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Abbott Appoints Three to Product Development and Small Business Incubator Board
Gov. Greg Abbott recently appointed Edward Crawford and reappointed Kimberly Gramm and Manny Salazar to the Product Development and Small Business Incubator (PDSBI) board for terms set to expire on February 1, 2027. The PDSBI fund is a revolving loan program administered by the Texas Economic Development Bank within the governor’s office of economic development finance division at the direction of the PDSBI board. The purpose of the fund is to aid in the development, production and commercialization of new or improved products, and to foster and stimulate small business in the state.
Crawford is president, owner and founder of Coltala Holdings. He is a member of the Young Presidents Organization – Dallas, Det Bozeman and the Teneo Network, and a lifetime member of Veterans of Foreign Wars. He is a trustee of the Tulane Business School Council, and co-founder and coordinator for the War Veterans Fund PAC. As a US Naval intelligence officer, he served with Special Operations Command South in Latin America and later served as tribal and political adviser to a special operations task force during Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan, earning the Bronze Star.
Gramm is the associate vice president of innovation at Texas Tech University, developing an innovation ecosystem in support of innovators and entrepreneurs. She is on the commission on economic and community engagement executive committee of the Association of Public Land Grant Universities, a member of the Association of University Research Parks and Office of Outreach and Engagement Advisory Board, and a member of the Texas Tech global laboratory for energy asset management and manufacturing board.
Salazar is president/CEO of the Kingsville Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Kingsville Economic Development Council. He is a member of the Kleberg County Communities in Schools board of directors, Kingsville ISD career and technical education advisory board, and the Workforce Services of the Coastal Bend board.
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