Chair:D. Jordan (Jordy) Whichard III, Publisher, Cox North Carolina Publications, Greenville
Vice-Chair: David Peele, Ph.D., President, AVOCA, Inc., Merry Hill
- Darren Armstrong, President, Black Land Farmers, Belhaven
- Steven (Steve) M. Casey, Vice President, Statewide Operations, North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Research Triangle Park
- John D. Chaffee, Director, Eastern Office, North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Greenville
- Bill Cooper, Manager, BioNetwork - Bioprocessing Center, Technology Enterprise Center, Greenville
- Al Delia, President and CEO, North Carolina’s Eastern Region, Kinston
- Jayfus Doswell, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Biotechnology, Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City
- John Gessaman, President & CEO, Carolinas Gateway Partnership, Rocky Mount
- Marty Hackney, Director, Entrepreneurial Initiative, East Carolina University Greenville
- Ron Heiniger, Ph.D., Associate Professor - Extension Corn Specialist, North Carolina State University, Plymouth
- Dave Inscoe, Executive Director, Carteret County Economic Development Council, Morehead City
- Rob Mayo, President, Carolina Classics Catfish, Ayden
- Rick Niswander, Ph.D., Dean, College of Business, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858
- Rachel T. Noble, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Sciences, Morehead City
- Paul Phibbs, Ph.D., (Retired) Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Asheville
- Scott Ralls, Ph.D., President, Craven Community College, New Bern
- Bill Richardson, WSR, Inc., Poplar Branch
- Vann Rogerson, President & CEO, North Carolina's Northeast Commission, Edenton
- Doug Rufino, Senior Director, Lab Services/Analytical Development, DSM Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Greenville
- Edmund (Ed) Stellwag, Ph.D., Director, Genomics Core Facility & Associate Professor, Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville
- H. L. (Steve) Stephenson, III, Attorney, Ward & Smith, P.A., Greenville
- Anton-Lewis (Anton) Usala, MD, Chairman & CEO, CTMG, Inc, Greenville
- Raymond (Ray) White, Regional Marketing Director, North Carolina’s Northeast Commission, Edenton