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Erik Iverson, who takes the helm July 1 at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, will make his first public appearance in the state at the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs' Conference in June.

Iverson, president of business and operations for the Infectious Disease Research Institute in Seattle, will oversee one of the oldest and largest university-affiliated technology transfer offices in the country. WARF was formed in 1925 to commercialize a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor's vitamin D discovery and manages a $2.6 billion endowment.