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Verge Welcomes New Vice President of Entrepreneurial Development and Director of RAMP
Verge, the parent organization of RAMP and RBTC, is thrilled to announce the hiring of a new Vice President of Entrepreneurial Development and Director of RAMP. Lisa Garcia is expanding her role with RAMP, beginning July 1, bringing a wealth of educational and...
Job Opening: Administrative Coordinator, Regional Accelerator and Mentoring Program
Founded in 2017 with funding from GO Virginia, the City of Roanoke, and Virginia Western Community College, RAMP has now nurtured 33 technology and health & life science startups. In September 2020, RAMP received a major endorsement by the U.S. Economic...
Verge Job Opening: Financial and Administrative Coordinator
Position Placed On Hold - 7/7/2022 Part-time position (25 – 30 hours per week) Verge is a collaborative strategic alliance established to grow the region’s innovation economy, technology, and life sciences sectors, and the supporting professional communities....
Report: 2020-2021 Region 2 Innovation Ecosystem in Review
Learn more about the Innovation+Entrepreneurship Ecosystem that spans from New River Valley to the Roanoke Valley and Alleghany Highlands and to Lynchburg with this report from Valleys Innovation Council that spotlights news, programmatic activities, and data from...
Verge Job Opening: Director of Programs
THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED. Verge, part of the RBTC collaborative alliance, is poised to grow significantly this year and in the future with multiple grant proposals and funding requests in the pipeline. The key to our success is largely dependent on the stellar...
Verge President Named to Roanoke College Post
Erin Burcham was recently named to Roanoke College’s Community Advisory Group. Burcham is the President of Verge and Executive Director of the Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council. Verge is the regional technology alliance that includes affiliates of the...
Valleys Innovation Council Receives $200,000 Grant from Truist Foundation to Support PitchPlus Program
ROANOKE, VIRGINIA, Dec. 21, 2021 – Valleys Innovation Council (VIC), an affiliate of Verge, announced today that it has received a $200,000 grant from Truist Foundation to offer new educational programming and...
Verge Announces New President
Roanoke, Virginia, [December 8, 2021] – Verge announced today the hiring of Erin Burcham as the new President of Verge, the regional technology alliance that includes affiliates the Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council, Valleys Innovation Council and RAMP, the...
Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council Selects New Leader
Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council Selects New Leader Erin Burcham brings extensive professional, networking, and fundraising experience to the role. May 24, 2021 (Roanoke, VA) - The Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council, a Verge affiliate, announces...
Report: 2019-2020 Region 2 Innovation Ecosystem in Review
Learn more about the Innovation+Entrepreneurship Ecosystem that spans from New River Valley through the Roanoke Valley and Alleghany Highlands and to Lynchburg with this report from Valleys Innovation Council that spotlights major news, programmatic activities, and...