
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 CounselWyrick Robbins
Hanna Eilken
Strategic Alliance Director, Bayer
Thomas Fagley
TreasurerHughes, 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 SciencesJ.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
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-ChairSilicon Valley Bank
Lee Burnes
Co-ChairAvanos Medical
