Who will succeed MEDC’s Epolito? The speculation begins
The race to run the MEDC has two Ann Arborites contending for the position.Excerpt:When James Epolito announced last week he would step down as President and CEO of the Michigan Economic Development Corp., two prominent names began to be bandied about as possible replacements — Michael Finney and Rick Snyder.Snyder is a former COO and president of Gateway Computers who helped take that company public before returning to Ann Arbor in 1997 to found Avalon Investments Inc., a venture-capital company with a $100 million fund. In 2000, he co-founded Ardesta L.L.C., another VC firm that invests in micro- and nanotechnologies.In 2005, Snyder co-founded Ann Arbor Spark, an economic-development organization, and serves as its chairman.Read the rest of the story here.
The race to run the MEDC has two Ann Arborites contending for the position.
Excerpt:
When James Epolito announced last week he would step down as President and CEO of the Michigan Economic Development Corp., two prominent names began to be bandied about as possible replacements — Michael Finney and Rick Snyder.
Snyder is a former COO and president of Gateway Computers who helped take that company public before returning to Ann Arbor in 1997 to found Avalon Investments Inc., a venture-capital company with a $100 million fund. In 2000, he co-founded Ardesta L.L.C., another VC firm that invests in micro- and nanotechnologies.
In 2005, Snyder co-founded Ann Arbor Spark, an economic-development organization, and serves as its chairman.
Read the rest of the story here.
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