Tech Parks Arizona Directory

Tech Parks Arizona creates the place, environment and interactive ground that generates, attracts and retains technology companies and talent in alignment with the research, mission and goals of the University of Arizona (UA).  Tech Parks Arizona directs the UA Tech Park at Rita Road, UA Tech Park at The Bridges and the University of Arizona (UA) Center for Innovation with the highest priority of recruiting companies with connections to the UA to locate at these facilities.  

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Anita Bell

Director, University of Arizona Center for Innovation

Tracy Bibeau

Executive Associate to Carol Stewart

Bernadette Franco

Director of Finance and Human Resources

Kat Honeycutt

Accounting Associate

Craig Kleine

Director of Technology

Peter Loya

Director of Community and Government Relations

Kenneth M. Marcus

Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Milana Marshall

Student Communications Worker

Beth Megerle

IT and Finance/HR Assistant

Patrick Murphy

Vice President of Construction, Planning & Facilities

Jacqueline Siliezar

Accounting Specialist

Eric Smith

Executive Director, UA Center for Innovation

Jillian Sommers

Marketing and Communications Specialist

Jessa B. Turner

Director of Communications

Steven Wood

Mentor in Residence, University of Arizona Center for Innovation

Carol A. Stewart

Vice President, Tech Parks Arizona

Carol Stewart, a long-standing authority on research parks, is the Associate Vice President for Tech Parks Arizona at the University of Arizona.  Carol Stewart leads the UA Tech Park at Rita Road and is developing the UA Tech Park at the Bridges.  She is also president of the University of Arizona Center for Innovation, a technology business incubator network serving the University of Arizona, Tucson and international community.

Stewart’s expertise in university research parks spans decades and nations with more than 20 years of experience working with research parks, technology commercialization, business incubation, governmental relations and business development.

As a pioneer in the research parks world, she has driven national policy, standardized programs, created national and international networks, built technology clusters, engaged stakeholders, and assisted countries with the development of their national science and technology policies.

Stewart is passionate about her community and serves as a champion in university-based economic development. She is a member of Southern Arizona Leadership Council, Flinn Foundation Steering Committee, a member of the Canadian Global Mentor Program and she also serves on the Board of Directors for Tucson Metro Chamber of Commerce, Pima County’s Workforce Investment Board, Sun Corridor Inc., Arizona Technology Council, Desert Angels, and is a member of the City of Tucson Mayor’s Economic Development Advisory Council.

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