Alabama Launchpad Board of Directors
Ms. Angela Wier (President)
Vice-President
The Economic Development Partnership of Alabama
awier@edpa.org
Mr. Reggie Taylor (2010-2011 Chair)
Associate Director, Office of Technology Transfer
University of South Alabama
reggietaylor@usouthal.edu
Dr. Douglas Ayers
Associate Professor of Marketing and Director, MBA Programs
University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Business
dayers@uab.edu
Mr. Greg Barker
Vice President for Economic Development
Alabama Power Company
gbarker@southernco.com
Dr. Bernadette Chapple
Research Director, Center for Leadership and Public Policy
Alabama State University
bchapple@alasu.edu
Dr. Daniel Daly
Director, Alabama Innovation and Mentoring of Entrepreneurs Center (AIME)
The University of Alabama
dan.daly@ua.edu
Dr. David Ketchen
Lowder Eminent Scholar and Professor of Management
Auburn University, College of Business
ketchda@auburn.edu
Dr. Teresa Merriweather Orok
Vice President for Institutional Research, Planning and Sponsored Programs
Alabama A&M University
teresa.orok@aamu.edu
Dr. Brent Wren
Director of Graduate Programs and Associate Professor of Marketing
University of Alabama in Huntsville
brent.wren@uah.edu
Alabama Launchpad Officers
Director: Mr. Glenn Kinstler
gkinstler@edpa.org
Economic Development Partnership of Alabama
Secretary: Ms. Margaret Johnson
Associate
Maynard, Cooper & Gale, PC
Treasurer: Dr. William Gathings
Director, Office for Technology Transfer
The University of Alabama
