The Governing Board provides executive leadership to the Center through the cooperation of some of the best-informed and successful business leaders in the world of nanotechnology. Each of the Center’s four founding companies are represented, as well as exceptional small company, non-profit and university leadership.
Robert Kumpf Bayer MaterialScience LLC Chairman/Director
Luis Fanor Vega Alcoa Technology Vice Chairman/Director
Daniel E. Rardon PPG Industries, Inc. Treasurer/Secretary/Director
Andrew Hannah Plextronics Corporation Director
Carlo G. Pantano, Ph.D.* Pennsylvania State University Director
Christopher Roberts United States Steel Research Director
Patrick Stewart Pepperweed Consulting, LLC CEO
Audrey Russo Pittsburgh Technology Council Director
* Annually rotating seat among Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania State University and University of Pittsburgh