Board of Directors

BOARD CHAIR

Ethan Mann, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Chief Executive Officer
Validus Cellular Therapeutics, Inc.

Chief Executive Officer
OrganiShield

BOARD VICE CHAIR

Byron Hewett
Fractional Chief Executive Officer
General Inception

Chair, Strategic Planning Committee

PAST BOARD CHAIR

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

BOARD SECRETARY

Alan Rudolph, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Chief Technology Officer
Innosphere Ventures

Interim Chief Executive Officer
Photon Pharma

BOARD TREASURER

Jim Wilson
Partner
EY

Chair, Finance Committee

April Giles
Executive Director
End Drug Shortages Alliance

Chair, Development Committee

PAST BOARD CHAIR

Bob Reddy
Vice President, Global Marketing,
Medical Education and Training
Medtronic Enabling Technologies

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

Chair, DEI Committee

Dan Wittenberg
Partner
Snell & Wilmer, LLP

Chair, Governance Committee

Robin Harper Cowie
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Compliance Officer
Biodesix, Inc.

Gino DiSciullo, Ph.D.
Director of Operations
Ceria Therapeutics, Inc.

Phillip Ebner 
Executive Director, Life Sciences
JPMorgan Chase & Company

Brent Fassett
Partner
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Tony Fraij
Chief Operating Officer
KBI Biopharma

Raymond Gonzales
President
Metro Denver EDC

Executive Vice President
Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce

Joseph Guiles, Ph.D.
Head of Development
Agilent Technologies

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.

Kevin Noble
Life Sciences Incubator
Program Director
Innosphere Ventures

Bryn Rees
Assistant Vice Chancellor
Research & Innovation

Managing Director
Venture Partners at CU Boulder

Jodi Scott, J.D.
Partner
Hogan Lovells

Dalip Sethi, Ph.D., MBA, MSc

Commercial Leader, Cell Therapy Technologies
North America
Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies

Andy Sklawer
Founder
Yonder Partners

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

Lou Thao
Vice President of Operations
STAQ Pharma

Will Vaughan, Ph.D.
Director, Technology Transfer
Colorado School of Mines

Tanya Warnecke, Ph.D.
Partner
DVDT Partners

Michael Weiner
Transition Partner
Kutak Rock LLP

Dustin Whistler
Principal
Forte Commercial Real Estate