It’s been quite a busy month for WIRED Bio-1 Executive Director Mary Ellen Clark.  In addition to her leadership in developing and kicking off the six Bio-1 strategy and implementation teams, Mary Ellen has been on tour throughout the state and beyond, presenting to a variety of groups with the Bio-1 message.   Here is a sampling of her recent speaking engagements:

On February 20th, Mary Ellen addressed the current class of Leadership Somerset, a scholarship program that encourages individuals who live or work in Somerset County to become trustees of their communities and leadership resources as they work for the common good.  This Leadership Somerset session was centered on Somerset County and New Jersey’s economy and featured Dr. James W. Hughes, Dean of the Rutgers Bloustein School speaking about New Jersey and Somerset, as well as tour of the county by John Maddocks of the Somerset County Business Partnership.

On March 4th, Mary Ellen was a member of a roundtable discussion on the State of Science Education in NJ, sponsored by 6th District Assemblywoman Pamela Lampitt and the Chemistry Council of NJ.

On March 11th, Mary Ellen, with the two other NJ WIRED directors Helen M. Groft of Delaware Valley Innovation Network and Linda Luciano of the North Jersey NJEIA region and Commissioner David Socolow held an information session for the NJ Congressional Delegation on the NJ WIRED initiatives.

On March 19th, together with David Finegold, Dean of the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers, and the Northern NJ WIRED region, Mary Ellen presented at the State Employment and Training Commission.

In Mary Ellen’s spare time, she has worked to continuously refine the Bio-1 implementation plan – which was recently approved by the State Department of Labor (DOL) and in review at the Federal level.

If you would like Mary Ellen to speak to your group, please email her at: mclark@smlr.rutgers.edu.

To see Mary Ellen’s presentation, click here