accelerator Fund. A graduate of Hamilton College and Albany Law School, where she was Managing Editor of the Journal of Science and Technology, Heather’s professional background includes media relations, telecommunications, IP management and corporate finance. An active investor and board member, Heather is the recipient of SUNY RF’s 2015 Woman of Excellence award for outstanding service, exemplary support of women in leadership, and a distinguished career.

Chris Hewitt, Ph.D.Science Relations Manager, North AmericaBASF

Hewitt has more than 28 years of experience working as the interface between chemical technology and business initiatives. He was appointed Science Relations Manager, North America for BASF in mid-2014 and has responsibility for BASF’s relationships with universities in North America.

Prior to this he was BASF’s Global Business Manager for the Inorganic Intermediates business. Prior to joining BASF, Hewitt held a number of leadership roles at Sigma-Aldrich, including Director of Business Development for Chemistry and Vice President, Marketing and R&D. At Sigma-Aldrich, he led a successful team to improve external collaborations and the impact on their R&D initiatives.

He earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from Durham University in United Kingdom and is a Chartered Chemist and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Catherine L. Ives, Ph.D.Assistant Director, Industry Contacts and Alliances, Office of Sponsored ProgramsMassachusetts Institute of Technology

Catherine Ives was recently appointed Assistant Director, Industry Contracts & Alliances in MIT’s Office of Sponsored Programs. She is responsible for the negotiation, execution and monitoring of all non-federal research contracts for MIT. She has over 20 years of experience in developing

and managing commercial partnerships with and licensing early stage technologies to the life science, agricultural and chemical industries. She began her career focusing on the intersection of science, business and law as a Congressional Fellow working in the office of Congressman Edward Markey, followed by a focus on the transfer of agricultural technology to developing countries as a Diplomacy Fellow at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and later as Director of an international agricultural biotechnology program at Michigan State. In Boston, she was a Licensing Associate and Associate Director in Boston University’s Office of Technology Development from 2001-2007 and from 2008-2012 was the founding Director of the Office for Technology Transfer and Licensing at Boston College. From 2012-2016, Catherine was a Technology Licensing Officer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where she managed a broad portfolio focused on biotechnology. She is a former Fulbright scholar and received her undergraduate degree in biology from Virginia Tech and her Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

State Education Department (NYSED) and in that role was responsible for regulatory oversight of the 700 school districts, all NYS public and private colleges and universities, and the preparation and licensure of 225,000 teachers and 750,000 licensed professionals in 47 health, business and design professions. Before joining NYSED, she provided campus-based leadership for the City University of New York (CUNY) at Queens College, York College, and Bronx Community College. Ms. Duncan-Poitier earned a Baccalaureate degree from Queens College (CUNY), a Master’s degree from Bernard M. Baruch College (CUNY) and has received two honorary degrees including a Doctor of Laws from Saint Joseph’s College and a Doctor of Humane Letters from D’Youville College.

John DyerDirector of Workforce and Economic DevelopmentThe American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)

John Dyer serves as the director of workforce and economic development for the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) where he is responsible for supporting the department across multiple projects. His responsibilities include creating new proposal concepts and

submissions for workforce and economic development funding in sector and thematic-specific areas, conducting project management and support on complex, task-heavy, and multi-faceted workforce and economic development initiatives within the department, as well as producing department materials and toolkits and managing the products produced by project teams. He is the former Director of Community and Corporate Affairs at White Mountains Community College, in Berlin, New Hampshire, where he was responsible for the workforce, economic, and community development efforts of the college. He is a graduate of Leadership North Country class of ‘07, Leadership New Hampshire class of ’08, and has served on a variety of local, regional, state, and national boards with a focus on workforce and economic development. He holds a B.A. in Government from California State University-Sacramento.

Ben FellerManaging DirectorMercury

Ben Feller is a Managing Director at Mercury, where he leads media strategy. An award-winning writer, Ben offers strategic counsel on communications after a 20-year journalism career in which he distinguished himself as one of the finest reporters in the nation.

Ben specializes in crafting powerful messaging for corporations, universities, foundations and leaders, and in managing complex, fast-moving challenges. He has a rich understanding of how the news media works and how to shape a communications strategy that delivers real results.

Prior to joining Mercury, Ben served as the chief White House correspondent for The Associated Press, a premier role in which he led presidential coverage for the largest news organization in the world. He offers expertise on the media, politics, writing and public engagement, and a deep reputation for accuracy and integrity across the political spectrum. Ben has particular experience in the fields of education, health care, the economy, national politics, voter attitudes and civic affairs.

Ben spent more than six years covering President Barack Obama and President George W. Bush, reporting on all facets of their domestic, foreign and political agendas. As chief correspondent, Ben helped set the tone for the press corps and often got the first question at news conferences. He also managed the AP’s White House reporting team and served as a liaison to bureaus around the globe.

Ben traveled aboard Air Force One across the United States and to more than 25 foreign countries in covering the last two presidents. He has covered hundreds of topics and been published worldwide.

Ben began at the AP in 2003 as a national education writer, a position he would hold for four years. In total, he spent a decade covering Washington’s policies and politics.

Ben was twice honored for his excellence in reporting on the presidency. He won the Gerald R. Ford Prize in 2010, with the judges describing him as “an astute analyst of the meaning and significance of President Obama’s initiatives and actions.” The same year, Ben won the Merriman Smith Award for his gripping coverage of Obama’s tribute to soldiers returning from war in flag-draped caskets.


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Barry W. Johnson, Ph.D. Division Director, the Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships The National Science Foundation (NSF)

Barry W. Johnson is the Division Director for the Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships at the National Science Foundation (NSF). Prior to joining NSF, he was the Senior Associate Dean in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia. He continues to

hold the L. A. Lacy Distinguished Professorship at the University of Virginia. In 1998, he was a founder of Privaris, Inc., a biometrics security company. While on leave from the University of Virginia from 2002 to 2006 he served as Chairman, President, and CEO of Privaris. Prior to joining the University of Virginia, he worked as a research engineer for Harris Corporation in their Government Aerospace Systems Division. He is the author of two books, nine book chapters and more than 150 journal and conference articles. He is also an inventor on 34 issued patents.

Dr. Johnson received the B.S., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1979, 1980, and 1983, respectively. He is a Fellow of the IEEE for his contributions to fault-tolerant computing. He is also a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors for innovations in computer system safety and security including biometric-based identity verification. His major awards include the 1992 C. Holmes MacDonald Outstanding Young Electrical Engineering Professor Award from Eta Kappa Nu, the 1991 Frederick Emmons Terman Award from the American Society for Engineering Education, a 1992 Alan Berman Research Publications Award from the Department of the Navy, a 1990 Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education in Virginia, election to the Raven Society in 2007, a 1997 David A. Harrison Outstanding Faculty Award from the University of Virginia, and the 2011 Outstanding Faculty Award from the University of Virginia Engineering Foundation.

Eva KleinPresidentEva Klein & Associates

Eva Klein is president of Eva Klein & Associates, a higher education strategy firm she founded in 1990.

EKA works with clients on strategy formulation and implementation—as they seek to re-invent themselves for the 21st century—with evolving business models and proactive roles in serving regional, state, national, and global priorities. Ms. Klein is an expert in university strategic planning, capital facilities planning, and capital financing. She also is well known for her international leadership in defining strategies for innovation and economic / community engagement.

Ms. Klein’s 45 years of higher education experience includes senior positions at American University; Higher Education Group of KPMG Peat Marwick; and Higher Education Finance Group at Chemical Bank (now JP Morgan Chase).

Ms. Klein served recently on the Board of the University Economic Development Association (UEDA) and the Advisory Board, Commission on Innovation, Competitiveness, and Economic Prosperity (CICEP) of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU). She served previously on the Boards of the Association of University Research Parks (AURP) and the International Economic Development Council (IEDC). She is invited often to speak at national, international, and regional conferences—on innovation / engagement strategies; reinventing the 21st century university; and campus capital facilities planning and real estate. She has published articles and books in these realms.

Ms. Klein’s degrees are: AB, French, Douglass College, Rutgers University; MA, French Literature, New York University / Université de Paris; MS, Education, University of Pennsylvania; and MBA, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Ellen M Kosik Williams, Ph.D. University Collaborations Manager and Research AssociateCorning Science & Technology

Ellen Kosik Williams was appointed University Collaborations Manager and Research Associate in January 2015. In this role, Dr. Kosik Williams works to build relationships across Corning businesses and academic institutions to facilitate research programs, create technology synergies,

and encourage vibrant research communities in disciplines relevant to Corning’s technology.

Ellen joined Corning in 2004 and held various technical roles in the Optical Physics research group, Corning Science & Technology Division. Dr. Kosik Williams’ research interests include optical coatings for displays and the characterization and minimization of display artifacts. She received her Ph.D. from the Institute of Optics, University of Rochester where she studied ultrashort laser pulse measurements and was a visiting researcher at the University of Oxford.

Ellen has published more than 40 peer-reviewed internal reports, 13 journal and conference papers of which two were invited. She has four patents granted, 10 patents filed, and 11 invention disclosures. She is a member of the Optical Society of America.

Michael Liehr, Ph.D.CEO AIM Photonics, Executive Vice President for Innovation and Technology and Vice President for Research at SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Michael Liehr is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Institute for Manufacturing (AIM) Photonics. Michael focuses on the creation of new AIM business opportunities, and is responsible for the effective and efficient operation of AIM’s programs including SUNY Poly’s strategic

300mm integrated photonic semiconductor and 3D packaging. He is also SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s Vice President for Research and Executive Vice President for Technology and Innovation. Prior to this assignment, he led the Global 450mm Consortium through the start-up phase as the General Manager and was an IBM Distinguished Engineer.

Liz O’ConnorFounderStrategy Matters

In 2000, Liz founded Strategy Matters to support organizations tackling complex societal challenges. Today she guides businesses, nonprofits, government agencies, collaboratives, and public private partnerships in carefully and custom designed processes that answer organizations’

most pressing challenges through the identification of high-impact solutions.

With 25 years of multi-sector experience that crosses and connects issue areas, Liz works hands-on with clients while leading the Strategy Matters team. Liz is trained in many facilitation and change methodologies including Future Search, Open Space , Technologies of Facilitation, Facilitative Leadership, and Appreciative Inquiry. She is also skilled in convening program and grant development teams, and has a track record of success in developing proposals for many of the nation’s most competitive foundations and government programs. Additionally, Liz appreciates the opportunities embedded in conflict, and helps clients turn friction and operational difficulty into pathways to stronger teams.

Prior to founding Strategy Matters, Liz was the Deputy Director of the Office of Strategic Planning at the Boston Police Department. She worked with senior police leaders and district commanders to design, fund, and implement innovative practices and community-based policing innovations. Her work included the strategic planning process that engaged over 400 Boston residents and resulted in great reductions in crime citywide. She leveraged relationships with business leaders, philanthropists, and government officials to secure support and resources for community partners working to prevent and reduce crime in Boston neighborhoods.

Liz is an active member of the International Association of Facilitators, the Boston Facilitators Roundtable, and the Nonprofit Professionals Network. Liz holds a MA in Philosophy from the University of Washington and a BA in Philosophy and Political Science from Mount Holyoke College.


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to facilitate GSK’s collaborations with US academic institutions and other global academic centers. Keith also works to increase GSK’s profile within the US and find opportunities to improve and expand GSK’s search for innovative science and talent. GSK’s current focus is to build trust for the mutual benefit of GSK and its academic partners. Prior to being at GSK Keith was at the global research charity, Welcome Trust, where he was part of the Innovations team which financed healthcare opportunities. Keith trained as an organic chemist, and obtained his PhD at the University of Oxford. After a postdoc at the University of Pennsylvania he spent 10 years in the biotech sector.

Dawn C. TewProgram DirectorIBM Corporation

My goal is to partner with universities in northeastern US to increase awareness and adoption of skills programs needed for new collar jobs. This includes the IBM Academic Initiative providing IBM assets for free to faculty and students; IBM Skills Academy providing training for IBM Open

Badge certifications, and IBM Global University Awards Programs. These programs each focus on addressing skills gaps in today’s market in hot areas such as blockchain, cognitive computing, cybersecurity intelligence, cloud computing, internet of things and more. Additional responsibilities include developing a new talent program within IBM’s Africa Skills Initiative. The Leading to Africa program provides internships across all areas of IBM to develop the next generation of talent for our business in Africa. I launched IBM’s Open Collaboration Research (OCR) Award program to support strategically important, highly collaborative research projects between IBM and universities worldwide. Now in its 11th year, the program has supported more than 100 multi-year partnerships across a wide range of disciplines.

Grace Wang, Ph.D.Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development SUNY System Administration

Dr. Grace Wang was appointed Interim Provost by the SUNY Board of Trustees in September 2017. As Interim Provost, Dr. Wang supports the Chancellor and Board of Trustees to foster academic excellence across the System and ensure that SUNY education is accessible and of the highest

quality. Dr. Wang drives academic programs and policies; supports the university’s deep commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion; leads strategic enrollment across SUNY campuses; guides the enrichment of the educational experience; enables pathways for student success and completion; and leads the identification and implementation of best practices at scale.

Appointed by SUNY Board of Trustees, Dr. Wang has also served as Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development since January 2017. In this role, Dr. Wang plays a lead role in designing, directing, and expanding the footprint of SUNY’s research, graduate education, industry relations, and economic development activities. She supports the SUNY Chancellor in advancing SUNY’s overall strategy and mission, and serves as a liaison to the SUNY Board of Trustees in the areas of research and economic development. She is committed to supporting SUNY research faculty and coordinates the SUNY Research Council, and Vice Presidents for Research Council. She works with the Research Foundation for SUNY, providing the research vision and strategic directions the organization will work to operationally support.

Prior to SUNY, Dr. Wang served as acting Assistant Director for Engineering at the National Science Foundation (NSF). In this role, she led the Engineering Directorate at NSF, managing a funding portfolio of over $900 million dedicated to investments in frontier engineering research, supporting engineering education, and fostering innovation and technology commercialization. She previously served as NSF’s Deputy Assistant Director for Engineering, overseeing the operation of the Directorate for Engineering and helping to identify and implement research, innovation, and education priorities. Previously at NSF, Dr. Wang was the Division Director of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP) division. She joined NSF in June 2009 as a Program Director for the SBIR/STTR Program, focusing on investing in small businesses in the areas of nanotechnology, advanced materials, and manufacturing. Dr. Wang began her career at IBM/Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, focusing on research and development of magnetic thin film and carbon overcoat for data storage. She holds seven U.S. patents. Dr. Wang received her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University.

Bahgat Sammakia, Ph.D.Interim President SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Bahgat Sammakia, a SUNY distinguished professor of mechanical engineering, is the Vice President for Research at Binghamton University and currently serving as the Interim President of SUNY Polytechnic Institute. A former IBM senior technical staff member, Sammakia joined

Binghamton’s faculty in 1998. He is the founding director of the Small Scale Systems Integration and Packaging Center, a New York State Center of Excellence, and is the director of the Energy Efficient Electronic Systems Center, an NSF IUCRC founded in 2011 with a focus on reducing the energy consumed by data centers around the world. Sammakia earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Alexandria in Egypt and his master’s and doctoral degrees from the University at Buffalo. He is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the National Academy of inventors, and the IEEE. Sammakia holds 21 U.S. patents and has published more than 250 peer-reviewed technical papers. Sammakia, who received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities in 2010, was honored with the 2010 ITherm Achievement Award for his contributions to the field of semiconductor thermal management.

Kevin Snider, Ph.D.ChancellorPenn State New Kensington

Dr. Snider has served as Chancellor of Penn State New Kensington since 2008. Under his leadership, PSNK has become a campus known for innovation, student centeredness, community engagement, and excellence. As a driver of major initiatives in k-12 education and economic

development, Dr. Snider has led PSNK in finding creative ways to better serve students, faculty and local communities, while also benefiting campus enrollment and quality. He was the founder of the Westmoreland Economic Development Initiative for Growth (WEDIG), which brought together five municipalities to work collaboratively on economic development for the region. He worked with local k-12 superintendents to build ABC-Create, which has 15 different school districts working together to use technology to enhance STEM education. He serves on multiple boards in the area.

Under his leadership Penn State New Kensington has developed a program to give scholarships to students for achieving financial literacy (ASPIRE), a GREAT program that matches potential engineers with local employers early in the educational process and expanded educational programming on campus. The campus has experienced an overall increase in student quality and has undergone revitalization of its spaces.

Before coming to Penn State New Kensington, Snider worked as an adjunct faculty member and institutional researcher at the American University in Washington D.C. , moving to Indiana State University (ISU) to serve as Director of Institutional Research and Testing in 1995. He quickly advanced at ISU, serving in multiple roles, including Assistant Vice President of Institutional Research and Assessment; Executive Assistant to the President for Strategic Planning, Institutional Research and Effectiveness; Interim Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management; and, ultimately, Chief of Staff. Snider spent his formative years growing up in Canada, Africa and England, before returning to the United States and attending high school in Fresno, California. After a few years at Fresno State, he transferred to San Francisco State where he earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in International Relations. He received his doctorate in political science from The American University, Washington, D.C. Kevin and his wife, Sarah, are the proud parents of two Penn Staters - Andrew, a software engineer, and Tyler, a graduating senior in Psychology. Snider’s hobbies are boating, songwriting, and occaisionally golfing.

Keith Spencer, Ph.D.US Academic LiaisonGlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

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James (Jim) K. Woodell Vice President for Economic Development and Community EngagementAssociation of Public & Land-grant Universities (APLU)

James K. Woodell (Jim) is Vice President for Economic Development and Community Engagement at APLU. He works closely with member institutions to develop tools and resources to enhance their regional engagement and economic development efforts. He serves as the lead staff member

for APLU’s Commission on Innovation, Competitiveness and Economic Prosperity (CICEP), and also the Association’s Council on Engagement and Outreach (CEO), advancing APLU’s economic and community engagement agenda.

Woodell recently earned a Ph.D. in higher education at Penn State University. His scholarly interests are in the ways in which public research universities organize for their “fourth mission” of economic engagement. He examines how institutions respond to regional, state, and federal economic and research policy with initiatives in innovation, technology transfer, and economic, community, and workforce development.

Prior to joining APLU, Woodell served as Assistant Director for Transformative Regional Engagement (TRE) Networks, focused on bringing together business, government, universities, and non-profits for innovation-driven regional development. Previously, he worked in distance education, instructional media, and e-learning for nearly 20 years. Woodell was a college teacher and administrator for ten years, including managing a large-scale distance learning program for Southern New Hampshire University. He also served as Dean of Academic Technology and Distance Learning at North Shore Community College in Massachusetts.

Woodell holds a master of education degree from Harvard University, and a BS in Public Communications (TV, Radio, and Film) from Syracuse University.

Howard Zemsky President and CEO Empire State Development and Commissioner of the New York State Department of Economic Development

In January 2015, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo nominated Howard Zemsky to serve as president and CEO of Empire State Development and Commissioner of the New York State Department of Economic Development. Commissioner Zemsky was confirmed by the Senate on March 30, 2015.

Empire State Development (ESD) is the chief economic development agency of New York State.

Commissioner Zemsky and his colleagues — more than 450 people working in regional offices around the state — manage a broad range of programs, incentives and services designed to increase private sector investment and job creation in New York. Commissioner Zemsky works closely with Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul and with the regional co-chairs to successfully implement the plans of the 10 regional economic development councils, the governor’s decentralized, collaborative and strategic approach to economic development.

Prior to coming to ESD, Commissioner Zemsky co-chaired the Western New York Regional Economic Development Council and worked on initiatives aimed at revitalizing the upstate economy. A longtime Buffalo business leader, Zemsky’s company, Larkin Development Group, has redeveloped approximately 1 million square feet of historic building space in Buffalo since 2002, with a particular focus on reclaiming Buffalo’s earliest industrial neighborhood, the Larkin Historic District.

In recent years, Commissioner Zemsky has also chaired the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority and the SUNY (State University of New York) Buffalo State College Council. He has also served as president of the Richardson Center Corporation, a nonprofit board charged with rehabilitation of the 140-year-old Richardson Olmsted Complex.

Commissioner Zemsky has a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University and an MBA from the University of Rochester. He is a Brooklyn native, raised on Long Island, and a longtime resident of Buffalo, where he and his wife Leslie have lived for 30 years with their three children.

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