Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Editors, Virginia Law Review, 1973-1975. Member: Governor's Task Force on Development of Private Seed Capital Sources, 1987-1988; Business Review Panel, North Carolina Technological Development Authority, 1984-1985. Business Reviewer, N.C. Biotechnology Center, 1987. Member, Board of Directors and Chairman, Business Innovation and Technology Advancement Center, 1988-1991. President, 1984-1985, Member, Executive Committee, 1984—, and Member, Board of Directors, 1984—, Council for Entrepreneurial Development. Member, Board of Directors, 1988-1997, Member, Executive Committee, 1990-1997, and Chairman, 1993-1994, Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce. Chairman, North Carolina Venture Capital Conference, 1992. Member, Board of Directors, Raleigh-Durham Regional Partnership, 1993-1994. General Counsel, North Carolina Electronics and Information Technologies Association, 1993-1996. Member, External Advisory Team, North Carolina Biotechnology Center, 1995-2002. Director, Raleigh Little Theatre, 1995-1997. Chairman, 1995, and Member, Executive Committee, 1998, Duke Conference on Entrepreneurship. Chairman, 1997-1999 and Member, Executive Committee, 1997—, The Sports Council. Member, Board of Directors, Pan Am Games Bid Committee for the Triangle, 1998-1999. Member, 1995-2001, Executive Committee, and President, 1998-2000, The Fifty Group. Member, Board of Directors, 1998 and Chairman-Elect, 2000-2002; Chairman, 2002—, Triangle Community Foundation. Chairman, Entrepreneurial Advisory Committee, The Catalyst Project, 1999—. Raleigh Little Theatre's Advisory Board, 2003—.