The search for a new CEO of the NextEnergy Center is "not yet closed by any means," the board chairman of Michigan's renewable energy industry accelerator said last week.

"We've had a lot of good interest and people sending in their resumes from both in-state and outside the state," said Chris Rizik, who is also a co-founder and board member of Ann Arbor-based Ardesta LLC, a provider of venture capital for nanotech, microtech and MEMS companies. "We're still getting new names coming in, so the process is not closed by an means. It's just a matter of the Compass Group, an Oakland County based search firm, and the search committee at NextEnergy working through the names and setting up first interviews."

James A. Croce, NextEnergy's CEO since its founding in 2002, announced in March that he would leave the nonprofit within six months to join the growing ranks of Michigan cleantech entrepreneurs.

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