PHL Life Sciences Staff & Advisory Board
Updated: August 03, 2021
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PHL Life Sciences Staff
PHL Life Sciences Advisory Board (2020-2022)
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.
Geert Cauwenbergh, Ph.D.
Chairman & CEO Rhei Pharmaceuticals
Susan E. Coffin, MD, MPH
MPH Managing Director, Healthcare Associated Infections & Antimicrobial Resistance Philadelphia Department of Public Health
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
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
FACS Dean, CEO & Senior Executive VP Temple University School of Medicine
Paul Katz, M.D.
President University of the Sciences
David R. King (Former Co-Chair)*
Former Venture Partner Antonarp
Hugh J. Lavery
Senior VP, Government & External Affairs Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
T. Dianne Langford, PhD
Assistant Dean Research Lewis Katz School of Medicine Temple University
Robert F. Margolskee, MD, PhD
Ph.D. Director & President Monell Chemical Senses Center
Kathleen Matt, Ph.D.
Dean and Professor University of Delaware College of Health Sciences
Angela McDonald, Ph.D., LPCS, NCC
Dean St. Joseph’s University
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
Patrick M. Oates, Ph.D.
Vice President, Strategy & Business Development EMSCO
Meghna Patel, MHA
Deputy Secretary for Health Innovation, Pennsylvania Department of Health
Shawn Patrick O’Brien
CEO Genomind
Jennifer Pinto-Martin, PhD, MPH
Executive Director Center for Public Health Initiatives University of Pennsylvania
Kristine Peterson (Former Co-Chair)
Former Chief Executive Officer Valeritas Inc.
Michael A. Rashid
Commerce Director, City of Philadelphia
RoseAnn Rosenthal
President & CEO Ben Franklin Technology Partners
Tabassum Salam, MD, MBA, FACP
VP, Medical Education Division American College of Physicians
Barbara Schilberg
Managing Director & CEO BioAdvance
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
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.
Edgar A. Vesga-Arias, MPR, CMI*
Executive Vice President & COO Philadelphia International Medicine
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
George M. Wohlreich, MD, MA, DSc (Hon) FCPP*
President and CEO The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
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
Ingrid McGovern, CNO
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
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
Barbara McLaughlin, Ph.D., RN, CNE, ANEF
Community College of Philadelphia Dept. of Nursing
Ingrid McGovern
St. Christopher’s Hospital
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
Sharon Murphy-Potts, BSN, RN, CRRN
Genex Services
Kimberlee Montgomery, DNP, APRN, WHNP-BC, CNE, FAANP, FAAN
Drexel University College of Nursing
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
