Kilimanjaro earlier this year and is taking a summer vacation with his wife to Montana to backpack and hike. Doing the things he loves helps him feel empowered against his disease. He also has found strength in becoming an active member of the multiple myeloma community. Jeffery has been extensively involved in the "mother ship" of MMRF. Jeffery is passionate about raising awareness of MMRF and helping others navigate their way and to find their path. In addition, he is responsible for all the MMRF preclinical and translational activities.
Auclair was selected by PharmaVoice in as one of the Most Inspiring People in the life-sciences industry. He also worked at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard where as a senior manager in the Cancer Program he was involved in a wide range of academic and industry collaborations centered around cancer genomics and precision medicine initiatives. Michael brings nearly 15 years of strategic consulting and operational experience in the life sciences industry.
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Nicole has been a registered nurse for five years, specializing in oncology and palliative care. She began her career as an inpatient oncology nurse at Yale providing bedside care to patients and then transitioned to Norwalk Hospital where she worked as a chemotherapy infusion nurse. She received her nursing degree from Fairfield University and is currently pursuing her doctorate in nursing practice DNP.
His year track record as an entrepreneurial leader of cutting-edge technology companies, new ventures, and high-growth businesses includes serving at the helm of numerous highly successful organizations. He founded Pacific Biosciences in with a team from Cornell University and piloted the company through its IPO in and commercialization in Before that, he was chairman, president, and CEO of ONI Systems, a high-speed optical telecommunications systems company he founded in and took public in Dedicated to optimizing cancer treatment outcomes and bringing the patient voice into product development, Steve Shak, M.
Steve has been a leader in personalized medicine for more than two decades. In , he joined Edward D. In , he left to enter the relatively new discount brokerage industry by starting Scottrade.
Over the years, Scottrade evolved into an online brokerage and bank supporting its 3 million clients through branch offices nationwide.
In the fall of , Rodger was diagnosed with multiple myeloma and in late , Scottrade was sold to TD Ameritrade. In , Mr. Riney started Lightchain Capital LLC, with a focus on various capabilities investing in early-stage biotech technologies with an emphasis on therapeutics for blood cancer and multiple myeloma.
Michael started his career in private practice representing many artists, producers and writers before joining the corporate ranks. He has been a contributing editor to the Practicing Law Institute volumes on the same subject and continues to lecture at various schools and seminars around the country.
He currently serves as the Chairman of the Entertainment Law Initiative of the Grammy Foundation, a division of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, which focuses on legal education programs for aspiring entertainment attorneys. He lives in Manhattan with his wife of 30 years, Karen. They have a daughter and two beautiful grandchildren. Marie E.
Pinizzotto, M. Ammon Foundation, a foundation focused on health care and education. Prior to running the foundation, she was president of Drug Safety Solutions, L. Prior to starting her own company she worked at Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. In this role she was responsible for pharmacovigilance of all Endo products, marketed and investigational.
Marie was also responsible for the safety components in the following disciplines; Clinical Research, Medical Affairs and Clinical Education and Development.
Pinizzotto received her B. She completed her residency at The Medical Center of Delaware, where she practiced obstetrics and gynecology for nine years.
She still maintains privileges at the hospital. Most recently, Dr. Currently, Dr. In addition, she is a board member at Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage, California, and also sits on the quality improvement committee. Marie is named Chair, The Marie E. Pinizzotto is a director of The Carol A. From until , Dr.
Parkinson served as President and CEO of Nodality, a South San Francisco-based venture-financed biotechnology company developing technologies to enable personalized medicine and more efficient drug development in cancer and autoimmune diseases. Before joining Nodality, Dr. During his tenures at Amgen and Novartis, Dr. He received his M. CyberSource provides payment processing and other related services to online businesses. He was Chairman and CEO for 16 years. In July , Visa, Inc.
McDougall is Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Sciences Practice, where he provides services to academic medical centers, bioscience companies, pharmaceutical companies, research universities, colleges, health systems, and other research organizations.
His practice provides a broad range of research business and compliance services, including strategic and business planning, financial analysis, research compliance, clinical research operations improvement, and information systems implementation services. In addition, his practice provides support services to the entire research continuum, from grant-funded basic science research, to translational research and clinical trials, including a dedicated group focusing on Clinical Research Consulting services.
Susan Marvin, Chair of the Board of The Marvin Companies, was part of the third-generation management team in what is today a fourth-generation family owned and operated company. Prior to her current role, Susan was President of Marvin Windows and Doors where she oversaw the fenestration business.
Susan is a graduate of the University of Minnesota where she earned an undergraduate degree in Journalism. David has played an integral role in launching, building and operating several successful companies in the life sciences. In , he, along with Robert S. Langer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and other co-founders, started Frequency Therapeutics with the goal of developing regenerative medicines based on discoveries related to activating progenitor cells.
Prior to that, David co-founded, also with Dr. Langer, Semprus BioSciences. Semprus was acquired in by Teleflex, Inc. Prior to Semprus, David worked at the investment firm Polaris Partners. He also serves as a trustee of Mt. David earned a B. Sloan Fellow. Earlier in his career, he was a bond trader and founded the Mortgage Finance Group. Rodney Gilmore is an attorney in the California Bay Area and a longtime college football broadcaster.
He was nominated for an Emmy Award in for live sports coverage of Pac football. Following graduation from Stanford, he earned his law degree from the University of California at Berkeley Boalt Hall in , and was admitted to the California State Bar the same year. Rodney specializes in transactional law with an emphasis on business formation and planning, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial transactions.
He also has extensive experience in commercial real estate matters, including sales and acquisitions, financings and leases.
Gilmore is a longtime volunteer for Stanford. He is a member and former officer of two entities sponsored by the Stanford Alumni Association. He is also an active member of several Bar Associations and several local community organizations. Karen E. Andrews graduated cum laude from the University of Vermont with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and earned her law degree, cum laude, from Temple School of Law. In , Ms.
Anderson graduated from Johns Hopkins Medical School. He trained in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital and completed hematology, medical oncology, and tumor immunology training at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Lori Marcus is an independent board director and keynote speaker. Lori is also the Chairman of the board of DNA Diagnostics Center, a growing leader in private DNA testing services, where she guides overall strategy and governance for corporate growth.
Additionally, she is an independent Board Director for SHARE, a year-old survivor-led organization based in New York City that provides support, information, and resources to women affected by breast and ovarian cancers. Most recently, Ms. With more than 30 years of broad-based marketing and general management experience, Lori was responsible for global brand and product management for the Keurig system of innovative brewers and beverages.
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