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Chicago Business Journal: World Business Chicago names new leader for its ChicagoNEXT project
By Lewis Lazare,
World Business Chicago has tapped Alya Adamany Woods as the new director of ChicagoNEXT, WBC’s dedicated effort to drive growth in science, technology, innovation and entrepreneurship in Chicago.
Woods joins WBC from the Illinois Science & Technology Coalition, where she ran a number of innovation initiatives including the Corporate-Startup Challenge, a program to connect startups and emerging growth firms with established corporations in Illinois.
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