Georgia Bio Management Board
Cindy Edge
Chair, Georgia Bio
Head of Southeast Regional Center and Clinical Operations Excellence, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health - US
Steve Damon
Vice Chair, Georgia Bio
Chief Executive Officer, Micron Biomedical
Shay Foley
Immediate Past Chair, Georgia Bio
General Manager, Atlanta Manufacturing, Alcon
Mark Bouzyk, Ph.D.
Member At Large, Georgia Bio
President, CSO & Co-Founder, AllaiHealth, Inc.
Marcus Downs
Policy & Advocacy Chair, Georgia Bio
Director, State Government Affairs, Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.
EJane Caraway
Ecosystem Council Co-Chair, Georgia Bio
Director of Life Sciences, GDEcD
Eddie Lai
Ecosystem Council Co-Chair, Georgia Bio
Senior Manager, Life Sciences & Digital Health, Metro Atlanta Chamber
Avi Robbins
Industry Council Co-Chair, Georgia Bio
President, Porex Life Sciences Institute & AG Industries, Filtration Group
Dave Penake
Industry Council Co-Chair, Georgia Bio
CEO, Saol Therapeutics
Chris McKinney
Academic Council Co-Chair, Georgia Bio
Associate Vice President, Innovation Commercialization, Augusta University
Mary Albertson, RTTP, CLP
Academic Council Co-Chair, Georgia Bio
Director, Office of Technology Licensing, Georgia Tech
Jayne Morgan, M.D.
Community Representative, Georgia Bio
Clinical Director, Covid Task Force; Division of Quality and Safety, Piedmont Healthcare, Inc.
Heather Mullins
Treasurer, Georgia Bio
Audit Partner, Frazier & Deeter LLC
Bill Warren
CGHI Secretary, Georgia Bio
Partner, Eversheds Sutherland LLP
Councils
- Mary Albertson, CLP, RTTP
Director, Office of Technology Licensing, co-chair - Chris McKinney, Associate VP, Innovation Commercialization, Augusta University, co-chair
- Phil Bowen, Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mercer University
- Karen J.L. Burg, Ph.D., FNAI, FBSE, FAIMBE, VP of Research, University of Georgia
- Mike Cassidy, Biomedical Catalyst, Emory University
- Chris Cornelison, Director of Intellectual Property Development, Kennesaw State University
- Tim Denning, VP of Research and Economic Development, Georgia State University
- Michael Diamond, Senior Vice President of Research, Augusta University
- Derek Eberhart, Associate Vice President and Executive Director, Innovation Gateway, University of Georgia
- Kenny Franklin, Senior Licensing Associate, OTT, Georgia State University
- Andres Garcia, Executive Director, Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Wayne Glasgow, Senior Vice Provost for Research, Mercer University
- Sandra Harris-Hooker, Vice President & Executive Vice Dean, Morehouse School of Medicine
- Rick Kittles, Senior Vice President for Research, Morehouse School of Medicine
- John Leyba, Ph.D., Dean, College of Science & Mathematics, University of North Georgia
- Joanne Mitchell, Ph.D., Director, Office of Technology Transfer & Commercialization, Georgia State University
- Michael Moore, Director of Technology Transfer, Augusta University
- Cliff Michaels, Director of Technology Transfer, Georgia State University
- Connor Seabrook, Director of Investments & Venture Acceleration, Georgia Research Alliance
- Karin Scarpinato, Ph.D, VP of Research, Kennesaw State University
- Todd Sherer, Associate Vice President for Research Administration & Executive Director, OTT, Emory University
- David Stephens, VP for Research, Woodruff Health Sciences Center, Emory University
- Cynthia Sundell, Director, Life Science Industry Collaborations, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Darryle Taylor, CollabTech Manager, Georgia State University
- Kyle Tschepikow, Executive Director for Business Engagement and Innovation, University Of Georgia
- EJane Caraway, Director of Life Sciences, Georgia Department of Economic Development, co-chair
- Eddie Lai, Manager, Life Science & Economic Development, Metro Atlanta Chamber, co-chair
- Phil Gibson, Advisor, Workforce & Talent
- Alan Minsk, Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
- Heather Mullins, Audit Partner, Frazier & Deeter LLC
- Daniela Perry, Vice President, Georgia Chamber Foundation
- Bill Warren, Partner, Eversheds Sutherland LLP
- Rafael Andino, Vice President, Engineering & Manufacturing, Clearside Biomedical
- Melissa Bishop-Murphy, Senior Director, Government Relations, Pfizer
- Mark Bouzyk, Co-Founder, President & Chief Scientific Officer, AllaiHealth, Inc.
- Thomas Callaway, President, Life Science Partner
- Nathan Caplinger, VP, Sales, VWR, part of Avantor
- Amy Christian, Alliance Development Director, Pfizer
- Laura Croft, VP of Advancement, CDC Foundation
- Juliana Cyril, Director, Office of Technology and Innovation, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
- Steven Damon, CEO, Micron Biomedical
- David Dodd, President & CEO, GeoVax Labs, Inc.
- Marcus Downs, Director, State Government Affairs, Takeda Pharmaceuticals America Inc.
- Cindy Edge, Head of Southeast Regional Center and Clinical Operations Excellence, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health - US
- Rick Eiswirth, President & CEO, Alimera Sciences, Inc.
- Chuck Fogelgren, VP and General Manager, Quest Diagnostics
- Shay Foley, General Manager, Alcon,
- Michael Fonseca, Senior Director of Engineering and Operations, Abbott
- Patty Fritz, Vice President, US Corporate Affairs, UCB, Inc.
- Ashley Groome, Director, U.S. State Government Affairs, Johnson & Johnson
- Annie Hunt Burriss, Co-Founder, Universal Biome
- Ben Jackson, Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, Urology and Critical Care, Becton Dickinson
- Michael Kallelis, CEO, Mikart, LLC
- Karla Kiriako, Director, State Government Relations, Sanofi U.S.
- Kathy Lee-Sepsick, President & CEO, Femasys, Inc.
- Pat Mackin, President & CEO, Cryolife
- Cindy Edge, USA Global Innovation Business Manager, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health
- Russell Medford, Founder & CEO, Covanos
- John Richard, Head of Corporate Development & Co-Founder, Mereo BioPharma Group, plc
- Scott Rizzo, EVP & General Manager, Recro Gainesville
- John Daly, VP Operations, Dendreon
- Holly Snow, State Government Affairs Sr. Manager - South, Amgen
- Steven Stice, CEO, ArunA Biomedical, Inc.
- Phil van Trump, Chief Science & Technology Officer, Danimer Scientific
- Jay Yadav, Founder & CEO, MiRus, LLC