Board of Directors
Virginia Bio is led by its Board of Directors, with the participation and counsel of its Board of Advisors and Academic Council The VABIO board is comprised of 24 industry leaders from all regions of the Commonwealth of Virginia as well as an Advisory Board and an Academic Council.
Executive Commitee:
- Andrew J Krouse, Chairman of the Board
President and CEO, Cavion
- Crystal Icenhour, Immediate Past Chairman
CEO, Aperiomics
- Jeff Conroy, Immediate Past Chairman,
CEO, Embody, LLC
- Alan Connor, Vice Chairman
President and CEO, Cadence Inc.
- Carrie Roth, Treasurer
President & CEO, Virginia Bio+Tech Park
- Ross Dunlap, Secretary
CEO, Ceres Nanosciences
- James Powers, Chairman Virginia Bioscience Foundation
CEO, HemoShear LLC
Board Members:
- Alex Euler, Director Life Science Investment, Center for Innovative Technology
- Thomas Frantz, Chairman Emeritus, Williams Mullen
- Amrie Grammer, COO & CSO, AMPEL BioSolutions
- Elaine Horn-Ranney, President, CEO & Co-Founder, Tympanogen
- Julie Idelkope, Vice President, U.S. State Government Relations, Pfizer
- Mike Innes, Partner, Pilot Health Advisors
- Warren Martin, Partner,Technology and Life Sciences, Cherry Bekaert, LLP
- John Niederhuber, CEO, Inova Translational Medicine Institute
- Eric Paradise, IO Franchise Strategy Lead, MedImmune
- Christopher Penet, Vice-President, BIO-CAT & BIO-CAT Microbials
- Brian Pollok, Founder & CEO, Propagenix
- Jeff Pompeo, President & CEO, Caretaker Medical
- Cynthia Rancourt, CEO, Polymer Solutions Incorporated
- Carl Sahi, President, Engineered Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Kyparissia Sirinakis, Managing Partner, Epidarex Capital
- William B. Stilley, CEO, ADial Pharmaceuticals
- Rony Thomas, CEO, LifeNet Health
Legal Counsel:
Chief Executive Officer:
Jeffrey M. Gallager, CEO Virginia Bio
VABIO Advisory Board Members:
- Frank Gilg, Independent Consultant
- Dan Gonzalez, Prinicipal, Avison Young
- Mickey Kim, SVP, Research & Commercialization, Inova Center for Personalized Health
- Krishna Kodukula, Ph.D., Executive Director, SRI International, Inc.
- Brandon J. Price, Ph.D.,Principal Consultant, Falcon Ridge Associates
- Marvin H. "Skip” Schuelke, President, Schuelke Biomedical Services/Laser Services
- Tim Stuller, Manager – Life Sciences, Virginia Economic Development Partnership
- Thomas Thorpe, CEO, Afton Scientific Corp.
- Jason Walsh, Strategic Advisor, GPB Scientific
- Patricia B. Williams, Ph.D,. President, EyeRx Research
VABIO Academic Council:
- Barbara Boyan, Dean, School of Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Keith Crandall, Director, Computational Biology Institute, George Washington University
- Deborah Crawford, Vice President for Research, George Mason University
- Dr. Michael Friedlander, Executive Director, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute
- Yvonne R. Harris, Vice Provost of Research and Scholarship, James Madison University
- Dennis Manos, Ph.D., Vice Provost for Research, The College of William and Mary
- Theresa Mayer, Vice President for Research and Innovation, Virginia Tech
- Roy Ogle, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Old Dominion University School of Medical Diagnostics & Translational Sciences
- Michael Straightiff, Director, U.Va Licensing & Ventures Group
- William J. Wasilenko, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Research, Eastern Virginia Medical School
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