Reports on Innovation Initiative Hiring

Several media outlets have reported on the news that John Voltz has been hired as executive director of Blackstone Accelerates Growth, a statewide initiative involving UMaine’s Foster Center for Student Innovation. Mainebiz had a story about the hiring, noting that the Blackstone Foundation launched in October a $3 million fund to help Maine’s entrepreneurial community create more innovative companies and jobs, and expand innovation engineering offerings through the Foster Center. The website Hedge Week also had a story noting the hiring and UMaine’s connection to the initiative, which also includes the Maine Technology Institute and the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development.