Officers and Executive Committee

Kacee Sims, PhD

BIO Alabama Chair (2022-2023)
Avanti Polar Lipids

Blair King

Immediate Past Chair (2020-2021)
Alabama Power

Erik Schwiebert, PhD

BIO Alabama Secretary
Discovery BioMed

Jared Sharp, CPA

BIO Alabama Treasurer

Warren Averett

Bill Dean

Member at Large

Auburn Research & Technology Foundation

Lawrence Ganti

Member at Large
SiO2 Materials Science

Del Smith, PhD

Member at Large
Acclinate Genetics

Rachel Lane, PhD, RD

CEO, BIO Alabama

Jerome Baudry, PhD
University of Alabama in Huntsville

Dan Blakley

University of Alabama

Rebecca Boohaker, PhD

Southern Research

Karim Budhwani, PhD
CerFlux, Inc

Jay Daily
Hoar Program Management (HPM)

Maaike Everts, PhD

Evonik Healthcare

Gwen Fewell, PhD
SynVivo

Karthik Gopalakrishnan, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Gregory Grossman, PhD
Advancing Sight Network

Drew Honeycutt
Innovation Depot

Bruce Korf MD, PhD

Alabama Rare Disease Advisory Council

Vivek Lal, MD

Resbiotic

Nicholas Landau, PhD
Maynard Cooper & Gale

Dennis Leonard
EDPA

Michael Lynch
Chonex

Saksham Narang
Yuva Biosciences

Gene Price
Burr & Forman

Vince Perez
AL Department of Commerce

W. Matthew Reichert, PhD

University of South Alabama

Jennifer Riggs-Sauthier, PhD
Foresight Biosciences

Bob Shufflebarger
TriAltus

Amy Sturdivant
58 Inc.

Charlie Taylor
University of Alabama System

Carolyn Turner
Alabama International Trade Center 

Tim Tyson
TriRx Pharmaceutical Services

Lloyd Walker, PhD

Alabama A&M University

Clayton Yates, PhD

Tuskegee University