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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 areaā€™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

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Allison London Brown
CEO | UVision360

Executive Committee

Alston Gardner
Alston Gardner
Partner | Fulcrum Equity Partners

Executive Committee

Anita Watkins
Director | Rex Health Ventures

Executive Committee

Anna Tharrington
Partner | Hutchison PLLC

CED Board Director

Anne English
Chief Strategy Officer | MOMentum Market

CED Board Director

Ben Pattison
Senior Vice President, Senior Relationship Manager | Bank of America

CED Board Director

Brad Schomber
CFO | Spoonflower

Immediate Past Chair | Executive Committee

Bradley Wooldridge
Shareholder | Manning Fulton & Skinner

CED Board Director

Carlos Arias

CED Board Director

Christy Shaffer
General Partner | Hatteras Venture Partners

CED Board Director

Courtney Tellefsen
Founder, CEO | The Produce Box

CED Board Director

Daniel Pomp
Daniel Pomp

CED Board Director

David Le Strat
Vice President, Product Management | Citrix

CED Board Director

David Rhode
Co-founding Partner | Vaco

CED Board Director

Diane Ignar
President | Surrey View Consulting

CED Board Director

Don Rainey
General Partner | Grotech Ventures

CED Board Director

Doug Eisner
Co-Founder | Catalyst Research Alliance

CED Board Director

Doug Meier
Doug Meier
Patent Attorney | NK Patent Law

CED Board Director

Drew Schiller
Co-Founder & CEO | Validic

CED Board Director

Garret Tripp
Partner | PwC

Treasurer | Executive Committee

George Moser

CED Board Director

Heather Dean
Partner | Hughes Pittman & Gupton LLP

CED Board Director

James Avery
James Avery
Founder & CEO | Adzerk

CED Board Director

Joe Lee
Executive Director, Life Sciences | J.P. Morgan

CED Board Director

John Maddison
Partner | Balentine

CED Board Director

John Ward
Executive Vice President | Wells Fargo

CED Board Director

Joy Parr Drach
President & CEO | Advanced Animal Diagnostics

CED Board Director

Kimberly Hames
Specialist Leader | Deloitte Digital

CED Board Director

Kurt Schmidt
Managing Director | Duke Angel Network

CED Board Director

Kyle Rasbach
Managing Partner | Pappas Capital

CED Board Director

Lesley Wilson
Senior Vice President | PNC

CED Board Director

Mark Self
CEO | Entigral Systems

CED Board Director

Matt McCleary
Partner | Grant Thornton

CED Board Director

Matt Tormollen
VP & General Manager | Dover Fueling Solutions

CED Board Director

Matthew Cooke
Partner | Davis Moore

CED Board Director

Meredith Friga
Partner | EY

CED Board Director

Michael Elliott
Venture Partner | Noro-Moseley Partners

CED Board Director

Michael Saber
Partner | Smith Anderson

Secretary | Executive Committee

Neal Curran
Vice President, Human Genetics BD | GSK

CED Board Director

Neil Bagchi
Managing Partner | Bagchi Law

CED Board Director

Patrick Dunnigan
Principal | River Cities Capital Funds

CED Board Director

Patty Briguglio
President | PFB Connect

Executive Committee

Paul Boucher
CEO & President | Parion Sciences

Executive Committee

Ranya Hahn
Director, Human Resources | Participate

CED Board Director

Ravila Gupta
CEO | Bagchi Group

Interim Board Chair | Executive Committee

Rich Shea
CEO | Basking Biosciences

CED Board Director

Ronnie Eubanks
Partner | Cherry Bekaert LLP

CED Board Director

Russ Cobb
Chief Marketing Officer | IronNet Cybersecurity

CED Board Director

Rusty Kelley
Vice President, Investments & Alliances | Foundation Fighting Blindness

CED Board Director

Sanjay Pal
Global VP/GM | IBM

Executive Committee

Sonna Patel-Raman
President | NuPulseCV

CED Board Director

Stephanie Nieman
Principal | SJF Ventures

CED Board Director

Steve Butts
Co-founder & CEO | Arrivo BioVentures

Executive Committee

Tim Fleischman
Managing Director | Deloitte

CED Board Director

Tim McLoughlin
Partner | Cofounders Capital

CED Board Director

Tim Wilson
Director | SAS

CED Board Director

Tom Allen
Attorney | Wyrick Robbins

CED Board Director

Tony Parham
Vice President, Innovation & Strategy | Fidelity Investments

CED Board Director

Vinay Tannan
Director of Commercialization | RTI International

CED Board Director

Will Owens
Partner | BDO

CED Board Director

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