First Flight Venture Center to Announce James G. Martin and James B. Hunt as its 2023 High Flyer Award Champions

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: AUGUST 30, 2023

First Flight Venture Center to Announce James G. Martin and James B. Hunt as its 2023 High Flyer Award Champions

Research Triangle Park, NC, August 30, 2023 - First Flight Venture Center is thrilled to honor two North Carolina governors, James G. Martin, and James B. Hunt, as our Champions of Innovation for their vision and leadership that accelerated the North Carolina entrepreneurial ecosystem making First Flight Venture Center possible.  

Now in its 3rd year, The High Flyer Awards Luncheon celebrates transformative high-growth companies building a more equitable, sustainable, and prosperous world for all. Past recipients include Fred Hutchinson and Andrew Schwab.

The First Flight Venture Center’s High Flyer Awards Luncheon will be at Prestonwood Country Club on November 17, 2023. You can purchase tickets can be purchased online at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2023-high-flyer-awards-luncheon-tickets-694255696477?aff=oddtdtcreator.

About First Flight Venture Center

First Flight Venture Center is a high-science, high-impact science-focused business incubator and innovation hub located in the heart of Research Triangle Park, NC. Established in 1991, First Flight has hosted more than 400 plus science-focused companies, providing strategic education, tailored resources, guidance, business connections, and office/lab space in a 25,000 sq.ft. facility. First Flight has launched businesses that have commercialized important new science breakthroughs and disruptive technologies while creating thousands of jobs in North Carolina. For more information, visit http://ffvcnc.org or view First Flight video.

For more information, contact:

Krista Covey

President

First Flight Venture Center

Office: 919.990.8558

E: kcovey@ffvcnc.org

Colleen Lozano