Geoffrey D. Beecher

Mid-Atlantic sales manager

Focal Therapeutics

Expertise: Medical devices

Monique Bennett

Senior Life Sciences Strategist

BioHealth Innovation

Expertise: Non-dilutive funding and market research

Reinhold Brand

President (retired)

Evonic USA

Expertise: Material sciences & specialty chemicals

Chandra Briggman

President / CEO

Activation Capital

Expertise: Innovation ecosystems

Kevin Corby

Research and development director (retired)

DuPont

Expertise: Industrial chemistry

Alex Euler

Investment director

CIT Gap Fund

Expertise: Life sciences

Bruce Ferris

Managing partner

SPARK Product Development LLC

Expertise: Product design & design for manufacturing

Gerard Eldering

President

InnovateTech Ventures

Expertise: University Commercialization Startups

Tracey Greene

Founding executive director

Charlottesville Angel Network

Expertise: Technology innovation, entrepreneurship, and early stage investments

Mark Lambert

Founder

VArtisans

Expertise: Virtual reality & film industry

Chris Little

Founder

SingleStone

Expertise: Software

Sean Mallon

VP, Commercialization

Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation

Expertise: Technology startups, early stage investing

Albine Martin

Entrepreneur-in-Residence, JHU

BioHealth Innovation

Expertise: Biotechnology and diagnostics

William McPheat

Principle scientist (retired)

AstraZeneca

Expertise: Pharma & cardiovascular drug development

Hina Mehta

Director, University Programs

Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation

Expertise: Technology Commercialization, Early Stage Investment

Matthew Miessau

Associate

Epidarex Capital

Expertise: Life sciences

John Newby

CEO

Virginia Bio

Expertise: Life sciences, patent law, and government

Kaitlyn L. O'Connor, Esq.

Partner

Nixon Gwilt Law

Dan O'Korn

Partner

Hutchison PLLC

Expertise: Life Sciences

Richard Pellegrino

Sr. Director global innovation

Stryker

Expertise: Medical devices

Brandon J. Price

Independent Advisor to Entrepreneurial Ventures

Professor of Entrepreneurship, Panamerican University Colleges of Business and Engineering

Expertise: Biotechnology (biologic drugs and medical devices)

Kirsten Rieth

Director, Strategy and Innovation

RTI Innovation Advisors

Expertise: Technology commercialization & market strategy

Dennis Schafer

Director

Life Science Management

Expertise: Pharma & serial entrepreneurship

William Weber

VP and general manager (retired)

DuPont

Expertise: Chemical industry

Tony Wilkins, CFA

Private Investor

Expertise: Start-ups, angel and VC investments

Vida Williams

Advanced analytics solution lead

SingleStone

Expertise: Big data & data science