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Columbia Businessman Re-Elected to Board of International Association

Submitted by: Agata Chydzinski on Jun 02, 2010 at 8:31 pm Tagged with: Board Of Directors, election, Joel Stevenson, NBIA Source: National Business Incubation Association (NBIA)

COLUMBIA, S.C.—Joel Stevenson, executive director of the USC/Columbia Technology Incubator, has been re-elected to the board of directors of the National Business Incubation Association. His second three-year term begins Oct. 1.
Stevenson has been director of the USC/Columbia Technology Incubator and an NBIA member since 1999. Among the many recognitions his program has received under his leadership are nomination for NBIA’s 2007 Incubator of the Year award in the technology category; the state of South Carolina’s Municipal Achievement Award for Economic Development; and the International Economic Development Council’s Award for Economic Development. Stevenson currently serves as treasurer of NBIA’s board, chairs the publications task force, and is past chairman of the audit committee.
Business incubation programs like the USC/Columbia Technology Incubator catalyze the process of starting and growing companies by providing entrepreneurs with the expertise, networks and tools they need to make their ventures successful. NBIA estimates that in 2005 alone, North American incubators assisted more than 27,000 start-up companies that provided full-time employment for more than 100,000 workers and generated annual revenue of more than $17 billion.
Based in Athens, Ohio, the National Business Incubation Association is the world’s leading organization advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship. Since 1985, NBIA has provided industry professionals with information, education, advocacy and networking resources to bring excellence to the process of assisting early-stage companies.
NBIA’s board of directors, made up of representatives from leading business incubation programs, governs the organization. The group meets three times a year to discuss association business, including educational programming, finances, member recruitment/services and publications.