Chair: George Briggs, Executive Director, The North Carolina Arboretum, Asheville
Vice Chair: Mark Burrows (Vice-Chair), Economic Development Director, Transylvania County, Brevard
- Michael A. Almond, Director, Appalachian Regional Development Institute, Piney Creek
- Cynthia A. Atterholt, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Chemistry, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee
- Jake Blood, Executive Director, Yancey County Economic Development Commission, Burnsville
- Dale B. Carroll, President & CEO, AdvantageWest North Carolina, Fletcher
- Steven M. Casey, MBA, Vice President, Statewide Operations, North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Research Triangle Park
- John (Jack) F.A.V. Cecil, President, Biltmore Farms, Asheville
- Socrates Choumbakos, Venture Development Group, Weaverville
- Mark B. Clasby, Executive Director, Haywood County, Economic Development Commission, Waynesville
- Tom Covington, NewFound Mountain Associates, Leicester
- Jan Davis, Asheville City Council, Asheville
- Jeannine M. Davis, Ph.D., Associate Professor, North Carolina State University, College of Agriculture & Life Science, Fletcher
- Bill Gibson, Executive Director, Southwestern Commission, Sylva
- Gregg A. Kormanik, Ph.D., Professor, Chief Research Officer, Biology Department, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville
- Keith E. Krumpe, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville
- Jonathon Lawrie, Ph.D., Manager, BioBusiness Center, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, Candler
- Richard J. Lutovsky, President & CEO, Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, Asheville
- Robert K. McMahan, Jr, Ph.D., Dean and Professor of Engineering, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee
- Cheryl S. McMurry, Director, Western Office, North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Asheville
- Brian D. Moore, Chief Strategic Planning Officer, Mission St. Joseph’s Health Systems, Asheville
- Charles G. Moreland, Ph.D., Emeritus Vice Chancellor for Research, NC State University, Hendersonville
- Paul V. Phibbs, Ph.D., Emeritus Prof. of Microbiol & Immunol, East Carolina Univ. School of Medicine, Asheville
- Tom Ranney, Ph.D., Professor of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Mtn. Horticulture Crops & Research Center, Fletcher
- Jeffrey Schmitt, Ph.D., Director of Research, Bent Creek Institute, The North Carolina Arboretum, Asheville