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UC Davis to Host PIPRA

Starting in July 2004, the University of California, Davis will host PIPRA. UC Davis provides an outstanding environment for the start-up of the new organization that will support the development and implementation of PIPRA's activities to facilitate access to agricultural innovations for humanitarian purposes and specialty crops.

Dr. Alan Bennett, currently Executive Director of the Office of Technology Transfer in the Office of the President of the University of California, will serve as the interim Executive Director of PIPRA for a one year period beginning in July 2004. He will be responsible for the organizational development of PIPRA.

UC Davis and Dr. Bennett were selected from an impressive set of proposals and applications submitted to a Request for Proposals and a Position Announcement issued by PIPRA in November 2003. For more information on the selection process, please contact Rex Raimond of Meridian Institute by phone (970-513-8340) or email (rraimond@merid.org).

Contact

For more information, to provide feedback, or to join the initiative, please contact:

Deborah Delmer, Ph.D.
Associate Director Food Security Program
Rockefeller Foundation
Phone: +1 212 852 8342
Fax: +212 852 8442
E-mail: ddelmer@rockfound.org

Rex Raimond
Mediator
Meridian Institute
Phone: +1 970 513 8340 ext. 230
Fax: +970 513 8348
E-mail: rraimond@merid.org

Contact information for the Executive Committee is as follows:

Alan Bennett
Executive Director, Office of Technology Transfer, Office of the President
University of California
Phone: +510-587-6060  
Fax: +510-587-6090
Email: alan.bennett@ucop.edu

Lisa Lorenzen
Director of Industry Relations & Biotechnology Liaison
Iowa State University
Phone: +515-294-0926  
Fax: +515-294-4629
Email: llorenze@iastate.edu

Henry Lowendorf
Associate Director
Office of Cooperative Research
Yale University
Phone: +203-436-8093  
Fax: +203-436-8086
Email: henry.lowendorf@yale.edu

Bryan Renk
Director of Patents and Licensing
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
Phone: +608-263-2828  
Fax: +608-263-1064
Email: brenk@warf.org

Randy Woodson
Associate Dean and Director, Agriculture Research Programs
School of Agriculture
Purdue University
Phone: +765-494-8362  
Fax: +765-494-0808
Email: woodson@purdue.edu