North Carolina State University

Dr. Davidian is a well-known biostatistician with extensive experience in the development of methods for evaluating and analyzing HIV-related data, including NIH-funded studies for the development of statistical techniques for HIV clinical trials. She is the William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Statistics at North Carolina State University, member of the editorial staff of several statistical and mathematical journals, author of several dozen peer-reviewed publications, and widely requested presenter-author at industry conferences. Dr. Davidian received her M.S. at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science, and her PhD at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

In addition to being a tenured professor of business strategy and market research and a member of the Academy of Outstanding Teachers & Scholars at North Carolina State University, Dr. Mitch Javidi is the president and CEO of The Catevo Group and former founder and CEO of Digiton Corporation. During the last 25 years, Mitch has served more than 350 clients and has produced more than 600 corporate reports. Additionally, he has 60+ articles and book chapters with 400+ national and international presentations to his name. He has received prominent acclaim for his strategic planning initiatives, serving as a strategist to Sam Walton and David Glass of Wal-Mart in the early 1980s. While at Wal-Mart, his primary focus was on growing the company's pharmacy stores, which increased market share by 21 percent in less than 18 months during his tenure.

Nancy Whelchel, associate membership and chapter relations chair, is the Assistant Director for Survey Research at North Carolina State University. She administers student, alumni, faculty, and staff surveys for the university, conducts focus groups on campus issues, and provides consultation services on faculty and student survey research projects. She serves as the survey expert on the NC State IRB, and chairs the University of North Carolina system's Survey Working Group. She became interested in survey research through her work at the Center for Public Interest Polling while pursuing her doctoral degree at Rutgers University.

Mrs. Pleasant joined Craig Davis Properties in 1999 as Senior Property Manager for Venture Center at North Carolina State University?s Centennial Campus. Since 2002, Mrs. Pleasant has served as the Director of Property Management for the 2.8 million square foot Craig Davis Properties? management portfolio. As Asset Manager, Mrs. Pleasant is responsible for overseeing all maintenance and operations activities and is heavily involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, process implementation, risk management, and owner relations. Prior to joining Craig Davis Properties, Ms. Pleasant was with Spectrum Properties where she had management responsibility for the daily operations of the First Union Capital Center, a 28-story, 600,000 square foot Class A office building in downtown Raleigh. Ms. Pleasant received her BS degree from the University of Georgia and her MBA from Appalachian State University. She is a member of the Triangle Commercial Real Estate Women and holds her NC Real Estate Salesman and Brokers Licenses.

Tammy has worked with and cared for horses on a private level for thirty-five years and on a professional level for eighteen years. Tammy is administrator of all activities at the Equine Health Center at Southern Pines.

Dr. Afroz Taj is Assistant Professor in the Hindi-Urdu Language Program at North Carolina State University. Also, he is the Director of the South-East Asia Consortium. As an organizer of many cultural events, Prof. Taj is a well known figure in the Triangle Area.

Akehia Cheek is a master's student in Higher Education Administration at NCSU. Her research interests focus on educational benefits of membership in Greek-letter organizations for Black students at predominantly white institutions. She will delve into the world of mobile learning for her doctoral studies. Spending a semester as a Graduate Assistant for the Association for Black Culture Centers, Akehia helped draft a plan to incorporate technology into NC State's culture center to make the cultural and educational resources available to a wider audience. The concept of mobilizing educational resources was one of many insights that Akehia gained through working with the New Learning Project team.

Alice Y. Scales is the Assistant Department Head of the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education and Coordinator of the Graphic Communications Program at North Carolina State University, where she has taught since 1988. She has a B.S. in Science Education, a M.Ed. in Industrial Arts Education, and an Ed. D. in Occupational Education. Dr. Scales has taught students from the Middle Grades level to adults. She taught in the Wake County Public Schools for 12 years before coming to NC State University. While teaching in Wake County. she taught a variety of subjects and was invovled in the writing of several curriculum projects. She also worked as a continuing education instructor at Wake Medical Center, training Unit Secretaries and other hospital personnel. At NC State University, she teaches introductory engineering graphics courses that include CAD, desktop publishing, and web site development. She has completed research in the area of teaching engineering graphics and CAD. She was named a Faculty of Distinction by AutoDesk, Inc. in 2000 for her web based tutorials for AutoCAD Release 14.

Dr. Clode is a native of Spokane, Washington and completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. She obtained her veterinary degree from Washington State University, following which she completed a one-year small animal medical and surgical internship at Colorado State University. Her residency training in comparative veterinary ophthalmology was completed here at NC State. Alison enjoys swimming, running, yoga, camping and any other outdoor activity, as well as cooking, reading, and spending time with her two dogs, her friends, and her family.

Amanda Blue is a Research Assistant for the Family-Centered Meetings Project. She is a student at North Carolina State University pursuing her Master's in Social Work (MSW). Amanda has interned as a case manager at the Helen Wright Center for Women, a homeless shelter for women in downtown Raleigh.

Amy is the Coordinator for the Medicinal Herbs for Commerce Project. She has been a part of the project since its inception, maintaining continuity as the project evolves. Amy has been studying medicinal herbs for over ten years and brings firsthand knowledge of the herbal industry to the program after working for Gaia Herbs in Brevard, NC for three years. She is currently seeking her B.S. in Environmental Studies from UNC Asheville with a self-designed emphasis in Ethnobotany. In her spare time, she hangs out with her cats, plays in an all-woman rock band, and reads comic books, which she one day hopes to write.

At North Carolina State University, Professor Taylor teaches courses in American politics, including Introduction to American Government, the Presidency and Congress, the Legislative Process, Public Choice and Political Institutions, and a seminar in the Ph.D. program in public administration. In 1999, he received the College of Humanities and Social Sciences' Poole Outstanding Teacher Award. He is a native of the United Kingdom.

Annie I. Anton is an Associate Professor of Software Engineering in the College of Engineering at the North Carolina State University and Director of ThePrivacyPlace.org. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Science in 1997 from the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. After one year at the University of South Florida, Dr. Anton joined the computer science department at NC State. She was awarded an NSF CAREER Award in 2000, named a CRA Digital Government Fellow in 2002, nominated and selected for the 2004-2005 IDA/DARPA Defense Science Study Group, and received the CSO (Chief Security Officer) Magazine "Woman of Influence in the Public Sector" award at the 2005 Executive Women's Forum. She is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, a senior member of the IEEE as well as a member of the ACM. Anton currently serves on several boards, including: U.S. Department of Homeland Security Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee, the NSF Computer & Information Science & Engineering Directorate Advisory Council, the Executive Board of the ACM's US Public Policy Committee (USACM), the Computing Research Association (CRA) Board of Directors, the CRA-W Board, an Intel Advisory Board, and the Georgia Tech Alumni Association Board of Trustees.

Aram Attarian, Ph.D. - Dr. Attarian is an Associate Professor in the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. His teaching focuses on adventure recreation, outdoor leadership, and park and recreation facility and site management. Dr. Attarian's research interests center on Leave No Trace behavior with a specialized interest on the impacts of rock climbing on the environment, outdoor leadership, and adventure programming. In addition, he has spent over 20 seasons as a Course Director and Instructor with the North Carolina Outward Bound School.

Art Morris brings over 20 years of experience in high-frequency electronics and devices. He has contributed to device technologies from traveling wave tubes to HBTs and developed products for markets from high voltage instrumentation to broadband communication systems. Prior to WiSpry, Dr. Morris was director of technology at Microcosm Technologies (now Coventor), responsible for next-generation development for RF and optical applications of MEMS. Dr. Morris was previously a development manager and acting development director at Raychem Corp. (now part of Tyco Electronics), responsible for product development for wireless, twisted pair and HFC networks. Dr. Morris is a senior member of the IEEE and is an adjunct professor at NCSU.

Bradley Wilson is the coordinator for student media advising at North Carolina State University where he advises the daily newspaper, the radio station, a weekly newspaper, a literary magazine, an online magazine and the yearbook. He is a frequent speaker at workshops worldwide on topics ranging from the ethics of digital photography to publications design. He is the editor of the publications for the national Journalism Education Association and active in local and regional associations to improve the quality of journalism education. Among other awards, he has received the Pioneer Award from the National Scholastic Press Association and the Carl Towley Award from the Journalism Education Association, which is its highest honor.

Dr. Gilger is Consulting Director of Ophthalmic Toxicology and Pharmacology Studies at BRT. He is a board-certified veterinary ophthalmologist, a Professor of Ophthalmology at North Carolina State University, and founder of Ophthalmic Consulting and Research, LLC, a company dedicated to the preclinical design and testing of ophthalmic pharmaceuticals and products for industry. Dr. Gilger has over 14 years experience in the design and completion of ophthalmic studies and has expertise in ocular toxicology, pharmacology and immunology. He has presented and published numerous ophthalmic studies, including those on ocular drug delivery devices, ocular immunology and ocular clinical trials. Dr. Gilger is on the editorial review board of the American Journal of Veterinary Research and Veterinary Ophthalmology and a scientific reviewer for Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. Preclinical ophthalmic toxicology and pharmacology studies, both GLP and non-GLP, are conducted by Dr. Gilger at Burleson Research Technologies.

Dr. Bruce Eaton is a senior director of research and development at SomaLogic. Dr. Eaton joined SomaLogic from North Carolina State University, where he is a professor of chemistry (2000 - present). Dr. Eaton was a founder and the president of Invenux, an RNA evolution technology company, from 2000 - 2002. Prior to that, Dr. Eaton was vice president of chemistry at NeXstar Pharmaceuticals (1994-1999), where he managed the group responsible for the production of the first aptamer to enter clinical development, NX1838 (now Macugen ) for age-related macular degeneration. During his years at NeXstar Pharmaceuticals, Dr. Eaton was also a professor of chemistry at Washington State University, a position he held from 1989 - 2000. Dr. Eaton is named as inventor on more than 30 issued patents, mostly relating to SELEX. He received his B.S. degrees (Chemistry and Biology) and M.S. degree (Chemistry) from the University of Oregon in 1980 and 1981 respectively, and his Ph.D. degree (Chemistry) from the University of California, Berkeley in 1988.

Christy is the President and CEO of Inspire Pharmaceuticals and a seasoned pharmaceutical executive and Ph.D. scientist with extensive experience in directing complex drug development processes for innovative products. Under Dr. Shaffer?s tenure, Inspire became a publicly traded company in 2000, raising $76 million, and has completed five subsequent equity financings, raising an additional $354 million.