Verge (formerly Valleys Innovation Council), which includes alliance members Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council (RBTC) and the Regional Accelerator and Mentoring Program (RAMP), helps facilitate regional connection, communication, and collaboration by identifying regional priorities and funding to advance tech and biotech projects and solutions across the Roanoke and New River Valleys, and Lynchburg. Verge serves GO Virginia Region 2 and works to form collaborations with government, business, academia, and other organizations to advance the region and grow a thriving innovation economy.
Staff
- Erin Burcham, President of Verge & Executive Director of the Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council (RBTC)
- Jackie Lackey, Vice President of Programs, Verge
- Lisa Garcia, Vice President of Entrepreneurial Development and Director, RAMP
- Sarah Phillips Spotswood, Managing Director, RAMP
- Jessie Dunn, Administrative Coordinator, RAMP
- Taylor Spellman, Associate Director, RBTC
- Lindsey Eversole, Grants Manager, Verge
Board
- Eddie Amos, TORC Robotics
- Amy Ankrum, Qualtrax
- Henry Bass, Automation Creations, Inc.
- Kevin Bloomfield, Bloomfield Partners, LLC
- Grant Brewer, LICENSE-Center for Technology Commercialization, Virginia Tech
- Harvey Brookins, Roanoke Market at National Bank
- Erin Burcham, Verge President
- John Capps, Central Virginia Community College
- David Catalano, Ozmo
- Kathy Claytor, Corvesta
- Nick Conte, Carilion Clinic
- Steve Critchfield, Mova Technologies, LLC
- Katherin Elam, Junior Achievement of Southwest Virginia
- Russ Ellis, Commonwealth Growth Group
- Greg Feldmann, Skyline Capital Strategies
- Ken Ferris, Brookewood Management Advisors, & Co-Chair, Verge Executive Committee
- William Fralin, Medical Facilities of America
- Michael Friedlander, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech-Carlion, Virginia Tech
- Cheryl Giggetts, Innovate Lynchburg
- Pat Huber, New River Community College
- Victor Iannello, Radiant Physics
- Angela Joyner, Radford University
- Doug Juanarena, Retired Serial Entrepreneur
- Ed Lawhorn, Retired, Atlantic Union, & Treasurer, Verge Executive Committee
- Jeff Merritt, Cox Business
- Marty Muscatello, Retired, FoxGuard Solutions, & Co-Chair, Verge Executive Committee
- Patrick Patterson, FoxGuard Solutions
- John Rainone, Dabney S. Lancaster Community College
- Robert Sandel, Virginia Western Community College
- Jeff Smith, Voltage Leadership
- Brian Soller, Luna Innovations
- Bob Stolle, Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC)
- Daniel Summerlin, Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black, & Secretary, Verge Executive Committee
- Marjorie Tenzer, Retired, IBM
- Clark Worthy, Gentry Locke
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