Meet Our Experts
Albert Di Rienzo, PHD
President & Chief Innovation Officer
Radicle Innovation
Amy Hanlon
Owner
Blue Meta Design
Arlene Morris
CEO
Willow Advisors LLC
Buddy Lyons, MBA
CEO
Entac Medical Inc.
Cain McClary, MD
Principal
KdT Ventures
Dan Cohen
President
Accelerated Ventures
Dave Taylor
Managing Director
Mankind Venture Group (MvG)
David Fragale, MBA
Executive in Residence
WVU
David Kennedy, BSME
VP Product Management
Lifelines Neuro
Derek Willis
Investment Manager
South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA)
Ellen Brune
CEO
Boston Mountain Biotech
Emily Geiger Draugelis, MBA
CEO and Founder
Vitamin Collective
Gary Keller, MS, CLP
CEO
Xomix
Greg Langdon
Founder
Langdon Industries
Jeanette Weiland, MBA
Vice President, Bio Innovation & Special Projects
NOLABA
Jeff Amerine, MS
Founder & Managing Director
Startup Junkie Consulting
Jerry Chang
Managing Partner, President, Managing Partner/COO
Vigilant BioServices, 42Bio LLC, Samaritan Biologics
Jim Nelson, MHA, MS
Entrepreneur-in-Residence
West Virginia University Hospitals, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
Joe Huber, MBA
COO
EternaTear
Joseph Lovett
Managing Director
Louisiana Funds I & II
Kaushik Dave, RPh, PhD, MBA
Partner
Ohmkara Consulting
Kevin Pollard
Entrepreneur
C-Suite Services
Kevin Sidow
Serial Entrepreneur, Board Member
Life Science Startups
Kris Khalil
Investment Analyst
New Orleans BioInnovation Center
Larry Horn, MBA
Executive Director
Amplify Louisville
Liza Curcio-Rudy
Investment Analyst
New Orleans BioInnovation Center
Louise Epstein, MBA
LARTA Principal Advisor, Founding Director, Innovation Center, UT Austin, Founder
Ecosystem Partner
Madison Hartung
CEO
EI Consulting
Mara Neal
Director of Marketing & Engagement
Cook Biotech
Marc Filerman
Program CEO
German Accelerator Life Sciences
Merrill Boyce, PHD, IMBA
Chief Executive in Residence and Global Business Coordinator
Coastal Carolina University
Michael Green
Managing Director
Mountain State Capital
Mike Fisher
Managing Director
Kirchner Group
Nancy Gray, PHD
President
BioVentures, LLC
Nathan Dolloff, PHD
Founder
Leukogene Therapeutics Inc
Nathan Sundheimer, MBA
Program Manager, Health & Lead,
US Healthcare Partnerships
Plug and Play Tech Center
Neil Kane, MBA
Entrepreneur
Michigan State University
Paul Asper, MBA
Vice President of Commercialization
Zucker Institute for Applied Neurosciences
Rebecca Rice
Director of Operations
Louisville Healthcare CEO Council
Rebecca Todd, BS, MS, MA
Innovation Specialist
ASBTDC
Richard Sullivan
CEO
CIBOR
Robert Ryan, PHD
CEO
Innova Therapeutics
Roberto Torres, DHA
Director Clinical Research Office
Ponce Medical School Foundation, Inc
Scott Pancoast, MBA
CEO & Founder
Zylo Therapeutics
Stephen Carrithers, PhD
Executive VP, Co-founder & Director of R&D
Sequela, Inc & Lagrange Scientific
Steve Abell, BA
Vice President, Strategic Innovations and Investments
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Steve Johnson
Interim Executive Director, SCLaunch
South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA)
Timothy Peck, MD
Executive Portfolio Director of Health
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Ugo DeBlasi, BSME
Consultant