CSU business-development unit names new CEO

Fort Collins, Colo.

- A nonprofit business-development foundation at Colorado State University (CSU) has selected one of its own board members to lead the program into its second year.

Dr. Ronald Marler, a CSU Ventures board member, recently was named chief executive officer of the organization, which oversees the Supercluster business enterprises and helps to further the university's research discoveries in infectious disease, cancer and clean energy.

Created in 2007, CSU Ventures previously was led by Mark Wdowik. Marler will work closely with Wdowik in his new role as CEO, and also will remain a member of the organization's board of directors.

Marler has worked in the fields of pharmaceutical research and product development for more than 30 years, according to the university. He is senior administrator at the Mayo Clinic Arizona and chief scientific officer and board member of Bridge Laboratories. He earned his bachelor's, veterinary medicine and doctoral degrees at Kansas State University.