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Steven Casey, Vice President, Statewide Operations of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center (NCBC) recently announced Corinne “Corie” Curtis as the new interim executive director of the Biotechnology Center’s Greater Charlotte Office. Curtis, an experienced business and events manager, is overseeing daily operations of the NC Biotechnology Center office, which is currently located in the Bioinformatics Center on the UNC Charlotte CRI Science and Technology campus. Curtis joined NCBC in 2011 as regional coordinator and worked with Marjorie Benbow, NCBC executive director of the Greater Charlotte Office when it was opened more than six years ago. As regional coordinator, Curtis worked in partnership with Benbow and had already been heavily involved in the logistics and execution of many projects providing her with necessary experience and responsibilities to assume the Interim Director position. “We are delighted that we had someone with Corie’s background and abilities on our team, ready and able to move into this leadership role for the Charlotte area’s life-science community,” said Steve Casey. “The Greater Charlotte region is key to some of the state’s most promising fields of life-science growth, such as bioinformatics and nanotechnology, which bolster its well-known base in nutritional and translational research. Corie’s leadership in Charlotte provides important continuity to the NC Biotechnology Center’s pursuit of these kinds of opportunities.” Before moving to Charlotte, Curtis was executive
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director of the Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center in her hometown of Jamestown, New York. She had also held management positions at several companies in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. After 11 years, in various positions at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island, she’d earned a bachelor’s degree in advertising/communications. So you might ask, how did Corie end up in Charlotte; Corie shared, “I moved here to marry my junior high school sweetheart. We reunited 25 years after we first met.” To welcome Corie to the UNC Charlotte Campus you can email her at Corie_Curtis@ncbiotech. org. And, to learn more about the North Carolina Biotechnology Center visit http:// www.ncbiotech.org.
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