"Laura's
enthusiasm, technology experience and leadership in bringing a variety
of stakeholders together for a common vision will serve the Chesapeake
Innovation Center well," said Ms. Neuman. "She will provide a tremendous
service to Anne Arundel County, her home county, by nurturing and
growing our community of entrepreneurs and innovators."
As
executive director for the county's technology business incubator, Ms.
Willoughby will lead the CIC into its second decade of helping
technology companies grow and expand their impact on the county's
business community. Ms. Willoughby will focus on enhancing the center's
programmatic offerings, strengthening its relationships with current
academic, government and corporate partners and seeking new connections
and growing the incubator's membership of emerging technology companies.
"Laura's
outstanding technology and business development experience dovetails
very well with our plans to grow the incubator's footprint in the cyber
community in and around Fort Meade," said Ed Rothstein, President and
CEO of the Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation.
"With her insight and strategic focus, I have no doubt that Anne
Arundel County will take on a much larger role in the growth of the
region's emerging high tech ecosystem."
Prior
to arriving at the incubator, Ms. Willoughby was the Washington, DC
Metro Regional Director of Business Executives for National Security
(BENS). In this role she recruited and retained members, sponsors and
high-level donors, built relationships, primarily with key government
and corporate partners and lead the redevelopment of the association's
programming which integrated valuable insight from members.
Ms.
Willoughby's professional experience includes serving as Director of
Marketing Communications for Annapolis-based iJET International and was
Executive Director of the Anne Arundel Tech Council where she grew the
membership from 74 to 236 members and worked with various community
stakeholders to rebrand it as the Chesapeake Regional Tech Council.
She
is a resident of Brooklyn Park in Anne Arundel County and a graduate of
the College of Charleston where she received a bachelor's degree in
media communications. Ms. Willoughby holds numerous awards from the
Maryland-Delaware-DC Press Association and has been affiliated with
several area organizations such as the Providence Center, the ARC of the
Chesapeake and Leadership Maryland in which she was a member of the
class of 2011.
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