Roy Keller is known for his long history of sus-tained support for the FLC, both nationally and regionally. Mr. Keller has been a true friend of the FLC for the past 15 years. He has freely donated his time, energy and extensive connections in state and lo-cal government, university technology transfer professionals, and the business incubation and entrepreneur community. He is Associate Di-rector of the Louisiana Business and Technology Center—an award-winning business incubator affiliated with Louisiana State University. In that capacity he works regularly with the technol-ogy transfer programs at NASA, the DOD, and other agencies.Mr. Keller’s numerous contributions to the FLC include:• An active member of the FLC, representing Louisiana for 15 years• Director of the Louisiana Technology Transfer Center located at NASA Stennis Space Center• Speaker at multiple FLC national and regional conferences on the topic of state governments and universities working with federal laborato-ries• Co-chair of the State and Local Government Committee for four years• Active participant in the Underground Utility Locator Study sponsored by the FLC.During the past 1 ½ years, Mr. Keller has worked tirelessly to help the business community recover from the catastrophic effects of Hurricane Ka-trina. He has assisted entrepreneurs and small business with acquiring critical resources, partici-pating in federal grant and loan programs, and seeking technologies and technical assistance from federal laboratories where feasible and ap-propriate. In addition, he is a constant spokes-person for the FLC, bringing the message of the resources, talents and capabilities that reside in the nation’s federal laboratories to policy makers, business leaders, industry associations, and the research community.