U.S. Secretary of Commerce Appoints Gannett’s Maribel Perez Wadsworth to Advisory Council to Help Expand Entrepreneurship &...
September 19 2016 - 2:37PM
Business Wire
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced the
appointment of Maribel Perez Wadsworth, Gannett’s chief strategy
officer, and 29 private sector, nonprofit, and academic leaders to
serve on the National Advisory Council on Innovation and
Entrepreneurship (NACIE). Selected from a pool of more than 200
accomplished applicants, the council members will offer
recommendations for policies and programs designed to make U.S.
communities, businesses, and the workforce more globally
competitive.
“The members of NACIE provide important counsel to the
Department of Commerce on the types of federal policies that will
support entrepreneurship, innovation, and job-driven workforce
training, all of which are critical to American competitiveness,”
said Secretary Pritzker. “As ‘America’s Innovation Agency,’ we
value the expertise of our private sector partners and appreciate
the opportunity to incorporate their views into our policymaking
process.”
Established in 2010, NACIE operates as an independent entity
managed through the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship,
which is housed in the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic
Development Administration.
“We are proud Maribel has been selected by Commerce Secretary
Pritzker to serve on this advisory council. Maribel has been
instrumental in building a workplace culture at Gannett focused on
experimentation and innovation and with this appointment, she joins
a roster of very talented innovative leaders. She’s a thoughtful
business leader – one especially driven to identify solutions for
customers’ greatest needs,” said Robert Dickey, president and CEO
of Gannett.
NACIE members, who will each serve a two-year term, have
demonstrated expertise and experience in the areas of innovation,
entrepreneurship, and employer-driven talent development. In
reviewing applications, the Office of Innovation and
Entrepreneurship sought a diverse group of nationally recognized
leaders representing different demographics, organization size,
industry sector, and geographic regions to provide a balanced
viewpoint on these issues. NACIE will convene four times each year,
with its inaugural meeting scheduled for October 2016.
Now in its third membership cycle, NACIE members appointed today
are:
- Rebecca O. Bagley – Vice Chancellor
Economic Partnerships at University of Pittsburgh
- Esther M. Baldwin – Director of
Innovation at Intel
- Brian J. Bartholomeusz – Executive
Director, TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy at Stanford
University
- Heather Boesch – Director of Business
Operations at IDEO
- Trey Bowles – Cofounder at The Dallas
Innovation Alliance (DIA) and CEO at The Dallas Entrepreneur
Center
- Melissa L. Bradley (Co-chair) –
Director, AU Center for Innovation in the Capital
- Kathryn Finney – Founder and Managing
Director at digitalundivided
- Scott Frederick – Development Partner
& Head of Federal at New Enterprise Associates
- Kara Goldin – Founder & CEO at Hint
Inc.
- Julie K. Goonewardene* – Associate Vice
Chancellor for Innovation and Strategic Investment, University of
Texas System
- Orin Herskowitz – Executive Director,
Vice President of Intellectual Property and Tech Transfer at
Columbia Technology Ventures, Columbia University
- Richard A. Johnson – Associate Vice
President at Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation
- Joseph Kapp – Entrepreneur in Residence
at Eastern WV Community & Technical College and CEO at
Behavioral Business, LLC
- David S. Kenney* – President &
Executive Director at Oregon BEST
- Pradeep K. Khosla – Chancellor at
University of California, San Diego
- Marie Trzupek Lynch* – CEO at Skills
for Chicagoland’s Future
- Mike Nemeth –Founder & CEO, S3
Planning
- Andrew D. Reamer – Research Professor
at George Washington University
- Emily Reichert – CEO at Greentown
Labs
- Joseph L. Schocken – President at
Broadmark Capital, LLC
- Sue Griffith Smith – Vice President
Technology and Applied Science at Ivy Tech Community College
- Whitney S. Smith – Executive Director –
Midwest, Global Philanthropy at JPMorgan Chase
- Tiffany M. Stevenson – Vice President,
Talent Management & Development at Sephora USA, Inc.
- Stephen S. Tang* (Co-chair) – President
& CEO, University City Science Center
- Eric J. Toone – Vice Provost &
Director, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Duke University
- Howard A. Tullman – CEO at 1871 and
General Managing Partner at Chicago High Tech Investment Partners,
LLC
- Maribel Perez Wadsworth – Senior Vice
President & Chief Strategy Officer at Gannett Co., Inc.
- Tiffany J. Wilson* – Executive Director
at Global Center for Medical Innovation
- Chad Womack – Director, STEM
Initiatives at United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
- Andrew Yang – Founder and CEO at
Venture for America
* reappointed member
To learn more about the National Advisory Council on Innovation
and Entrepreneurship, visit www.eda.gov/oie/nacie/.
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