Former CED president Doss to join Kauffman Foundation
Published: Mon, Aug. 18, 2008 10:46AM
Modified Mon, Aug. 18, 2008 11:43AM
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closeMonica Doss, a long-time fixture in the Triangle's entrepreneurial community, is going national.
Doss, who stepped down as president of the Triangle-based Council for Entrepreneurial Development at the end of May after 22 years of leading the nonprofit support group for entrepreneurs, has been named director of the Kauffman Foundation's FastTrac program.
FastTrac is a course designed to provide entrepreneurs with the skills they need to start or expand businesses with high-growth potential. It's taught by more than 300 organizations in 50 states, according to the foundation's Web site.
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Doss is no stranger to FastTrac. CED offers FastTrac courses and Doss developed the prototype for the TechVenture curriculum that focuses on technology-based start-ups. For the past four years she also has been chairman of the Entrepreneurial Education Foundation, which disseminates the FastTrac program.
"As FastTrac celebrates its 15-year anniversary, I look forward to expanding the program and maximizing its potential for a new generation of entrepreneurs," Doss said in a prepared statement.
The foundation is based in Kansas City. Doss said she will split her time between there and the Triangle this year and expects to be "fully based" in the Triangle next year.
Doss starts her new position Aug. 25.
She was replaced as head of CED by Joan Siefert Rose, former general manager of N.C. Public Radio, WUNC-FM.
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