Member
Glenn Boyce, Chancellor, University of Mississippi
Board of Directors: September 2023-2024 Term
Executive Committee
Interim President
Greg L. Easson, Ph.D., Interim Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Mississippi
Secretary
Allyson Best, Director of the Office of Technology Commercialization, University of Mississippi
Treasurer
Anna Langley, Vice President & Secretary, the University of Mississippi Foundation
Directors
Virginia Chavis, M.F.A., Associate Provost, University of Mississippi
Augustus Leon Collins, Major General, USA Retired, Chief Executive Officer, MINACT, Inc.,
Scott Kilpatrick, Executive Director of the Center for Manufacturing Excellence and Instructional Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi
Ryan Miller, CEO Oxford/Lafayette County Economic Development Foundation (EDF)
Markeeva Morgan, Director Special Projects Dallas, The Boeing Company
Amit Patel, Partner, Medical Marketing Economics
Derek Stephens, Assistant State Director for Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
Jerry Strickland, Vice President and Texas Director, BGR Group
Pam Swain, President/CEO of Oxford Lafayette Chamber of Commerce
Darin van Pelt, Director of Engineering Engagement, University of Mississippi
Board of Directors: September 2022-2023 Term
President
Josh Gladden, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Mississippi
Secretary
Michael Mosher, Associate Director of the Office of Technology Commercialization, University of Mississippi
Treasurer
Anna Langley, President & CEO, the University of Mississippi Foundation
Virginia Chavis, M.F.A., Associate Provost, University of Mississippi
Augustus Leon Collins, Major General, USA Retired, Chief Executive Officer, MINACT, Inc.,
Angela Grayson, Principal Member, Precipice IP, LLC
Scott Kilpatrick, Interim Executive Director of the Center for Manufacturing Excellence and Instructional Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi
Markeeva Morgan, Director Special Projects Dallas, The Boeing Company
Sharon Nichols, MBA, EDFP, State Director, MS SBDC
Amit Patel, Partner, Medical Marketing Economics
Jerry Strickland, Vice President and Texas Director, BGR Group
Darin van Pelt, Director of Engineering Engagement, University of Mississippi
Board of Directors: September 2021-2022 Term
President
Josh Gladden, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Mississippi
Secretary
Michael Mosher, Associate Director of the Office of Technology Commercialization, University of Mississippi
Treasurer
Wendell Weakley, President & CEO, the University of Mississippi Foundation
Donna West Strum, Ph.D., Associate Provost, University of Mississippi
Angela Grayson, Principal Member, Precipice IP, LLC
Scott Kilpatrick, Interim Executive Director of the Center for Manufacturing Excellence and Instructional Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi
Rob Lewis
Sharon Nichols, MBA, EDFP, State Director, MS SBDC
Amit Patel, Partner, Medical Marketing Economics
Jerry Strickland, Vice President and Texas Director, BGR Group
Darin van Pelt, Director of Engineering Engagement, University of Mississippi
Board of Directors: September 2020-2021 Term
President
Josh Gladden, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Mississippi
Secretary
Allyson Best, Director of Technology Commercialization, University of Mississippi
Treasurer
Wendell Weakley, President & CEO, the University of Mississippi Foundation
Donna West Strum, Ph.D., Associate Provost, University of Mississippi
Tony Ammeter, Ph.D., Director, Outreach & Continuing Studies, University of Mississippi
Angela Grayson, Principal Member, Precipice IP, LLC
Rob Lewis
Sharon Nichols, MBA, EDFP, State Director, MS SBDC
Amit Patel, Partner, Medical Marketing Economics
Jerry Strickland, Vice President and Texas Director, BGR Group
Dennis Tosh
University of Mississippi Research Foundation 