Board of Directors

Byron Hewett
Life Sciences Strategic Advisor

Board Chair

Robin Harper Cowie
Chief Financial Officer
Biodesix, Inc.

Board Vice Chair

Rita Sanzgiri, Ph.D., J.D.
Intellectual Property Attorney - Biotech, Pharmaceuticals, and Life Sciences

Board Secretary
CGE Committee Chair

Rachelle Moulton
Partner, Assurance
EY

Board Treasurer
Finance & Audit Committee Chair

Jennifer Chavez
Senior Director
BioMed Realty

Development Committee Chair

Ryan Crisman, Ph.D.
Co-Founder, Chief Technical Officer
Umoja Biopharma

Nominating Committee Chair

April Giles
Executive Director
End Drug Shortages Alliance

Strategic Planning Committee Chair

Dan Wittenberg
Partner
Snell & Wilmer, LLP

Governance Committee Chair

Ethan Mann, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Life Sciences Executive

Past Board Chair

Kelly Jean Brough
Chief Executive Officer
Fitzsimons Innovation Community

Brent Fassett
Partner
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Raymond Gonzales
President
Metro Denver EDC

Executive Vice President
Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce

Laura Goldberg
Site Head, Quality & Regulatory
Agilent Technologies

Marc Graboyes, J.D.
Counsel
Foley Hoag

Jim Kasic, M.S., M.B.A.
Chief Executive Officer
Boulder IQ & Boulder Sterilization

Melissa Krebs, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Co-Founder
GelSana

Lyndsey Linke, Ph.D., M.E.
Chief Executive Officer
Co-Founder
SiVEC Biotechnologies, Inc.

Kirk McGilvray, Ph.D.
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Vital Foams, Inc.

Associate Director
Orthopaedic Bioengineering Research Laboratory
Colorado State University

Michael Mestek, Ph.D.
Vice President
Clinical Research & Medical Science
Medtronic Acute Care and Monitoring

Hannah Nelson, Ph.D.
Associate Director of Licensing
Venture Partners at CU Boulder

Kevin Noble
Life Sciences Incubator
Program Director
Innosphere Ventures

Jodi Scott, J.D.
Partner
Hogan Lovells

Linda Secka
Executive Director
Life Sciences and Healthcare Services
J.P. Morgan

Dalip Sethi, Ph.D., MBA, MSc
Commercial Leader
Cell Therapy Technologies
North America
Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies

Julie Stiff
Senior Vice President
Boulder Site Head
KBI Biopharma

Meg Suter, Ph.D.
Assistant Vice President for Research
Colorado State University

Lou Thao
Vice President of Operations
STAQ Pharma

Kathleen (Kiki) Traylor, M.D.
Director, State Government Affairs
Amgen

Past Board Chair