PHL Life Sciences Staff & Advisory Board
Updated: August 03, 2022
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PHL Life Sciences Staff
PHL Life Sciences Advisory Board
Laurie Actman
Chief Marketing, Communications Manager University of Pennsylvania
J. Robert Beck. M.D.
Senior Vice President & Chief Academic Officer Fox Chase Cancer Center
Fritz Bittenbender
Senior Vice President, Government Affairs Genentech
Kenneth J. Blank, Ph.D.
President and CEO University Research Strategies
Tracy S. Brala
Vice President, Ecosystem Development University City Science Center
Christopher M. Cashman
Chairman & CEO Marinus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
David A. Cole, PhD
President and CEO, The Science History Institute
Carol J. de Fries
VP of Workforce & Economic Innovation Community College of Philadelphia
Jonathan A. Epstein, M.D.
Executive Vice Dean & Chief Scientific Officer Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Shara Epstein
Medical Director, City of Philadelphia Department of Public Health
Thomas Farley, MD, MPH
MPH Health Commissioner City of Philadelphia
Margaret Foti, M.D.(hc), Ph.D. (Former Co-Chair)
CEO American Association for Cancer Research
Leonard R. Friedland, MD
Vice President, Director Scientific Affairs & Public Health GlaxoSmithKine
Michelle S. Gollapalli, MBA, CFRE, CAP
Vice President of Diversity, Inclusion & Development, ECRI
Joy Goswami, MS, MBA, RTTP
Assistant Director-Technology Transfer Center University of Delaware
Anthony P. Green, Ph.D.
Vice President, Regional Initiatives Ben Franklin Technology Partners
Ed Grose
Executive Director Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association
Debbie Hart
President and CEO BioNJ
Larry R. Kaiser, MD, FACS
Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal
Muneeza Iqbal, MPH
Deputy Secretary of Health Resources and Services & Chief Business Analytics Officer, Pennsylvania Department of Health
Mira Irons, MD
President and CEO, The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
David R. King (Former Co-Chair)*
Former Venture Partner Antonarp
T. Dianne Langford, PhD
Assistant Dean Research Lewis Katz School of Medicine Temple University
Hugh J. Lavery
Senior VP, Government & External Affairs Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Kathleen Matt, Ph.D.
Dean and Professor University of Delaware College of Health Sciences
James Medaglio
Director, Business Attraction & Expansion, The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia
Edith P. Mitchell, M.D., MACP, FCPP
Clinical Professor Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals
Michael Mittelman, OD, MPH, FAAO
President Salus University
Christopher P. Molineaux*
President & CEO Life Sciences Pennsylvania
Thomas Muldoon
President Muldoon & Associates
David B. Nash, MD, MBA
Founding Dean Emeritus, Jefferson School of Population Health
Patrick M. Oates, Ph.D.
Vice President, Strategy & Business Development EMSCO
Shawn Patrick O’Brien
Chairman of the Board, SFA Therapeutics & Key BioPharma Partners
Kristine Peterson (Former Co-Chair)
Former Chief Executive Officer Valeritas Inc.
Jennifer Pinto-Martin, PhD, MPH
Executive Director Center for Public Health Initiatives University of Pennsylvania
Nancy Rawson M.Sc., Ph.D.
Acting VP and Associate Director, Monell
RoseAnn Rosenthal
President & CEO Ben Franklin Technology Partners
Michael E. Selzer, M.D, Ph.D., FRCP
Director Shriners Hospital Pediatric Research Center
Tracy Shickel
Director, Economic Development University of Delaware
Kenny J. Simansky, Ph.D., MBA
Vice Dean for Research Drexel University
Dr. Sinclair Smith
Dean of the School of Health Professions, Saint Joseph’s University
Heather Steinman, Ph.D., MBA**
VP, Business Development, Exec. Dir. The Wistar Institute
Thomas R. Tritton, Ph.D.
Former President & CEO Chemical Heritage Foundation
Jay Vazquez
President and CEO Philadelphia Academies, Inc.
Barbara Wadsworth, DNP, RN, FACHE, FAAN, NEA-BC
Senior Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer Main Line Health Systems
Michele Washko
Founder and President Life Science Innovations
Darryl N. Williams, Ph.D.**~
Senior VP of Science and Education The Franklin Institute
Chris Yochim (Former Co-Chair)*
Board Chairman Delaware Bioscience Association
PHLCVB Nursing Leadership Committee
Paula Agosto, RN, BSN, MHA
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
James Ballinghoff, MSN, MBA, RN, NEA
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Cindy Blank-Reid, RN, MSN, CEN
Temple University Hospital
Elizabeth Craig, DNP, CRNP, FACHE
Pennsylvania Hospital
Richard G. Cuming, Ed.D., MSN, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
Christiana Care Health System
Regina Cunningham, Ph.D., RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Kathleen Czekanski, Ph.D., RN, CNE
LaSalle University, School of Nursing
Pamela DeCampli, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, FAAN
Jeffrey Doucette, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
Press Ganey
Susan Engel, RN, BSN
Bayada Home Healthcare
Terri Hinkley, EdD©, MBA, BScN, RN
Academy of Medical Surgical Nurses
Evelyn Lengetti, Ph.D., RN-BC
Villanova University, College of Nursing
Betty Long, RN, MHA
Guardian Nurses Healthcare Advocates
Marie Ann Marino, EdD, RN, FAAN
Thomas Jefferson College of Nursing
Ingrid McGovern, CNO
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
Barbara McLaughlin, Ph.D., RN, CNE, ANEF
Community College of Philadelphia Dept. of Nursing
Dane E. Menkin, CRNP
Main Line HealthCare
Jane Mericle, MHS-CL, BSN, RN, CENP
Chief Nurse Executive at Nemours/ Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
Kimberlee Montgomery, DNP, APRN, WHNP-BC, CNE, FAANP, FAAN
Drexel University College of Nursing
Sharon Murphy-Potts, BSN, RN, CRRN
Genex Services
Ann L. O’Sullivan, Ph.D., FAAN, CPNP
University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing
AnnMarie Papa, DNP, RN, CEN, NE-BC, FAEN, FAAN
Einstein Medical Center
Jane Rothrock, Ph.D., RN, CNOR, FAAN
Quest RN, Inc.
Franklin A. Shaffer, EdD, RN, FAAN, FFNMRCSI
CGNFS International
Coy L. Smith, ND, RN, MSN, NEA-BC, FACHE, CPHQ
U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
Marguerite Stahley Ambrose, PhD, RN, APRN-BC
West Chester University
Loretta Sweet Jemmott, Ph.D., RN, FAAN
Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions
Barbara Wadsworth, DNP, RN, FACHE, FAAN, NEA-BC**
Main Line Health System
Roberta Waite, Ed.D., PMHCNS-BC, FAAN, ANEF
Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions
