Leadership Beth Conerty Regional Innovation Officer & Associate Director of Business Development at the Integrated Bioprocessing Research Lab bconerty@illinois.edu Nicole Bateman Chief Strategy Officer & President of the Economic Development Corporation of Decatur & Macon County nbateman@decaturedc.com Carly McCrory-McKay Chief Partnerships Officer & Executive Director of the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation carly@champaigncountyedc.org Kim Kidwell Associate Chancellor for Strategic Partnerships and Initiatives at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign kkidwell@illinois.edu Laura Appenzeller Assistant Vice Chancellor for Innovation at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign lfrerich@illinois.edu Team Members Brian Jacobson Program Lead for Infrastructure & Associate Director of Strategic Operations at the Integrated Bioprocessing Research Lab bjacobs3@illinois.edu Taylor Meredith Communications Manager tmmered@illinois.edu Lenora Fisher Director of Business Attraction lenora@champaigncountyedc.org Brooke Gordon Administrative Program Manager brooke@champaigncountyedc.org Lynzee Kraushaar Business Specialist lynzeek@illinois.edu
