Sec. Locke announces members of national innovation advisory council

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced the members of the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship on Tuesday in Ann Arbor, Mich. The group includes numerous leaders in business and academia, including AOL co-founder Steve Case and Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang.

The council will help the administration develop policies that foster entrepreneurship and make it easier to move ideas from the lab to the marketplace in order to drive economic growth. Locke made the announcement at a Commerce innovation forum at the University of Michigan.

“America’s innovation engine is not as efficient or as effective as it needs to be, and we are not creating as many jobs as we should,” Locke said.

“We must get better at connecting the great ideas to the great company builders. The National Advisory Council will help the administration develop a broader strategy to spur innovation and enable entrepreneurs to develop breakthrough technologies and dynamic companies, and to create jobs all across America.”

Case, University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman and entrepreneur Desh Deshpande will serve as co-chairs of the council. The full list of members is after the jump.

Tom Alberg Managing Director, Madrona Venture Group

Tom Baruch Founder and Managing Director, CMEA Capital

Claude Canizares Vice President for Research and Associate Provost, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Curtis Carlson President & CEO, SRI International

Steve Case Chairman & CEO, Revolution; Co-Founder, AOL

Robin Chase Co-Founder, Zipcar

Marcelo Claure Founder, Chairman, President & CEO, Brightstar

Mary Sue Coleman President, University of Michigan

Michael Crow President, Arizona State University

Desh Deshpande Chairman, A123 Systems, Sycamore Networks, Tejas Networks, and Sparta Group

Judith Estrin Co-Founder, Bridge, NCD, Precept, Packet Design; Former CTO, Cisco Systems

Ping Fu Co-Founder, Chairman, President & CEO, Geomagic

Christina Gabriel Director, Innovation Economy, The Heinz Endowments

Barron Harvey Dean, Howard University School of Business

Krisztina Holly Vice Provost for Innovation, University of Southern California; Executive Director, USC Stevens Institute for Innovation

Ray Leach CEO, JumpStart

Kenneth Morse Co-Founder, 3Com and Aspen Technology; Founding Managing Director, MIT Entrepreneurship Center

G.P. “Bud” Peterson President, Georgia Institute of Technology

Michael Roberts Founder & CEO, The Roberts Companies 

RoseAnn Rosenthal CEO, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania

Carl Schramm President & CEO, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

Ellen Siminoff CEO, Shmoop; Founding Executive, Yahoo!

Holden Thorp Chancellor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Charles Vest President, National Academy of Engineering; former President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jeffrey Wadsworth President & CEO, Battelle

Jerry Yang Co-Founder and Chief Yahoo, Yahoo!