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Steering Committee

The Global Institute has established a steering committee comprised of its leadership team, founding partners, and the heads of innovation districts around the world. The committee is charged with shaping the overall agenda of The Global Institute and ensuring research, network, and other activities advance the paradigm and practice of innovation districts.

Representing innovation districts

Richard Bland
Innovation Growth Advisor at Business Sheffield

Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District, Sheffield, UK
Prof. Dan Blumberg
Vice President for Regional and Industrial Development, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Be’er Sheva Innovation District, Be’er Sheva, Israel
Matt Enstice
President and CEO

Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, Buffalo, USA
Natalie Self
Senior Vice President of Equitable Economic Impact

Cortex Innovation Community, St. Louis, USA
Carolina Salazar
Head of Strategy

Futumed, Medellín, Colombia
Lindsey Schwab
Director of Community Relations

Innovation Quarter, Winston-Salem, USA
Marcel van Heemert
Program manager Campus on twikkeling, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Knowledge Quarter Zuidas, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Grace Lee Reynolds
CEO

MaRS Discovery District, Toronto, Canada
Mariella Smids
Deputy Director Precincts and Government, Monash University

Monash Technology Precinct, Melbourne, Australia
Mario Adrián Flores
Vice President of the Monterrey Region and General Director of Monterrey Campus

Monterrey Innovation District, Monterrey, Mexico
Christine Wergeland Sørbye
CEO

Oslo Science City, Oslo, Norway
Sean Luther
Executive Director, InnovatePGH

Pittsburgh Innovation District, Pittsburgh, USA

Richard Bland

Innovation Growth Advisor at Business Sheffield

Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District, Sheffield, UK

Prof. Dan Blumberg

Vice President for Regional and Industrial Development, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Be’er Sheva Innovation District, Be’er Sheva, Israel

Matt Enstice

President and CEO

Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, Buffalo, USA

Natalie Self

Senior Vice President of Equitable Economic Impact

Cortex Innovation Community, St. Louis, USA

Carolina Salazar

Head of Strategy

Futumed, Medellín, Colombia

Lindsey Schwab

Director of Community Relations

Innovation Quarter, Winston-Salem, USA

Marcel van Heemert

Program manager Campus on twikkeling, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Knowledge Quarter Zuidas, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Grace Lee Reynolds

CEO

MaRS Discovery District, Toronto, Canada

Mariella Smids

Deputy Director Precincts and Government, Monash University

Monash Technology Precinct, Melbourne, Australia

Mario Adrián Flores

Vice President of the Monterrey Region and General Director of Monterrey Campus

Monterrey Innovation District, Monterrey, Mexico

Christine Wergeland Sørbye

CEO

Oslo Science City, Oslo, Norway

Sean Luther

Executive Director, InnovatePGH

Pittsburgh Innovation District, Pittsburgh, USA

Representing the Founding Partners

Stefano Minini

Project Director – Science and Tech (Europe), Lendlease

Representing the Board of Directors

Tom Osha, Chair

Senior Vice President, Innovation and Economic Development, Wexford Science + Technology

Julie Wagner, Vice-chair

President, The Global Institute on Innovation District

Pamela Puchalski, Secretary

Vice President, The Global Institute on Innovation Districts

Carrie Kolasky, Member

Chief Growth Officer, Greater Washington Partnership

Bruce Katz, Member

Director, Nowak Metro Finance Lab at the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation, Drexel University

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