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Board of Directors

Brian Adams

Mark Baxter

Ali Behbahani

Partner, New Enterprise Associates

Robert Benson

Gerry Brunk

Nancy Bryan

President & CEO, BioFlorida

Tom Callaway

President & Founder – Life Science Partner

Joe Cook, III

Todd Creech

HealthQuest Capital

David Day

Mike Dial, PhD

Partner, Hatteras Venture Partners

Vivian Doelling, PhD

Vice President, Investments at North Carolina Biotechnology Center

Donna Edmonds

Ken Eheman

Legal Counsel
Wyrick Robbins

Hanna Eilken

Strategic Alliance Director, Bayer

Thomas Fagley

Treasurer
Hughes, Pittman & Gupton LLP

Erin Ford

President, SC Bio

Paul Gianneschi

Managing Principal/Founder – Hatch Medical LLC

Dr. Jesse Goodwin

Chief Innovation Officer, Medical University of South Carolina

Karthik Gopalakrishnan, PhD

Director of Licensing and New Ventures, UAB

Ashley Hancock

Founder & CEO – Innovetica

David B. Hartnett

Chief Economic Development Officer – Metro Atlanta Chamber

Lee Herron

Vice President, Venture Development

Stacey Kelpke

Program Manager, Medical Device Technology – Southern Research

Fred Kornahrens

President – Silver Spire Consulting; Executive Mentor-in-Residence – Duke University; Member – Triangle Angel Partners

Rachel Lane, PhD, RD

President, Bio Alabama

Joe Lee

Executive Director, Life Sciences
J.P. Morgan

Chris Lyons

President – Southern Metrics

Scott McCaig

Director, Digital Technology and Marketing, Smith & Nephew

Jayne Morgan

Director of Cardiovascular Research – Piedmont Heart Institute

John Newby

President & CEO, Virginia BIO

Jim O’Connell

Assistant Vice President of Technology Commercialization

Dan O’Korn

Partner, Hutchison PLLC
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Grace Powers

Vice President of Regulatory Affairs – Brookhaven Medical

Kip Roberts

Director of Business Development Strategy – Medtronic

Jason Rupp

Maria Thacker Goethe

President & CEO – Georgia Bio

Todd Sherer

Associate Vice President & Director, Office of Technology Transfer, Emory University

Amy Sturdivant

58 Inc.

Abby Trotter

President, Life Science Tennessee

Chris White

Chief Operating Officer – AdvaMed

David White

Pinnacle

Kristen Woodrum

Partner – Baker Hostetler

Kendyle Woodard, MBA

President, Altama Consulting

Kyp Sirinakis

Epidrex Capital

Scott McCarty

Co-Chair
Silicon Valley Bank

Lee Burnes

Co-Chair
Avanos Medical

Ibraheem Badejo, PhD

Johnson & Johnson