Steve Richter, Founder & CEO of Microtest, is Appointed to Robert H Goddard Council
AGAWAM, MASS. – March 12 , 2007 – Dr. Steven Richer, founder, president & CEO of Microtest Inc. of Agawam, Mass., was recently appointed to serve on the Robert H. Goddard Council on STEM Education, a 27-member council which will advise the state’s Board of Higher Education on STEM Pipeline Fund workforce development programs.
The Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) Pipeline Fund is a workforce development initiative designed to increase student interest and teacher preparation in STEM subjects. Originally created in 2003, the Fund was recapitalized in 2006 with an additional $4 million.
The Robert H. Goddard Council includes representatives from the state’s education and business communities, the legislature, and workforce development and labor organizations, and is co-chaired by Mass. State Senator Steven C. Panagiotakos and Representative Daniel E. Bosley.
“I am honored by my appointment and am looking forward, and seriously, to my role on the Robert H. Goddard Council,” Richter said.
“The growth and success of my own company is directly rooted in the highly skilled and innovative employees, world class educational institutions, and strong state and community support of Western Massachusetts.”
“Let’s take the lessons of that success – and redouble our efforts,” he said. “Strong and ongoing state support of science and technology is a critical investment in our residents and communities, and in our state and future.”
Microtest, Inc., which currently employs more than 100, recently completed a $7.5 million expansion of the firm’s pharmaceutical and virology testing laboratories and fill/finish contract manufacturing facilities in Agawam. The company is a leader in testing services and contract manufacturing for the medical device, pharmaceutical, biotechnology industries.
For more information about Microtest, Inc., visit www.microtestlabs.com or call 1-413-786-1680 or toll-free 1-800-631-1680.
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