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Towson University's TowsonGlobal forms advisory board
Posted: June 20, 2007
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Clay Hickson
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Business globalization center to be advised by local business and government leaders
TOWSON, Md. –TowsonGlobal—the Business Globalization Center and incubator, recently founded in partnership between the Baltimore County Department of Economic Development and Towson University——has established an advisory board comprised of leaders from the local business and government communities. TowsonGlobal, the Baltimore region’s first international incubator for early-stage companies, is a place where entrepreneurial enterprises can grow and learn how to compete in the global economy.
The inaugural meeting of the TowsonGlobal Advisory Board was held on June 15 at the Center, which is located on the edge of campus across from Stephens Hall, the home of the College of Business & Economics. The Advisory Board is comprised of 16 business and government leaders who understand the challenges entrepreneurial ventures face and who can provide strategic guidance for the development of the Center itself. The Advisory Board will be chaired by Dyan Brasington, CEcD, FM., Director of Workforce Development at Towson University.
The members of TowsonGlobal’s 2007 Advisory Board are:
• Bill Badger, Relationship Manager, M & T Bank
• Barry Bogage, Executive Director, Maryland/Israel Development Center
• Dyan Brasington, Director, Work Force Development, DECO, Towson University
• Phyllis Brotman, President, Image Dynamics, Inc.
• David Iannucci, Executive Director, Baltimore County Department of Economic Development
• Clay E. Hickson, Director, TowsonGlobal
• Sonia Ketkar, Assistant Professor, College of Business & Economics, Towson University
• Rick Kohr, President, Evergreen Capital
• Fred Lissauer, Vice President of Global Export Business Development, McCormick & Company, Inc.
• Dennis Mather, Senior Strategic Consultant, Agility HR
• Victor Obringer, President, Northrop Grumman Technical Services
• Steven E. Tiller, Attorney at Law, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP
• Nancy Wallace, Director, Mid-Atlantic Region, Highstreet Partners
• Renee Winsky, Executive Director, Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO)
• James K. Wilhelm, Partner, SC&H Group, LLC
Advisory board members will focus on the strategic view and long range planning of TowsonGlobal as well as act as a resource for incubator members.
“The incubator’s goal is to help early-stage companies learn how to compete in the global economy,” says Clay Hickson, TowsonGlobal’s director. “The members of our Advisory Board represent a cross-section of business and government leaders who can guide TowsonGlobal and our member companies on a variety of issues, including financial resources, human resource development, marketing, technology development, logistics and trade support.”
TowsonGlobal is a strategic component of Towson University’s Economic & Workforce Development unit of the Division of Economic and Community Outreach. For more information about TowsonGlobal, the Business Globalization Center and incubator, e-mail Clay Hickson, chickson@towsonglobal.com.