Dr. John B. Noftsinger, Jr. is the Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs for Research and Public Service, Executive Director of the Institute for Infrastructure and Information Assurance, and Associate Professor of Integrated Science and Technology and Education at James Madison University. He has primary responsibility for facilitating external grant and contract funding, Homeland Security research programs, economic development, intellectual property and technology transfer, and academic public relations and service programs for JMU. He was named by the governor as Co-Chair of the Virginia Research and Technology Advisory Committee, which he has served on since its inception in 1999.

Dr. Noftsinger came to JMU in 1989 as Director of Continuing Education and External Programs and Administrator of the Valley of Virginia Consortium for Higher Education. He was appointed Deputy Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1993-94 and returned to JMU in 1994 as Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs. He served in that capacity until January 1996 when he was selected to serve as Special Assistant to the President for Economic Development and Partnership Programs, a position he held from 1996-1998, when he was promoted to Associate Vice President. He is the founder of the Shenandoah Valley Technology Council, receiving both their Distinguished Service Award in 2001 and Leadership Award in 2005.

He is also a founding board member of the Institute for Defense and Homeland Security (IDHS). He has served on the Governor’s Council on Technology Services (COTS) and the General Assembly’s Joint Commission on Technology and Science (JCOTS) Emerging Technologies, Nanotechnology, and Intellectual Property Advisory Committees. Dr. Noftsinger is co-founder of The Accelerating Innovation Foundation, serves on a number of corporate boards, and is an active consultant in strategic and technology-based economic development.

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