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Other Collaborating Partners

  • 3A Composites
  • Advantage Kentucky Alliance
  • All4, Inc
  • Boston Government Services
  • Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce
  • Carbon Science Solutions
  • CEPEDA Associates
  • Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport (CVG)
  • City of Knoxville
  • City of Lexington
  • Commerce Lexington
  • Commonwealth Rolled Products
  • CRG Automation
  • Donovan Energy
  • Eastman Chemical Company
  • EPB, Inc.
  • Everburn Manufacturing
  • GE Aerospace
  • Gray Solutions
  • Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation
  • JR Automation
  • Kentucky Association of Manufacturers
  • Kentucky's Touchstone Energy Cooperative
  • Knoxville Entrepreneur Center
  • Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products
  • LB Manufacturing
  • Lexington Chamber of Commerce
  • Lexmark
  • LG&E / KU
  • Louisville Metro
  • Logan Aluminum
  • Metals Innovation Initiative (MI2)
  • MHS Global
  • NeoCycl
  • North American Stainless
  • Novelis
  • Phelps2020
  • River Metals Recycling
  • SECAT
  • Shaping Our Appalachian Region (SOAR)
  • SkyNano
  • Southeast Kentucky Economic Development Corp (SKED)
  • Southeast Tennessee Development District
  • Space Tango
  • Spark Innovation Center
  • Sunflower Fuels
  • Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council
  • Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  • Trace Die Cast
  • The Company Lab (Co.Lab)
  • The Enterprise Center
  • University of Tennessee Research Foundation
  • UT Center for Industrial Series
  • Whip Mix

GAME Change Leadership Team

  • Project Director
    Ian McClure, University of Kentucky
  • Project Deputy Director/Ex Officio
    Landon Borders, University of Kentucky
  • Community Representation
    Deb Socia, The Enterprise Center
  • Ecosystem of Partner & Industry
    Marc Gibson, University of Tennessee Knoxville
  • Evaluation & Assessment
    Dr. Shannon Sampson, University of Kentucky
  • IDEA Engine
    Kayla Meisner, Kentucky Commercialization Ventures
  • Industry Sustainability
    John Gagel, Lexmark
  • Innovation Leadership
    Monique Kuykendoll Quarterman, Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development
  • Innovation Translation to Practice
    Robert Turner, Tennessee State University
  • Scale Centers & Venture Studios
    Will Metcalf, University of Louisville
  • Speed to Market
    Vijay Kamenini, Metals Innovation Initiative
  • Talent & Workforce Development
    Jessie Schook, Kentucky Community and Technical College System
  • Use-Inspired Research & Development
    Dr. Doug Adams, Vanderbilt University

GAME Change Personnel

  • Fazleena Badurdeen, University of Kentucky
  • Eric Barth, Vanderbilt University
  • David Brown, Western Kentucky University
  • Lindsey Cox, Launch Tennessee
  • Tom Goldsby, University of Tennessee
  • Larry Holloway, University of Kentucky
  • I.S. Jawahir, University of Kentucky
  • Dr. Reinhold Mann, University of Tennessee Chattanooga
  • Calgar Oskay, Vanderbilt University
  • Dayakar Penumadu, University of Tennessee
  • Dan Popa, University of Louisville
  • Terry Samuel, Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation
  • Tom Sewell, Tennessee Board of Regents
  • Buddy Steen, Western Kentucky University
  • Dr. Xin Sun, Oak Ridge National Laboratory