The Ion, Houston’s future innovation hub, names interim leader

The Ion, billed as Houston’s future innovation hub, named an interim executive director last week.

Jan Odegard was appointed to the role after Gabriella Rowe resigned from the executive director position last month.

Odegard previously was named senior director for industry and academic partnerships of The Ion in January after he spent 18 years as the executive director of Rice University’s Ken Kennedy Institute and four years as associate vice president for research computing at Rice.

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