Governor Appoints NSU President to Technology
Authority
Norfolk, Va.—Governor
Timothy M. Kaine has appointed Norfolk State University
President Carolyn W. Meyers to the board of directors
for the Innovative Technology Authority. Her term will
end April 6, 2012.
The
Innovative Technology Authority was created by the
Commonwealth and is the governing body for the Center
for Innovative Technology. The purpose of the 16-member
ITA board of directors is to develop and monitor the
policies and activities of the Center for Innovative
Technology. All board members are appointed by the
Governor with two members being presidents of major
research universities with an additional president
representing all other state colleges. A member of the
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia is also
on the board. Remaining ITA board members are
representatives from various businesses, industries and
corporations. Virginia’s secretaries of Technology,
Education and Commerce and Trade are also members.
CIT is a
nonprofit corporation that seeks to close innovation
gaps in Virginia and the nation by focusing on new
technologies, entrepreneurs and technology companies
that make innovation happen.
Meyers
holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from
Howard University, a master’s in mechanical engineering
from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)
and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering also from Georgia
Tech. Her post doctoral work was completed through
Harvard University’s Institute for Educational
Management.
Her career
in higher education includes academic and administrative
experiences. She has served as provost and vice
chancellor for Academic Affairs at North Carolina A&T
State University, as a tenured professor and dean of the
College of Engineering at NC A&T, the first associate
dean of research for the College of Engineering at
Georgia Tech, director of the Center for Success of the
Southeastern Universities and Colleges Coalition in
Engineering Education and program officer in two
divisions of the National Science Foundation.
