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Former GlobalFoundries CEO Doug Grose has begun a second stint as board chair of NY CREATES, the state-backed nonprofit that manages the Albany Nanotech Complex.
NY CREATES board members appointed Grose to the role on May 1, vice chair Kristin Proud said during the board’s May 3 meeting.
“I am thrilled to return to NY CREATES as Board Chair to further support this organization’s upward trajectory and ability to address global chip-centered challenges,” Grose said in a news release.
Grose stepped down as board chair in April 2022 and became an independent contractor for the entity.
As a NY CREATES consultant for nearly two years — until March of this year — Grose was tasked with helping to compile a submission related to the planned multibillion-dollar National Semiconductor Technology Center and another research and development initiative backed by the federal CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, according to board documents.
Sen. Chuck Schumer and others have been advocating for the Nanotech Complex to be selected as a hub for the NSTC.
The NY CREATES board originally approved a six-month, $140,000 contract with Grose but later extended it for another six months on the same terms, according to board documents.
The organization later amended the agreement to extend it another six months — to Oct. 24, 2023 — at a cost of $105,000, with an option to renew it for another half year, the documents indicate.
A NY CREATES press contact said Grose was unavailable for comment on Monday.
Grose served as president of NY CREATES from December 2019 through June 2021, when he began his first stint as board chair.
Before his time with NY CREATES, Grose spent more than two decades at IBM and later served as a senior vice president for Advanced Micro Devices, according to a news release. He was CEO of GlobalFoundries from 2009 to 2011.
David Anderson, a former semiconductor trade group president, became NY CREATES president in April 2022 and continues to serve in the role.
Earlier this year the NY CREATES board finalized a budget for the planned NanoFab Reflection building, which will house an advanced lithography machine. Construction of the building, together with acquisition of the complex tool from Dutch firm ASML, is expected to cost the state $1 billion.
Exits from NY CREATES
One board member and one high-ranking staff member resigned from NY CREATES last month, Proud said during the May 3 meeting.
Doreen Harris, president and CEO of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, resigned from the NY CREATES board, a role she'd held since October 2020.
Patricia Arciero-Craig, the organization's chief administrative officer and acting general counsel, also resigned. She helped establish NY CREATES in 2019, according to Proud. Rebecca Borden, previously senior associate counsel, is serving as acting general counsel while the organization seeks to recruit someone to fill the position.
Proud on behalf of the board thanked both Harris and Arciero-Craig for their service to the organization.