Mentors
Jeff Albers
Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, Blueprint Medicines
Faraz Ali
CEO, Tenaya Therapeutics
Oved Amitay
Experienced Biotech Executive and Patient Advocate
Michael Bailey
President & CEO, AVEO Oncology
Jens Bitsch-Norhave
Corporate VP, Global Head of Corporate Development, BD, AM & Strategy, Hengrui Pharma
Mike Bonney
Executive Chair, Kaleido
Katharine Bowdish
President & CEO, PIC Therapeutics
Sarah Boyce
President & CEO, Avidity Biosciences
John Butler
President & CEO, Akebia
Josh Cohen
Co-CEO & Co-Founder, Amylyx Pharmaceuticals
Rod Cotton
Healthcare, Biotech & Pharma Executive
Daniel de Boer
Founder & CEO, ProQR
Elisabet de los Pinos
Founder & CEO, Aura Biosciences
Deborah Dunsire, M.D.
Former President & CEO, H. Lundbeck A/S
Mark Enyedy
Former President & CEO, ImmunoGen
Kevin Finney
Chairman & CEO, Autobahn Therapeutics
Paul Fonteyne
Executive in Residence, Canaan Partners
Sarah Fredriksson
CEO, AQILION AB
Jim Geraghty
Board Director & Chair, Healthcare Leader
Michael Gilman
CEO, Arrakis Therapeutics
Tom Graney
Experienced Biotech Executive
Molly Harper
Member Board of Directors, Catalyst Pharmaceuticals and Precise Dx
Paul Hastings
CEO, Nkarta Therapeutics
Kate Haviland
CEO, Blueprint Medicines
Marie-Louise Hovgaard Sveen
Head of US R&D Operations, Novo Nordisk
Colin Hill
Co-Founder & CEO, Aitia
Enoch Kariuki
President, Endeavor Biomedicines
Ed Kaye
CEO, Stoke Therapeutics
Justin Klee
Co-CEO & Co-Founder, Amylyx Pharmaceuticals
Art Krieg
Founder, President & CEO, Zola Therapeutics
Alison Lawton
Special Advisor to Office of CEO,
Kaleido Biosciences
Mark Levin
Experienced Biotech Executive & Founder
Juan Carlos Lopez
Founder, Haystack Science
Gail Maderis
Chairman of the Board, Antiva Biosciences
Hilary Malone
CEO, Stylus Medicine
John Maraganore
Former Founding CEO, Alnylam
Kristina Masson
Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of Business Operations, Acrivon Therapeutics Inc. President and CEO, Acrivon AB
Tom Mathers
Founder, President & CEO,
Allievex Corporation
Geoff McDonough
President & CEO, Generation Bio
David Meeker
Chairman, President & CEO,
Rhythm Therapeutics
Lydia Meyer-Turkson
Experienced Biotech Executive, Board Member, Research Bridge Partners
Ann Miller, M.D.
Member Board of Directors, Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Puma Biotechnology, and Allena Pharmaceuticals
Mike Minogue
Former Chairman, President & CEO, Abiomed
Richard Moscicki
Former Executive Vice President for Science and Regulatory Advocacy & Chief Medical Officer, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
Masako Nakamura
President & COO, AlphaRose Therapeutics
Imran Nasrullah
Experienced Biotech Executive
Doug Onsi
President & CEO, Leap Therapeutics
Paula Ragan
CEO, X4 Pharmaceuticals
Bart Scheerder
Corporate AI Strategist, UMCG Innovation Center
Hans Schikan
Top Team Member, Health Holland
Alicia Secor
President & CEO, Atalanta Therapeutics
Paul Sekhri
Chairman, President & CEO, vTv Therapeutics
Christy Shaffer
Partner, Hatterras Venture Partners
Craig Shimasaki
Co-Founder & CEO, Moleculera Biosciences
Paula Soteropoulos
Chair of the Board, Ensoma
Rand Sutherland
CEO, Upstream Bio
Dinko Valerio
Scientist-turned-Entrepreneur
Stephane van Rooijen
CEO, Flamingo Therapeutics
Willem van Weperen
CEO, Pluvia Biotech
Alan Walts
Treasurer, Secretary, Board of Directors,
The Termeer Foundation
Gene Williams
CEO, Autoimmunity Biosolutions
Troy Wilson
President and CEO, Kura Oncology, Inc.
Peter Wirth
Venture Partner, Quan Capital Management
James Xue
Founder, Chairman & CEO,
CANbridge Pharmaceuticals
Andrey Zarur
Founder & CEO, GreenLight Biosciences, Inc.
Advisors
Sun Altbach
Areas of Expertise: Seed and Equity Financing, Advancing Pipelines from Discovery to Research
Lindsay Androski
Area of Expertise: Licensing and Acquisitions
Greg Butz
Area of Expertise: Capital Raising, Partnering, Mergers, and Acquisitions
Bethany Cavanagh
Area of Expertise: Building Finance Teams, FP&A
Buket Grau
Area of Expertise: M&A, Partnering, Relationship Building with External Stakeholders
Missy Green
Area of Expertise: HR
Dan Haines
Areas of Expertise: Legal
Robert Hesslein
Areas of Expertise: Legal, Combinate, Mergers and Acquisitions
Theo Hill
Areas of Expertise: Medical Affairs, Go-To-Market Strategies, Structure, Governance, Rare Disease
Bjorn Koch
Areas of Expertise: Equity Compensation, Corporate Finance Solutions, Capital Formation Strategy
Danielle Lauzon
Areas of Expertise: Legal- VC & Growth Equity Financing, Public Offerings, M&A
Donna LaVoie
Areas of Expertise: Communications Strategy, Telling Your Story
Daniel Leonard
Area of Expertise: Patient Advocacy
Alyssa Levin
Areas of Expertise: Fundraising (Seed-IPO), Mergers, Finance, Licensing Out Tech
Isaac Meek
Areas of Expertise: Commercialization, Licensing and Transactions
Trista Morrison
Areas of Expertise: Pitches and Presentation Skills
Fran Nolan
Areas of Expertise: Communications and Messaging
Bhavesh Patel
Areas of Expertise: Cyber Security, Security Products, Protecting Information
Kyle Peterson
Areas of Expertise: Finance and Accounting
Michelle Quinn Smith
Areas of Expertise: Culture, Employee Engagement, Compensation Structure
Chandra Ramanathan
Areas of Expertise: Journey from Concept to Product
Jamie Ring
Areas of Expertise: Patient Advocacy/Engagement, Crisis Communications
Katie Rubino
Areas of Expertise: Patents, IP Strategy, Term Sheets, Licensing
Stephen Sofen
Areas of Expertise: CMC, Product Development, Quality, Regulatory
Susan Stewart
Areas of Expertise: Regulatory Strategy, Navigating the FDA
Dustin Tyner
Areas of Expertise: Capital Raising, Partnering, Mergers, and Acquisitions