Jay Walsh, Interim Vice President of Economic Development and Innovation, Joins Research Park Board of Managers

CHAMPAIGN – Jay Walsh,  interim Vice President of Economic Development and Innovation of the University of Illinois System, has joined the University of Illinois Research Park Board of Managers as of its June 8 meeting. 

Walsh replaces Ed Seidel, previously the VPEDI, as the designee of President Tim Killeen to the Board of Managers. 

Seidel will become president of the University of Wyoming in July.

Walsh was previously the Senior Advisor to the President of Research and Science at Northwestern University.

The Research Park is governed by the University of Illinois Research Park LLC Board of Managers, and its members are appointed by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees.  

Read on about Jay Walsh’s appointment in the University of Illinois System News.