About Life Science: 2013
The Springboard: Life Science 2013 program featured 10 of the most promising high-growth, women-led companies in the life sciences. The Bootcamp was held on June 20, 2013 at The George Washington University in Washington, DC showcasing the entrepreneurs before an audience of the area’s top corporate, angel, and venture investors.
Committees
Alumnae Committee
Pamela Contag, Cygnet Biofuels
Sheila DeWitt, DeuteRX, LLC
Joan Fallon, Curemark, LLC
Sharon Flank, InfraTrac
Barbara Fox, Avaxia Biologics
Barbara Handelin, Bipontis Alliance
Irene Hrusovsky, BELLE Capital USA
Mary Wallace Jaensch, Semprae Laboratories
Heather Keith, Stroll Medical Technologies, Inc.
Roberta Lee, Acueity Healthcare, Inc.
Annette McClellan, BioMedical Engineering Solutions
Julia O’Connor, Accelalox Inc.
Nancy Parenteau, Parenteau BioConsultants
Gitte Pedersen, Genomic Expression
Diana Pilura, ALBRY
Yael Schwartz, Hygeia Therapeutics, Inc.
Laurie Smaldone, PharmApprove
Laura Strong, Quintessence Biosciences
Alexis Traynor-Kaplan, ISM Therapeutics
Liat Tsoref, Slender Medical
Jacqueline Thong, Ubiqui Health, Inc.
Screening Committee
Faz Bashi, Life Science Angels
Jenn Baumann, InnerWorkings, Inc.
Cathlin Bowman Young, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
Corinne Bright, OnSet Ventures
Cheryl Buxton, Korn/Ferry International
Maxine Champion, Champion Strategies
Pravin Chaturvedi, IndUS Pharmaceuticals
Allan H. Cohen, First Analysis
Ellen Corenswet, Covington & Burling LLP
Eva Kramer, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Mary Cummins, Aging 2.0
Marina Dedes, Lightbank
Jona Donaldson, MedDevice LLC
Gina Durham, DLA Piper
Bunny Ellerin, NYC Health Business Leaders
Jennifer Friel Goldstein, Silicon Valley Bank
Phillip Gager, Square One Bank
Richard Gervase, Mintz Levin
Greg Grossman, DLA Piper
Barbara Handelin,BioPontis Alliance LLC
Elaine Heron, Amplyx Pharmaceuticals
Eva Jack, Macava Consulting
Chris Kim, Oxford Bioscience Partners
Ron Kirschner, Heartland Angels
Jon Kravetz. Mintz Levin
Maryann Kuzel, MAK Associates
Maggie LeFlore, AesRX
Svetlana Lucas, Onyx Pharmaceuticals
Emily Levy, Synergy Partners
Robert Mashal, NKT Therapeutics
Annette McClellan, BioMedical Emerging Solutions
Lindsay Meyer, Canaan Partners
Patrick Morand, Open Prairie Ventures
Ingrid Rechtin, Covington & Burling LLP
Lily Rin-Laures, M.D., Marshall, Gerstein, Borun
Liz Rockett, Imprint Capital
Scott Samuels, Mintz Levin
Barbara Schmidt-Kemp, North Star Consultants
Yael Schwartz, Hygeria Therapeutics
Kay Schwichtenberg, Central Life Sciences
Stacey Seltzer, Aisling Capital
Erika Smith, Rock Spring Ventures
Karen Spilizewski, RiverVest Venture Partners
Lilian Stern, Stern Investor Relations
Laurance Stuntz, Massachusetts eHealth Institute
Mary Wallace Jaensch, SPARK Solutions for Growth
Tracy Warren, Battelle Ventures
Henry Wei, Aetna
Phyllis Whiteley, Didimi
Barbara Wood, Wood Legal
Alex Zisson, Thomas, McNerney & Partners
Sponsors
Program Sponsors
Merck
Womble Carlyle
Venue Hosts
1776
The George Washington University
Covington & Burling
SunTrust
K&L Gates
Silicon Valley Bank
Web Conferencing Parnter
ReadyTalk
Supporting Organizations
Bootcamp Supporting Organizations
Pipeline Partners
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DSK Companies
WLSHT