Susan W.
Matlock
President
Entrepreneurial Center
Susan Matlock
is the founding President of the Entrepreneurial Center, a business incubation
program that assists in the development of emerging service, light
manufacturing and information technology businesses. The Entrepreneurial Center
was recently named the 2000 Business Incubator of the Year in the mixed-use
category by the National Business Incubation Association. In the Birmingham
community, Susan has served as President of the Board of Directors of the
Birmingham Venture Club and is a member of the Board of Directors of the UAB
Research Foundation. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Regions Bank
of Birmingham and was a member of the Board of Big B Drugs, Inc. before its
acquisition. She is a member of the Advisory Board of Directors and Finance
Committee of St. Vincent¹s Hospital and is Chairman of St. Vincent¹s
for-profit subsidiary Ascension Corporation. Ms. Matlock was also one of the
founding board members of the Alabama Information Technology Association and
currently serves on its Board of Directors. She has a Masters in Public
Administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and has taught the
Entrepreneurial course offered to Masters in Public and Private Management
students at Birmingham-Southern College, where she serves on the Norton Board.
She has recently completed the Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management
course offered by Harvard Business School. Ms. Matlock is a member of the
Kiwanis Club of Birmingham and a graduate of Leadership Birmingham and
Leadership Alabama.
Susan Matlock has served as the Chairman of the
Board of Directors of the National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) from
1994-95, having previously served as NBIA Vice-Chairman (93-94) and Treasurer
(92-93). In 1992 and 1993 NBIA and Coopers & Lybrand recognized a graduate
of Entrepreneurial Center as the National Graduate of the Year from a mixed use
incubation program. And, in 1997 NBIA and Coopers & Lybrand recognized an
Entrepreneurial Center tenant as the national Tenant of the Year in a mixed use
incubation program.
Ms. Matlock is a contributing author to two books
on business incubation: Growing New Ventures, Creating New Jobs and A
Comprehensive Guide to Business Incubation. Ms. Matlock has spoken at a meeting
of European business incubator managers in Brussels; at the annual conference
of the Brazilian business incubation association in Sao Paulo and Rio de
Janeiro; at the annual conference of the Australian/New Zealand Business
Incubation Association in Sydney; at an Economic Development Conference called
³Sharing Successful Experiences² in Belfast, Northern Ireland; and
teaches at the Finnish training program for entrepreneurial development in
Helsinki. Ms. Matlock was founding Chairman of the Alabama Business Incubation
Network and has been recognized by the U.S. Small Business Administration as
the Financial Services Advocate of the Year for the State of Alabama.