Board of Directors

Kent Glasscock

President and chief operating officer of the National Institute for Strategic Technology Acquisition and Commercialization

Kent Glasscock is president and chief operating officer of the National Institute for Strategic Technology Acquisition and Commercialization. This entity is sponsored by the Mid-America Commercialization Corporation, Kansas State University, the K-State Research Foundation, and the Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation, which supports basic research through a variety of programs including Centers of Excellence at state universities.

Glasscock formerly represented Manhattan's 62nd House District. First elected to the House in 1990, he served the state legislature in many capacities including Speaker of the House, House Majority Leader, chair of the Government Organization and Elections Committee, chair of the Local Government Committee and vice-chair of the Taxation Committee. He also served as a member of several committees: Appropriations, Energy and Natural Resources, Economic Development, the Joint Committee on Pensions and Investments, and the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations.

In 1992, the National Council on State Governments selected Glasscock as one of 32 members of the annual Henry Toll Fellowship Program, the premier leadership development program for state government officials.

Glasscock also has served as mayor and city commissioner in Manhattan, Kan. He graduated from Manhattan High School and Kansas State University.