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Marjorie Benbow, an executive with extensive experience in biotechnology research, business and technology development, is the director of the Greater Charlotte Office of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center.
Benbow works with companies, schools and institutions throughout an 11-county region to strengthen biotechnology research, business, education and workforce training, and to identify new opportunities for commercial biotechnology based on the region’s assets.
Counties to be served by her office include Anson, Cabarrus, Catawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Richmond, Rowan, Stanly and Union.
Benbow serves as the region’s direct conduit to the Biotechnology Center funding programs.
Work Background:
Prior to joining the Biotechnology Center, Benbow was the science and technology officer at WakeMed Health and Hospitals in Raleigh, where she developed collaborative agreements with other institutions and scouted emerging technologies to improve health care and hospital operations.
Before that she worked in the technology transfer office at UNC-Charlotte, where she managed intellectual property for university technology, licensed technology to companies and advised inventors how to commercialize their technology. Previously she was a public health policy consultant to state and county governments. She spent the first 13 years of her career in scientific research and teaching at various institutions.
A native of Winston-Salem, Benbow has a bachelor’s degree in zoology and a master’s degree in public health, both from the UNC-Chapel Hill; and an MBA and law degree from Wake Forest University. | 