David A. Chan left Huntsville when he was 16 to pursue his undergraduate and graduate degrees from MIT, after which he enjoyed a long and successful career as a Silicon Valley executive focused on the semiconductor and medical-capital equipment industries. So he was somewhat surprised to find a much different city than he remembered upon his return nearly 40 years later. "Every day I am amazed at the amount of opportunities – scientific, commercial and cultural – that exist in this area," says Chan, whose parents are well-known Huntsville-based philanthropists Tony and Kathy Chan. "I spent the last 30 years in Northern California and, honestly, a motivated individual will find as much, if not more, opportunities and success here as in Silicon Valley."