Incubate Board Members
Lindsay Androski
President
Laura Gunter
Treasurer
Christine Brennan
Secretary
Advisory Board
Lindsay Androski
M.B.A, J.D.
President and CEO,
Roivant Foundation
Roivant Sciences
Christine Brennan
Managing Director,
Vertex Venture HC
John Conrad
President & CEO,
Illinois Biotechnology Innovation Organization (iBIO)
Brian Darmody
CEO,
Association of University Research Parks (AURP)
Barbara Dalton
Ph.D
Vice President, WWBD and Senior Managing Partner,
Pfizer Ventures
Bart Forsyth
JD
Vice President,
Federal Advocacy
PhRMA
Gaurav Gupta
M.D., M.S.
Managing Partner, Life Sciences Private Capital
Bryan Gutierrez
Principal, Gordian Ventures
John Gutierrez
Vice President,
Ascenta Capital
Adam Houghton
Ph.D., M.B.A.
Chief Business Officer,
Upstream Bio
Chris Israel
M.B.A
Senior Partner,
American Continental Group
Kristin Jones
President and CEO,
IN Life Sciences Association
Thomas M. Kaiser
MD, PhD, FRSC
Chief Scientific Officer,
Avicenna Biosciences, Inc.
Omar Khalil
Managing Director,
Santé Ventures
Joan Koerber-Walker
President and CEO,
Arizona Bioindustry Association, Inc.
Chairman, Opportunity Through Entrepreneurship Foundation
Peter Kolchinsky
Ph.D.
Managing Partner,
RA Capital Management;
Author of The Biotech Social Contract series on Medium
Gary Lauder
M.B.A.
Managing Director,
Lauder Partners
Erin Mistry
EVP and Chief Commercial Officer,
Cormedix
Amy Millman
M.P.A.
Founder, Springboard Enterprises
Imran Nasrullah
M.S. J.D
VP & US Head,
Collaborate2Cure Hub, Bayer
Sara Nayeem
M.D.
Partner,
Avoro Ventures
Kendalle Burlin O’Connell
Esq.
Chief Executive Officer & President
MassBio
Emily Roberts
Director,
Issue Advocacy
Genentech
Ned Sharpless
Managing Director,
Jupiter BioVentures,
15th Director of the National Cancer Institute
Nancy Sullivan
CEO and Managing Director,
Illinois Ventures
Karla Talanian
M.S., M.B.A.
Senior Director of Life Sciences Apprenticeships,
MassBio
Matt Tremblay
Chief Executive Officer, Blackbird Laboratories
Rose Wang
M.B.A.
Executive Advisor,
AIM-HI Accelerator Fund; Founder & CEO 1104Health
Jonathan Weinberger
J.D., M.A.
Chief Advocate,
Global Transportation Technology Policy
Melanie Whittington
Ph.D.
Head, Leerink Center for Pharmaceoconomics,
MEDACorp
Our Team
John Stanford
Executive Director
John Guy
Policy Director
Grace Moster
Public Affairs Manager
Shannon Deitzel
Coalition Manager
Kirsten Axelsen
Senior Policy Lab Advisor
Karaz Axam
Entrepreneurship Policy Director