Winston-Salem native brings experience in law, business, biotech
development
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Sept. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Marjorie Benbow,
an executive with extensive experience in biotechnology research, business
and technology development, has been hired as director of the Greater
Charlotte Office of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, effective
Sept. 5.
"I look forward to collaborating with many partners in the Greater
Charlotte region to develop biotechnology here," said Benbow. "The region's
research, business and education infrastructure presents great
opportunities."
Benbow will work with companies, schools and institutions throughout an
11-county region to strengthen biotechnology research, business, education
and workforce training, and to identify new opportunities for commercial
biotechnology based on the region's assets. Counties to be served by her
office include Anson, Cabarrus, Catawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln,
Mecklenburg, Richmond, Rowan, Stanly and Union.
"Marjorie will implement a key premise of the North Carolina
Biotechnology Center," said W. Steven Burke, senior vice president of
corporate affairs at the Biotechnology Center. "Gaining eventual jobs and
economic return from biotechnology in a region requires a foundation of
different partners, long- term commitment, and practical strategies."
Benbow will help create and administer an Advisory Committee for
Biotechnology -- composed of regional leaders -- that will guide
biotechnology development in the region. She also will serve as the
region's direct conduit to the funding programs and other resources of the
Biotechnology Center.
The Greater Charlotte Office, to be dedicated Oct. 10, is the fifth and
final regional office of the Biotechnology Center. The other offices are an
Eastern Office in Greenville, a Western Office in Asheville, a Southeastern
Office in Wilmington and a Piedmont-Triad Office in Winston-Salem. The
Greater Charlotte Office will be located at the Charlotte Research
Institute on the campus of the University of North Carolina-Charlotte.
Prior to joining the Biotechnology Center, Benbow was the science and
technology officer at WakeMed Health and Hospitals in Raleigh, where she
developed collaborative agreements with other institutions and scouted
emerging technologies to improve health care and hospital operations.
Before that she worked in the technology transfer office at UNC-Charlotte,
where she managed intellectual property for university technology, licensed
technology to companies and advised inventors how to commercialize their
technology. Previously she was a public health policy consultant to state
and county governments. She spent the first 13 years of her career in
scientific research and teaching at various institutions.
A native of Winston-Salem, Benbow has a bachelor's degree in zoology
and a master's degree in public health, both from the University of North
Carolina- Chapel Hill; and an MBA and law degree from Wake Forest
University. She lives in Concord.
The Biotechnology Center is a private, non-profit corporation supported
by the General Assembly. Its mission is to provide long-term economic and
societal benefits to North Carolina by supporting biotechnology research,
business and education statewide.
SOURCE North Carolina Biotechnology Center
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