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Staff
Director
Michael Luger, Ph.D. [details ],
directs C3E and holds faculty appointments
in UNC-Chapel Hill's public policy and city and regional planning departments.
Dr. Luger's research interests and expertise are in urban and regional economics,
economic development, public finance/tax policy, science and technology
policy and environmental infrastructure. He holds degrees from Berkeley
and Princeton, including a Ph.D. in economics and masters degrees in planning
and in public affairs. He is a frequent presenter, nationally and internationally,
on the broad spectrum of topics related to economic development and, most
recently, on technology policy.
Executive Director
Brent Lane
partners with the Center’s faculty director, Mike Luger, to provide applied research, policy
analysis and thought leadership around critical problems of economic development facing communities across
North Carolina, the United States and internationally. Mr. Lane’s professional expertise and research
interests particularly encompass the roles of technological innovation and emergent industry financing
in economic competitiveness. His professional life has bridged the worlds of venture capital, research
commercialization and entrepreneurial development in a variety of private, public and university sector
venues. In recent years Mr. Lane created and directed numerous innovative economic ventures, ranging from
a seminal seed capital investment fund to the first technology incubator in North Carolina’s Research
Triangle Park to the design and launch of the largest community development venture capital fund in the
United States.
Mr. Lane holds undergraduate degrees in the physical and social sciences, as well as graduate degrees
in science policy and business administration. Prior to joining the Center he served as senior partner
with the Technology Development Group, a technology and economic development consulting firm in Research
Triangle Park; as executive director of the North Carolina Department of Commerce Center for Entrepreneurship
and Technology; as executive-in-residence with the Regional Development Institute of East Carolina University;
as president of the North Carolina Technological Development Authority; as technology policy analyst with the
National Governors’ Association; and as a field geologist.
Students
Graduate and undergraduate students from several UNC-Chapel Hill departments are working with C3E on various projects. Current students are:
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Kenan Institute
