Biographies
David Abramson
Principal
SDA Ventures, LLC
Will Allen
General Partner
Magarac Ventures
Jenny Alonso
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
Neurelis, Inc.
Sarabjit Ashta
Chief Business Officer
Glycadia Pharma
Scott Barnes
Chief Executive Officer
IKOstrips
Bob Bianchini
Sr. Advisor Life Sciences Sector
Arcline Capital
Matthew Blischak
Vice-President, Intellectual Property Counsel
Roivant Sciences
Barry Boise
Partner
Troutman Pepper
Dr. Peter Bonutti
Bonutti Clinic
Michael Bozik
Chief Executive Officer
Knopp Biosciences, LLC
Ronald Bracken
Chief Executive Officer
Renovoderm LLC
John Brennan
Chief Development Officer
Glycadia
Jenalle Brewer
Vice President - Global Business Development
Calgon Carbon Corporation
Lars Brichta
COO and Chief Executive Officer
Chemistry Rx
Monte Browder
Chief Patent Counsel
Opko Health, Inc.
Anthony Caggiano
Chief Medical Officer
Cognition Therapeutics
Arnold Caplan
Professor
CWRU
Chris Cashman
Chairman
MBF Therapeutics Inc
Susan Catalano
Chief Science Officer
Cognition Therapeutics, Inc.
David Chambers
Senior Counsel, IP
Smith & Nephew, Inc.
Michael Choukas
Chief Executive Officer
Autem Medical
Craig Cogut
Chairman, CEO
Pegasus Capital
Frederico Costa
President
Autem Medical
Tom Dubensky
Chief Executive Officer
Tempest Therapeutics
Steve Dubin
Principal
SDA Ventures LLC
Brian Dunn
Executive Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development
Matthews International
William Edwin
Assistant General Counsel
Shaklee Corporation
Judd Englert
VP of Clinical Research and Development
Cyteir Therapeutics
Heather Ettinger
Partner
Troutman Pepper
John Friedman
Managing Partner
Easton/Gore Range
Jessica Gibson
Chief Executive Officer
Ariel Precision Medicine
Nina Gussack
Senior Counsel
Troutman Pepper
Jeff Hamet
VP, Finance and Treasurer
Aziyo Biologics
Joseph Helmsen
Partner
Troutman Pepper
Mike Hoerres
CEO
Cernostics
Miranda Hooker
Partner
Troutman Pepper
Steve Isaacs
Chairman & CEO
Aduro BioTech
Joseph Jankowski
Associate Vice President, Technology Management
Case Western Reserve University
Eric Jenkusky
Chief Executive Officer
Matrix Meats, Inc.
Jed Johnson
Co-Founder and CTO
Nanofiber Solutions
William Ju
Co-Founder. President, and Trustee
Advancing Innovation in Dermatology Inc.
Ross Kayuha
CEO
Nanofiber Solutions
Neal Koller
Chairman & CEO
Alphyn Biologics, LLC
Deborah Kovsky-Apap
Partner
Troutman Pepper
Todd Krueger
President, Chief Executive Officer
Aobiome
Tom Lines
Director & Founder
Quercis Pharma AG
Tim Londergan
Chief Executive Officer
Wavefront Venture Labs
Srinivasan Madabushi
Business Development Director, Google Research
Google Health
Marc Malandro
Vice President of Science
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Amany Mansour-Awad
CEO
Chemistry Rx
Craig Markovitz
Corporate Innovation & Entrepreneurship Specialist
Troutman Pepper
Fred Maxik
CSO
Healthe
James McNaughton
Managing Director, Investment Banking
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
Kenneth Melani
Managing Partner
Velocity Fund Partners
Raymond Miller
Partner
Troutman Pepper
Richard Mimna
Executive Director of R&D
Calgon Carbon
Bill Mitchell
Vice President & General Counsel
NOVA Chemicals (retired)
Kavya Mohankumar
Associate General Counsel
Rodan + Fields
Tory Moore
Vice President & CFO
Ariel Precision Medicine
Aparna Nemlekar
Intellectual Property Attorney
PPG Industries, Inc.
James Nolan
Operations Partner
Velocity Fund Partners
John Nottingham
Co-President
Nottingham Spirk
Megan O'Gara
Associate
Troutman Pepper
Harry Oken MD
Author, Board Member, Adjunct Professor of Medicine
Harry A. Oken, M.D. Internal Medicine
Alicia Palladino
Associate
Troutman Pepper
Ketan Patel
Partner
F-Prime Capital
Ken Peist
VP, Intellectual Property
Dermavant Sciences
Andrew Powell
Board Member and Business Development Advisor
Autem
Ron Price
Chief Financial Strategy Officer
Noblegen
Pierre Queiroz de Oliveira
Associate
Troutman Pepper
Vivek Ramakrishnan
Managing Partner
Ventech Solutions
Vivek Ramaswamy
Founder and CEO
Roivant Sciences
Joseph Robinson
Partner
Troutman Pepper
Monica Washington Rothbaum
General Counsel
Healthe, Inc.
Hank Safferstein
Chief Executive Officer
Generian
David Seemungal
Director
Cubase Consulting Limited
Stuart Shanler
President/CEO
Aspect Pharma
David Smith
Counsel
Troutman Pepper
Spencer Smith
Chief Legal Officer
Fluence Corporation
N. Nicole Stakleff
Partner
Troutman Pepper
Callan Stein
Partner
Troutman Pepper
William M. Taylor
Partner
Troutman Pepper
Marcy Tenaglia
SVP, CLO & Secretary
Henkel Corporation
Patrick Treado
Founder & Chief Technology Officer
ChemImage Corporation
Stephen Tullman
Managing Member
Nexeption
Michael Tung
Vice President of Corporate Strategy/Investor Relations
FibroGen, Inc.
Brian Walters
Senior VP and General Counsel
Matthews International Corp
Melvin Washington
Chief Risk Officer
Tristate Capital
Teresa Whalen
Vice President of Corporate Strategy/Investor Relations
CytoAgents, Inc