Virginia Biotechnology Association

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Board of Directors

Board Leadership:

  • David L. Ayares, Ph.D, Chairman of the Board President & CEO, Revivicor, Inc.
  • Thomas L. Thorpe, Vice Chairman of the Board President, Afton Scientific, Inc.
  • Maciek Sasinowski, Ph.D , Immediate Past Chairman CEO, INCOGEN, Inc.
  • Christian Plaza, Secretary Partner, Cooley Godward Kronish
  • Thomas D. Roberts III, Treasurer Partner, Harbert Venture Partners

Board Members:

  • Daniel J. Barchi President & CEO, Carilion Biomedical Institute
  • Robert S. Capon, Senior Vice President, Clinical Data, Inc.
  • Martin D. Chapman, Ph.D President, INDOOR Biotechnologies, Inc.
  • Jeff Conroy, CEO, Innovative Biologics, Inc.
  • Raymond Cypess, Ph.D President and CEO, American Type Culture Collection
  • Jim DeOlden President and CEO, Mediatech
  • Michael Drzal, Shareholder, LeClairRyan
  • Jeff Gallagher Vice President and General Counsel, Lyotropic Therapeutics
  • Daniel J. Gonzalez, MBA Executive Vice President, Appian Realty Advisors, Inc.
  • Michael Grisham President, GPB Scientific, Inc.
  • Mike Innes, Managing Director, Morgan Joseph
  • David G. Kalergis, JD, MBA CEO, Diffusion Pharmaceuticals
  • Krishna Kodukula, Executive Director, SRI International, Inc.
  • Ted Melnik President, Novozymes Biologicals, Inc.
  • Scott Meza Partner, Greenberg Traurig LLP
  • Robert Patzig Senior Managing Director, Third Security, LLC
  • Paul Romness, VP Government Affairs and Public Policy, Boehringer Ingelheim
  • Greg Wallig, Principal, Advisory Services, Grant Thornton, LLP
  • Patricia B. Williams, Ph.D CEO, EyeRx, Inc.
  • Spencer Williamson President and CEO, Intelliject, LLC

Executive Director:

  • Mark A. Herzog, Executive Director Virginia Biotechnology Association

Advisory Council Members

  • Robert Beech CEO, Intrexon
  • S. Brian Farmer, Esq. Hirschler Fleischler LLP
  • Richard Freer, Ph.D. Chairman of the Board, Commonwealth Biotechnologies, Inc.
  • Robert L. McKown, Ph.D. Director, Biotechnology Program, James Madison University
  • Cheryl Moore, COO Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • Keith J. Oing Virginia Economic Development Partnership
  • Richard C. Peet, Ph.D. Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP
  • Brandon J. Price, Ph.D. Falcon Ridge Associates
  • John Schofield, Research Director, Prince William County Economic Development
  • Marvin H. “Skip” Schuelke President, Schuelke Biomedical Services
  • Robert T. Skunda, President & CEO, Virginia Biotechnology Research Park
  • Terry L. Woodworth, Ph.D. Chief Scientist, Shine Systems and Technologies

VaBIO Academic Council

  • Jerald P. Coughter, George Mason University
  • Dennis R. Dean, Ph.D. Director, Fralin Life Science Institute, Virginia Tech
  • Thomas F. Huff, Ph.D. Vice Provost of Life Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Dennis Manos, Ph.D. Vice Provost for Research, The College of William and Mary
  • John Noftsinger, Ph.D. Associate Vice President for Research, James Madison University
  • William J. Wasilenko, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Research, Eastern Virginia Medical School