Authority President Makes Power List

Friday, Jan 30, 2009

Once again, Dr. John Ahlen, President of the Arkansas Science & Technology Authority, has made Arkansas Business' Power List for 2009.

The text below has been provided courtesy of arkansasbusiness.com

Name: John Ahlen
Age: 62
Job Title: President
Company: Arkansas Science & Technology Authority
City: Little Rock

When the Arkansas Science & Technology Authority was established by statute in 1983, John Ahlen was named president. Twenty-five years later, he's still there.

During the second meeting of its fiscal 2009, ASTA doled out a $3 million grant to help science and technology investments in fledgling Arkansas firms, for two new seed capital Investments and to fund research matching proposals for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

Ahlen is also a member of Accelerate Arkansas, a nonprofit promoting economic growth in Arkansas.

Click here for a link to the ab.com article.