Mr. James Jordan, Chair
Areas of expertise: Marketing, strategy, and investment for the life sciences industry
- Distinguished Service Professor & Director, Masters in Biotechnology & Management Program, Carnegie Mellon University
- Chief Investment Officer, Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse
- President & CEO, StraTactic, Inc.
- Senior Vice President, McKesson Corporation (former)
- Vice President of Marketing, Johnson & Johnson (former)
Dr. G. Randall Green, Member - email
Areas of expertise: Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Attorney, Medical Device Industry
- Founder, Secant Therapeutics
- Program Director, Cardiac Surgery, St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center
- Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellow, University of Virginia Health System (former)
- General Surgery Resident, Stanford University Medical Center (former)
- Cornell University, S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management, MBA; Syracuse University College of Law, JD; Northwestern University, The Feinberg School of Medicine, MD
Mr. Mark Kwatia, Member
Areas of expertise: Biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, process/product development
- Diagnostics Assay Design, Abbott Laboratories
- Senior Advisor, Scientists for Africa
- Biologics Process Design, Abbott Laboratories (former)
- Co-Founder & Director of Process/Product Development, OrthoAccel Technologies (former)
- Senior Research Specialist, University of Illinois Medical Center (former)
Ms. Helen "Kate" Liebelt, Member
Areas of expertise: Operations and strategy in the global biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries
- President, Chicago Health Executives Forum
- Vice-President, Business Development, Heartland Angels, Inc.
- Vice-President, Healthcare Solutions, Adalyze Technologies
- Outsourcing Manager, Takeda Pharmaceuticals (former)
- R&D Project Associate, Baxter BioScience (former)
Dr. Marco Quarta, Member
Areas of expertise: Biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, R&D
- BioMed Consultant at Scheiman RF, Inc
- Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dept. of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University
- President, former CEO and Co- Founder, WetWare Concepts S.r.l.
- Co-founder and former Chairman, Young European Biotech Network (YEBN)
- Former Member, Executive Board, European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB)
Dr. James Su, Member - email
Areas of expertise: regenerative medicine with specialties in gastrointestinal, ophthalmologic, and cardiovascular systems; medical devices industry; biomaterials R&D; management of biotechnology
- Materials Science and Engineering Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University
- Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer, Ophtherix (former)
- William C. Ezell Fellow, American Optometric Foundation (former)
- Graduate Student Researcher, UC Berkley (former)
- R&D Engineer, Edwards Lifesciences (former)
