The Research Triangle Park

The future of great ideas

RTP Headquarters courtyard

Board of Directors

Board Officers


Robert A. Ingram


Board Chair
Robert A. Ingram
General Partner
Hatteras Venture Partners

Virginia Rand Bowman


Board Vice Chair
Virginia Rand Bowman
Managing General Partner
Northgate Mall

Smedes York


Board Secretary
Smedes York
President
York Properties, Inc.

 

Directors

John Brantley
Retired
RDU International Airport Authority
 
Dr. Richard H. Brodhead
President
Duke University
 
Geo. Watts Carr, III
Retired
 
Jack Cecil
President
Biltmore Farms
 
Dr. Joseph DeSimone
Chancellor's Eminent Professor of
Chemistry, University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
 
Charles Francis
Attorney and Managing Member
The Francis Law Firm, PLLC
 
Olivia Holding
President
E. F. Properties, Inc.President
Ella Ann L. and Frank B. Holding Foundation
 
Kimberly Jenkins
Program Director
Duke in Silicon Valley Initiative
  
J. Walter McDowell, III
Retired CEO, Carolinas Banking
Wachovia, N.A.
 
Mike Mortimer
Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
Quintiles Transnational Corporation
Thomas W. Ross
President
The University of North Carolina
 
Bruce Sargent
Site Operations Manager
IBM
President
RTP Owners & Tenants Association
 
Dr. H. Holden Thorp
Chancellor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
 
Dr. Tallman Trask
Executive Vice President
Duke University
 
Joe Templeton
Professor of Chemistry
Special Assistant to the Chancellor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
 
D. Jordan Whichard, III
Greenville, NC
 
Robert W. Winston
CEO
Winston Hospitality, Inc.
 
Dr. W. Randy Woodson
Chancellor
North Carolina State University
 
Dr. Phail Wynn, Jr.
Vice President Durham and Regional Affairs
Duke University
  
Directors Emeritus

Richard L. Daugherty

Retired
IBM

David L. Ward, Jr.
Ward and Smith, P.A.
Attorneys at Law