NCInnovation
J. Bennet Waters has an extensive background in healthcare and strategic advisory services. Currently serving as President & CEO at NCInnovation, they previously held positions such as Senior Advisor at The Chertoff Group and Vice President at various healthcare organizations. With a Bachelor of Arts from Davidson College, a Doctorate in Health Administration from the Medical University of South Carolina, and a Master of Public Health from Boston University School of Public Health, J. Bennet Waters brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to their roles.
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NCInnovation
North Carolina has a world-class university system, ranks near the top of peer states in research and development funding, and is a top destination for talent. Despite those advantages, our innovation and commercialization performance doesn’t measure up to the size of our research base. NCInnovation intends to fix that. Backed by more than $23 million in capital from NC businesses and philanthropies, NCInnovation seeks to establish a public-private partnership that will develop and optimize regional innovation networks to connect industry, academia and entrepreneurs across the state, accelerate and leverage applied research with market-based opportunities and provide grant funding to support commercial growth and scale of emerging technologies in order to create jobs and improve the lives of all North Carolinians. We offer a bold and tested model to accelerate applied research from North Carolina universities and to help commercialize the products of that research.