Michael Carolina is the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST). His tenure at OCAST began August 1, 2005; he is the agency’s third Executive Director since its establishment in 1987.
Carolina serves on the Board of Directors for the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF), the National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT), i2E, the Oklahoma Alliance for Manufacturing Excellence (OAME), YMCA of Greater Oklahoma City, the Governor’s International Team (GIT), the Oklahoma Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Advisory Committee, and engineering advisory boards at Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma.