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Board of Directors

The Global Institute on Innovation Districts is a global-reaching not-for-profit organization that conducts independent, practice-oriented research on innovation districts and provides them with hands-on support.

Tom Osha

Chair

Tom is board chair at The Global Institute. He is employed by Wexford Science + Technology as senior vice president for innovation and economic development.

Julie Wagner

Vice-chair

Julie is vice-chair of the board at The Global Institute. She is also president and founder of The Global Institute, where she helps innovation districts with the ambition to advance them as practice leaders.

Pamela Puchalski

Treasurer

Pamela is vice president and treasurer at The Global Institute, where she manages GIID’s strategic partnerships with organizations and funders.

Carrie Kolasky

Secretary

Carrie is board secretary of The Global Institute. She serves as chief growth officer at the Greater Washington Partnership, where she drives awareness for the organization’s initiatives.

Bruce Katz

Member

Bruce is director of the Nowak Metro Finance Lab at the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation at Drexel University in Philadelphia and co-founder of New Localism Advisors.

Eitan Kyiet

Member

Eitan is deputy CEO of CardiacSense, a medical device company dedicated to creating long-term monitoring solutions for patients, using a combination of sensors, AI and big-data analysis.