get to know the CED board
CED was built by Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs more than 35 years ago and is still led by them today.
We are proud to be represented by some of the area’s most talented and successful leaders committed to ensuring the success of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in this area. The formation of the board is intentional to ensure a balanced representation from each component of the ecosystem. We are a quarter Entrepreneur, a quarter Professional Service, a quarter Community Resource and a quarter Investor. Learn more about our dynamic board below.
CED’s Chairman of the Board
Ravila Gupta
CEO, Bagchi Group
Former President & CEO of CED
CEO | UVision360
Allison London Brown
Partner | Fulcrum Equity Partners
Alston Gardner
Director | Rex Health Ventures
Anita Watkins
Partner | Hutchison PLLC
Anna Tharrington
Chief Strategy Officer
Anne English
Senior Vice President, Senior Relationship Manager | Bank of America
Ben Pattison
CFO | Spoonflower
Brad Schomber
Shareholder | Manning Fulton & Skinner
Bradley Wooldridge
Carlos Arias
General Partner | Hatteras Venture Partners
Christy Shaffer
Founder, CEO | The Produce Box
Courtney Tellefsen
Daniel Pomp
Vice President, Product Management | Citrix
David Le Strat
Co-founding Partner | Vaco
David Rhode
President | Surrey View Consulting
Diane Ignar
General Partner | Grotech Ventures
Don Rainey
Co-Founder | Catalyst Research Alliance
Doug Eisner
Patent Attorney | NK Patent Law
Doug Meier
Co-Founder & CEO | Validic
Drew Schiller
Partner | PwC
Garret Tripp
George Moser
Partner | Hughes Pittman & Gupton LLP
Heather Dean
Founder & CEO | Adzerk
James Avery
Executive Director, Life Sciences | J.P. Morgan
Joe Lee
Partner | Balentine
John Maddison
Executive Vice President | Wells Fargo
John Ward
President & CEO | Advanced Animal Diagnostics
Joy Parr Drach
Specialist Leader | Deloitte Digital
Kimberly Hames
Managing Director | Duke Angel Network
Kurt Schmidt
Managing Partner | Pappas Capital
Kyle Rasbach
Senior Vice President | PNC
Lesley Wilson
CEO | Entigral Systems
Mark Self
Partner | Grant Thornton
Matt McCleary
VP & General Manager | Dover Fueling Solutions
Matt Tormollen
Partner | Davis Moore
Matthew Cooke
Partner | EY
Meredith Friga
Venture Partner | Noro-Moseley Partners
Michael Elliott
Partner | Smith Anderson
Michael Saber
Vice President, Human Genetics BD | GSK
Neal Curran
Managing Partner | Bagchi Law
Neil Bagchi
Principal | River Cities Capital Funds
Patrick Dunnigan
President | PFB Connect
Patty Briguglio
CEO & President | Parion Sciences
Paul Boucher
Director, Human Resources | Participate
Ranya Hahn
CEO | Bagchi Group
Ravila Gupta
CEO | Basking Biosciences
Rich Shea
Partner | Cherry Bekaert LLP
Ronnie Eubanks
Chief Marketing Officer | IronNet Cybersecurity
Russ Cobb
Vice President, Investments & Alliances | Foundation Fighting Blindness
Rusty Kelley
Global VP/GM | IBM
Sanjay Pal
President | NuPulseCV
Sonna Patel-Raman
Principal | SJF Ventures
Stephanie Nieman
Co-founder & CEO | Arrivo BioVentures
Steve Butts
Managing Director | Deloitte
Tim Fleischman
Partner | Cofounders Capital
Tim McLoughlin
Director | SAS
Tim Wilson
Attorney | Wyrick Robbins
Tom Allen
Vice President, Innovation & Strategy | Fidelity Investments
Tony Parham
Director of Commercialization | RTI International
Vinay Tannan
Partner | BDO