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Media Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627
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June 6, 2007

Lisa Kuutilla Returns to STC.UNM

Lisa Kuuttila has been reappointed as President and CEO of STC.UNM, the wholly-owned subsidiary of UNM dedicated to commercialization of intellectual property developed by faculty. Kuuttila recently joined Michigan State University to lead a newly formed technology transfer organization, but has decided to return to UNM. She returns to STC.UNM on June 11, 2007.

“We are very pleased to welcome Lisa back to her position at STC,” said STC.UNM Board Chairman and Dean of the School of Engineering Joseph Cecchi. “During Lisa’s past tenure, STC achieved dramatic increases in commercialization activities of UNM intellectual property. Lisa recruited a very talented staff at STC and established strong partnerships throughout UNM and with regional partners. Under Lisa’s continuing leadership, I am confident that STC will continue on its exciting upward trajectory.”

Kuuttila says she is pleased to be returning to UNM. “I look forward to the continuation of existing programs and the development of new initiatives in conjunction with the STC board. In particular, I look forward to working with President Schmidly on increasing economic development activity.”

STC.UNM licenses innovative technology developed at UNM, including optics, microfluidics and high performance materials as well as therapeutics, diagnostics, medical devices and drug discovery trials.

For more information, please contact Denise Bissell at STC.UNM (505) 272-7900 dbissell@stc.unm.edu

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