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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
 
CHAIR
Susan Washer
President & CEO
Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (AGTC)
 
VICE CHAIR
Stephanie Warrington
VP, Corporate Affairs & Development
Xhale
 
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Tom McLain
CEO
Claro Scientific 
 
SECRETARY
Gregory A. Nelson
Partner
Novak, Druce + Quigg
 
CEO
C. Russell Allen
President & CEO
BioFlorida, Inc.
 
CHAIR, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
Leslie J. Croland, P.A.
Partner
Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
CO-CHAIR, BUSINESS GROWTH
David L. Day
Director, Office of Technology Licensing
Director, Sid Martin Biotechnology Incubator
University of Florida
 
CO-CHAIR, MEMBERSHIP
Patti Breedlove
Associate Director
UF Sid Martin Biotechnology Incubator
 
CO-CHAIR, EDUCATION & WORKFORCE
Dr. Svetlana Shtrom 
Director Technology Transfer & Venture Lab
University of Central Florida
 
CHAIR, BIOFLORIDA INSTITUTE TASK FORCE
Harry Orf, PhD
VP, Scientific Operations & Professor of Chemistry
Scripps Florida
 
CO-CHAIR, MARKETING COMMITTEE
David G. Bates
Shareholder
Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A.
 
TREASURER
Philip C. Piser
Partner
Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, L.L.P.
 

 
DIRECTORS 
 
 

David Bushea 
Senior Project Manager
Proctor Construction Co.
 
Jonathan Cantor 
Senior Project Manager
Reynolds, Smith & Hills

Santiago Galvez
Vice President, Operations
Beckman Coulter
 
Divina Grossman
Vice President for Engagement
Florida International University (FIU)
 
Claudia Hillinger, PhD
Vice President for Institute Development
Max Planck Florida Institute 
 
Richard A. Houghten, PhD
President
Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies
 
Kenneth B. Kirby
President
TransDermal Delivery Solutions Corporation (TDSC)
 
William "Bill" Knab 
President
Matrix Technology Management
 
Valerie McDevitt
Assistant Vice President, Division of Patents & Licensing
University of South Florida (USF)
 
Leslie Molony, PhD
Senior Director of Business Development
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute at Lake Nona
 
Karen Moore
President & CEO
Moore Consulting Group
 
James J. Mulé, PhD
Head of Translational Research
H. Lee Moffitt Comprehensive Cancer Center & Research Institute
 
Mark Mullins
Region Manager, Florida
Fisher Scientific
 
Ramaswamy Narayanan
Professor, Biological Sciences Department & Associate Dean for Research and Industrial relations
Florida Atlantic University
Marco T. Paredes, Jr.
Senior Manager, State Government Affairs
Amgen, Inc.
 
Michael Paredes
Senior Manager State Government Affairs
Genentech, Inc.
 
Marcelo Radice
Executive Director of Inter-American Initiatives
University of Miami
 
James Rosen
Partner
Intersouth Partners
 
Mel Rothberg
COO
Vaccine Gene Therapy Institute (VGTI) Florida
 
David R. Saliwanchik
Shareholder
Saliwanchik, Lloyd & Saliwanchik
  
Thaddeus Seymour, Jr., PhD
Vice President & General Manager, Health and Life Sciences
Lake Nona
 
Jack Spencer
Independent Director
 
Jack Sullivan, Jr.
President & CEO
Florida Research Consortium
  
James D. Talton, PhD
President & CEO
Nanotherapeutics
 
Hal Valeche
President
York Street Capital Advisors 
 
William Warren, PhD 
Vice President & Site Head
Sanofi Pasteur VaxDesign Campus
 
Michael Wasserman
Director
H.I.G. Ventures
 
Claudia Zylberberg, PhD
President & CEO
Akron Biotech