BIO Alabama Board of Directors  

Dan Blakley
Associate Vice President, Office for Economic and Business Engagement
University of Alabama

Dr. Karim Budhwani
Chief Executive Officer &
Chief Scientist
CerFlux, Inc

James Childs
Partner
Maynard Cooper & Gale

Ted Clem
Director of Business Development
Alabama Department of Commerce

Jonathan Cox
Account Manager
Aerotek Scientific 

Jay Daily
Vice President, Business Development
HPM - Hoar Program Management

John Daly
Site Manager
Evonik Healthcare

Bill Dean
Executive Director, Auburn Research & Technology Foundation, Office of External Engagement and Support
Auburn University

Gwen Fewell, PhD
Chief Commercial Officer
SynVivo

Lawrence Ganti
President & Chief Business Officer
SiO2 Materials Science

John Gilbert
Vice President, Commercial
Syneos Health

Karthik Gopalakrishnan, PhD
Director, Harbert Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Gregory Grossman, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer
Advancing Sight Network

Drew Honeycutt
CEO
Innovation Depot

Blair King
Economic & Community Development
Alabama Power

Nicholas Landau, PhD
Partner, Registered Patent Attorney
Bradley

Dennis Leonard
Innovation Consultant
EDPA

Ashley Lindsey, PhD
Marketing & Licensing Associate, Office of Research & Economic Development
University of South Alabama

Lily McNair, PhD
President
Tuskegee University

Michael Lynch
Chief Executive Officer
Chonex

Eric Mendenhall, PhD
Assistant Professor, Genomics & Epigenetics
University of Alabama in Huntsville 

Saksham Narang
Director of Strategy & Development
Yuva Biosciences

Jon Nugent
Vice President, Innovation & Technology 
Birmingham Business Alliance

Gene Price
Partner
Burr & Forman

Jennifer Riggs-Sauthier, PhD
Independent Biotech/Pharma Consultant

Erik Schwiebert, PhD
CEO & Chief Scientific Officer
Discovery BioMed

Jared Sharp
CPA
Warren Averett

Bob Shufflebarger
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
TriAltus

Kacee Sims, PhD
Director of Marketing & Technical Support
Avanti Polar Lipids

Del Smith, PhD
Co-Founder & CEO
Acclinate Genetics

Keith Starnes
Architect & Project Manager
Stephen Ward & Associates, Inc.

Amy Sturdivant
Director of Business Recruitment
HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology