SPEAKERS

Vanessa Atkins, MS
Cheyney University
Executive Director of Strategic Partnerships & Career Pathways
Division of Social Equity

John Balchunas
National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals
Workforce Director

Jennifer Bell
Peter Powerhouse Foundation
President

Melina Blees, PhD
BioLabs Philadelphia
Site Head

Tracy Brala
University City Science Center
SVP, Strategy and Partnerships

Phil Brooks
University City Science Center
Director of STEM Workforce Partnerships

Kathleen Brunner
Acumen Analytics
President

Matthew Burkhardt
B+labs
Director

Doug Carr
Century Therapeutics
Senior Vice President and Head of Finance

David Chang
WuXi App Tech (Advanced Therapies Group)
President and Chief Technology Officer

Sangeeta Bardhan Cook, PhD, MBA
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Chief Innovation Officer
Temple University Health System, SVP of Strategy and Business Development

Jeffrey DeVuono
Brandywine RealtyTrust
Executive Vice President and Senior Managing Director

Benjamin Dibling, PhD
Penn Center for Innovation
Deputy Managing Director

Susan Dillon, PhD
Aro Biotherapeutics Company
President and CEO

Jonathan Epstein, MD
Penn Medicine
Executive Vice Dean and Chief Scientific Officer

Michael Flaschen
Daiichi Sankyo
SVP, Global External Innovation

Andrei Georgescu
Vivodyne, Penn Spinout
Co-Founder

Jennifer Griffin, PhD
Mission BioCapital
Partner, Strategy & Investor Relations

Eric Hacherl, PhD
Kyttaro Therapeutics
Chief Operating Officer

Eric Heil
Medical Excellence Capital
Managing Partner

Misun Hwang, MD, MS
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Radiologist, Director of Neonatal Imaging

Jesse Johnson
Serna BIO
Chief Technology Officer

John Karanicolas
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Professor of Molecular Therapies
School of Pharmacy’s Moulder Center for Drug Discovery Research, Director

Louis P. Kassa III
Baruch S. Blumberg Institute and PA Biotechnology Center
Chief Executive Officer

Nancy J Kelley
Builds Bio+
Founding Member,
Nancy J Kelley + Associates
President & CEO

Todd Kilbaugh, MD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Endowed Chair of Translational Science and Innovation

Sima Singadia Kulkarni
Duane Morris LLP
Special Counsel: Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Licensing

Joseph La Barge
Apertura Gene Therapy
Chief Executive Officer

Mark Laurenzi
Aro Biotherapeutics Company
Chief Administrative Officer & Vice President, Legal

John Lunger
Adaptimmune Therapeutics PLC
Chief Patient Supply Officer

Tia Lyles-Williams, MS, MRSc
Goffman Bougard
Chief Executive Officer
LucasPye BIO & HelaPlex
Founder & CEO

Jennifer Manning, MPA
Kyttaro Therapeutics
Commercial Executive for Cell & Gene Therapy, Strategic Advisor

Colin Moran
Johnson & Johnson Innovation Center
Senior Director, Transactions / Global Innovation Partnering Lead, Discovery Sciences

Ben Pascal
BioMerieux
Global Head xPRO Program
Invisible Sentinel
Chief Business Officer

Lorenzo Pellegrini, PhD
Hatch Biofund
Managing Partner

William Peranteu, MD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Fetal Surgeon, Division of General
Thoracic and Fetal Surgery

Tom Piombino
Integrated Project Services
Managing Director, Americas

Mitchel W. Simpler
Builds Bio+
Founding Member
JB&B
Partner Emeritus

Shivaranjani Sridharan
Bayer
Senior Director, Business Development & Licensing

Sumit Verma, MEM
Iovance Biotherapeutics
SVP, Global Strategic Manufacturing

Nelson Way
Ensemble
Director, Leasing and Development

Elizabeth White
Entrepreneur and Former Pharma Executive

Peter Zucca
Peter Powerhouse Foundation
Founder

David Zuzga, PhD
The Wistar Institute
Associate Dean
of Biomedical Studies

2nd Annual Symposium for Life Science Innovation and Development
September 12, 2023
The Union League of Philadelphia
140 S Broad St, Philadelphia
