First | Last | Title | Company / Institution | Preferred Email | Preferred phone # | Interested Volunteer opportunity | Guest Speaker option: Topic or Title | How often can you volunteer? | Days preferred. | Times preferred | Hrs/mo willing to dedicate | List month(s) or date range preferred | 3 areas of expertise (ranked) | Comments / Questions | Name of Assistant | Assistant’s Email | Assistant’s Contact Number | Entry creation date |
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Rachel | Strick | Senior Director, Head of Immunology Business Development & Acquisitions | AbbVie | rachel.strick@abbvie.com | 8479371233 | Ecosystem Link, Ad Hoc Advisor | Quarterly | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday | Morning, Early Afternoon | Flexible |
Partnerships / Licensing |
Irene Hastings | irene.hastings@abbvie.com | (837)938-4788 | April 19, 2022 at 10:18 PM | |||
Kelly | Nissen | Senior Associate | Alexandria Real Estate Equities/Alexandria Venture Investments | knissen@are.com | 4152716977 | Mentor, Ad Hoc Advisor | As needed | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | Morning, Early Afternoon, Late Afternoon, Evening, As needed | 0 – 2 hours | March-November |
Molecular Biology/Genetics, early-stage venture capital investment, life science-focused real estate |
Happy to help with pitch dress rehearsals or connecting with fellows one-on-one for informational interviews |
April 12, 2022 at 6:40 PM | ||||
Barbara | Goodman | President & CEO | Cures Within Reach | barbara@cureswithinreach.org | 7739608064 | Guest Speaker*, Ecosystem Link |
preclinical to clinical trials / translational; collaborating with other nonprofits; opportunity that repurposing provides patients (testing already approved treatments for new indications) |
as needed | Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday | Morning, Early Afternoon | 0 – 2 hours | no preference |
no preference/rank – whatever is needed or helpful |
I’ll help however Nancy Tyrrell thinks I can. |
March 29, 2022 at 9:19 AM | |||
ADAM FINEGAN | FINEGAN | AD, Search and Evaluation | Allergan Aesthetics an Abbvie Company | adam.finegan@abbvie.com | 3474618857 | Mentor, Ecosystem Link, Ad Hoc Advisor | Monthly | Friday | Morning, Evening | 0 – 2 hours | all |
1. R&D Development |
Part of Allergan Aesthetics/AbbVie |
March 28, 2022 at 3:07 PM | ||||
Wendy Tai | Tai | Director, Business Development, Search & Evaluation, JAPAC | AbbVie | wendy.tai@abbvie.com | 4844312157 | Mentor, Ecosystem Link, Ad Hoc Advisor | Bi-Monthly | Friday | Morning, Early Afternoon | 3 – 5 hours | May – November |
Pharmaceutical business development perspective: Pitch decks, determine whether a proposal is clinically / commercially meaningful (technical assessment/due diligence), advice on clinical development |
Current member of the AbbVie business development team. My colleague Margarita Chavez has asked members within the AbbVie Corporate Strategy Office to get involved within the Chicago biotech ecosystem. |
March 28, 2022 at 7:16 AM | ||||
william cournoyer | cournoyer | Director II Business Development & Acquisitions | AbbVie | william.cournoyer@abbvie.com | 2243588055 | Mentor, Ad Hoc Advisor | Monthly | Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | Late Afternoon, Evening | 3 – 5 hours | N/A |
Biotech and Medical device Business Development and Acquisitions |
Irene Hasings | irene.hastings@abbvie.com | (847)521-6371 | March 25, 2022 at 3:58 PM | ||
Andrew Kamons | Kamons | Direct, Global Commercial Development | AbbVie | andrew.kamons@abbvie.com | 3124017909 | Mentor | Monthly | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | Morning | 3 – 5 hours | No specific preference, but will be away for July |
Strategy and white space assessment — innovation frontier and unmet need |
Formerly a member of AbbVie’s corporate strategy team, where I conducted white space assessments and developed disease area and therapeutic area strategies. Currently a member of AbbVie’s commercial development team, where I lead new product planning from a commercial perspective (target market, key unmet needs, target product profile, competitive assessment, etc.) |
March 25, 2022 at 11:43 AM | ||||
Jochen | Reiser | The Ralph C Brown MD Professor and Chair of Medicine | Rush University Medical Center | jochen_reiser@rush.edu | 3057935359 | Guest Speaker*, Mentor, Ad Hoc Advisor |
Kidney disease |
Monthly | Tuesday, Friday | Late Afternoon, Evening | 3 – 5 hours | all year |
building a successful start up |
I am excited to see the activities of the CBC and would like to share my experiences with the program and constituents. |
Bernice PErez | bernice_perez@rush.edu | (312)942-3163 | March 15, 2022 at 9:03 AM |
Ketan | Yerneni | Associate | KdT Ventures | ketan@kdtvc.com | 5109968701 | Mentor, Ecosystem Link, Ad Hoc Advisor | Quarterly | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | Morning | Mar-June, Sep-Nov, Dec-Feb |
Therapeutics |
March 7, 2022 at 7:26 AM | ||||||
Ryan | Clamage | Associate | Vintage Investment Partners | ryanc@vintage-ip.com | 847-444-9641 | Ecosystem Link | Bi-Monthly | Friday | Early Afternoon, Late Afternoon | 0 – 2 hours | n/a |
Networking (VCs, corporates), Business Development, unit economics / business feasability |
March 4, 2022 at 5:35 PM | |||||
Khalid | Alam | Founder, President, CEO | Stemloop, Inc. | khalid@stemloop.com | 3144971984 | Guest Speaker*, Mentor, Ad Hoc Advisor |
I’m happy to help in any way that I can and I think it’s most valuable for future entrepreneurs to connect with other entrepreneurs and learn their stories. Thus, I’d be happy to just spend a bit of time telling my story, the story of Stemloop, and be available for questions or as a resource to the fellows. |
Bi-Monthly | Friday | Late Afternoon, Evening | 0 – 2 hours | No preference |
Synthetic biology, sensors and diagnostics, RNA |
March 2, 2022 at 12:48 PM | ||||
Ala | Santos | Senior Scientist and Team Lead | Abbott Laboratories | alicja.santos@gmail.com | +17735952379 | Mentor, Ecosystem Link, Ad Hoc Advisor | Monthly | Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday | Morning, Early Afternoon | 6 – 10 hours | Feb-July |
R&D (diagnostics, cardiovascular, oncology), business development/strategy, alliances and fundraising |
February 9, 2022 at 5:54 AM | |||||
Lisa | Dhar | Director of New Business Ventures for Engineering | Northwestern University | lisa.dhar@northwestern.edu | 2173697409 | Guest Speaker*, Facility / Business Tour, Ecosystem Link, Ad Hoc Advisor |
Commercializing university technologies |
Monthly | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | Morning, Early Afternoon, Late Afternoon, Evening | 3 – 5 hours | All |
Venture creation |
February 8, 2022 at 4:55 PM | ||||
Desiree Vargas Wrigley | Vargas Wrigley | Chief Innovation Officer and Exec Dir of TechRise | P33 | desiree.vw@p33chicago.com | 3126225667 | Guest Speaker*, Mentor, Ecosystem Link |
Pitch Frameworks, running a fundraising process, culture and values. |
Bi-Monthly | Monday, Friday | Late Afternoon | 0 – 2 hours | Need to avoid Fridays noon to 1pm (Apr-Nov) |
Fundraising, pitching, business models |
Looking forward to plugging in where helpful! |
February 7, 2022 at 5:07 PM | |||
J. Peter | Paredes | Partner/Attorney | Amin Talati Wasserman | peter@amintalati.com | 3122827026 | Guest Speaker* |
Intellectual Property for startups |
Monthly | Friday | Early Afternoon | 0 – 2 hours | Mid-April for the presentation |
Intellectual Property/Patents/startups |
30 minute office hour once per month |
February 3, 2022 at 12:07 PM | |||
Angela | James | Vice President, Head of Clinical Pharmacology | MacroGenics Inc | ajoub001@gmail.com | 4108046497 | Guest Speaker*, Mentor, Ad Hoc Advisor |
Drug Development, Scientific Due Diligence |
Monthly | Monday, Wednesday, Friday | Late Afternoon, Evening | 6 – 10 hours | No preference |
Drug Development |
January 29, 2022 at 9:43 PM | ||||
Caralynn | Collens | CEO | Dimension Inx | caralynncollens@dimensioninx.com | 3129273570 | Guest Speaker*, Facility / Business Tour |
Startup journey (in general and specific to Dimension Inx); what it takes to raise seed capital |
Every Six Months | Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday | Late Afternoon | 0 – 2 hours | Flexible |
Deep tech startup strategy |
January 26, 2022 at 6:48 PM | ||||
Noumaan | Shamsi | Senior Director, Commercial Operations | Tempus Labs | noumaan.shamsi@gmail.com | 7734412512 | Mentor, Ad Hoc Advisor | Monthly | Friday | Evening | 0 – 2 hours | flexible |
strategy |
Noumaan Shamsi | January 18, 2022 at 8:28 AM | ||||
Eric | Schiffhauer | Director of Drug Discovery Collaboration | Northwestern University | eric.schiffhauer@northwestern.edu | 3014714656 | Guest Speaker*, Mentor, Ecosystem Link, Ad Hoc Advisor |
Therapeutic target identification and validation, Drug discovery stages and milestones, New modalities in drug discovery |
Monthly | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday | Early Afternoon, Late Afternoon, Evening | 6 – 10 hours | Any |
1. Therapeutic target identification and validation |
January 11, 2022 at 4:09 PM | ||||
Leslie | Amonoo | Founder | Millenial Beacon LLC & Millennial Beacon Chicago 501 (c) (3) | millennialbeacon1@gmail.com | 3125206654 | Ad Hoc Advisor | Bi-Monthly | Friday | Evening | 3 – 5 hours | March – June |
1. Clinical Medicine ( general) |
Very excited for this CBC inaugural Entrepeneurial Fellowship class. Will help in any way that I can. |
January 11, 2022 at 1:50 PM | ||||
Jim | Audia | Visiting Scholar, EVP Drug Discovery & Development, President | Northwestern University, Flare Therapeutics, Audia Consulting | jeaudia1@northwestern.edu | 3122703790 | Guest Speaker*, Mentor, Ad Hoc Advisor |
Biotech entrepreneurship, drug discovery, carriers in biotech/pharma |
Monthly | Monday | Early Afternoon | 0 – 2 hours | no preference |
drug discovery |
happy to help in any way that I can |
Lauren Overzet | loverzet@flaretx.com | January 11, 2022 at 1:08 PM | |
James | Gillespie | Executive Director | The Prysm Institute | jgillespie@prysminstitute.org | 13124808499 | Ecosystem Link, Ad Hoc Advisor | Monthly | Wednesday | Morning, Early Afternoon, Late Afternoon, Evening | 3 – 5 hours | None per se. |
Business development, fund raising, networking. |
Ann Elizabeth | aelizabeth@prysminstitute.org | January 10, 2022 at 10:43 PM | |||
Anna Lisa | Somera | CEO | Rhaeos | asomera@rhaeos.com | 3129655472 | Mentor, Ad Hoc Advisor | Monthly | Friday | Early Afternoon, Late Afternoon | 0 – 2 hours | any month |
1) fundraising: non dilutive and dilutive |
January 10, 2022 at 9:41 PM | |||||
Kathryn B Hyer | Hyer | Principal | Hyer Health, LLC | kbhyer@icloud.com | 13123044032 | Mentor, Ad Hoc Advisor | Monthly | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | Early Afternoon, Late Afternoon | 11 – 20 hours | Available in all of 2022, except for Feb 7-22; and March 8-12, May 18-22, and August 19-27. |
1. Business building (how to take a raw technology and build a business around it); |
I am always happy to co-mentor, as I think that is a value-added situation. I am available all days, but of course, there will be exceptions from time to time. |
January 10, 2022 at 3:07 PM | ||||
Steve | Kuemmerle | EVP of Operations | Inspirotec, Inc. | kuemmsc@gmail.com | 773-490-9035 | Mentor, Facility / Business Tour, Ecosystem Link, Ad Hoc Advisor | Bi-Monthly | Monday, Wednesday | Late Afternoon, Evening | 0 – 2 hours | Apl-Nov |
Biomedical partnering, licensing, and investment transactions |
January 10, 2022 at 12:53 PM | |||||
Amanda | Schalk | Cofounder & COO | Enzyme by Design | amanda@enzymebydesign.com | 7347076449 | Guest Speaker*, Mentor, Ad Hoc Advisor |
Thinking about Your Science as a Potential Product or something like that comes to mind. |
Monthly | Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | Late Afternoon, Evening | 3 – 5 hours | Nothing sticks out at the moment |
1) Wearing lots of hats at once – science, operations, marketing, networking |
Happy to help out in other areas besides the topics I listed. |
January 10, 2022 at 12:19 PM | |||
Jamie | Kasuboski | Vice President | OMX Ventures | Jamie@omx.vc | 2485681881 | Guest Speaker*, Ad Hoc Advisor |
Biotech company creation and investing |
Monthly | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday | Late Afternoon, Evening | 0 – 2 hours | Feb-Nov |
Investing |
January 10, 2022 at 11:06 AM | ||||
Azurii | Collier | Director | AbbVie | akcollier@gmail.com | 7066272722 | Guest Speaker*, Ecosystem Link, Ad Hoc Advisor |
Pharmaceutical R&D |
Bi-Monthly | Thursday, Friday | Evening | 0 – 2 hours | not July-Aug |
Pharmaceutical R&D |
January 10, 2022 at 10:57 AM | ||||
Cole | Johnson | Director of Strategic Growth | Dimension Inx | coleallenjohnson@gmail.com | 870-210-9022 | Mentor, Ecosystem Link, Ad Hoc Advisor | Bi-Monthly | Wednesday, Friday | Morning, Evening | 0 – 2 hours | July-Aug onward |
early-stage technology commercialization, intellectual property, go-to-market strategy/product-market fit |
January 10, 2022 at 7:59 AM | |||||
Tim | Kanter | President | T-Minus Consulting | tim@tminusconsulting.com | 9542638611 | Guest Speaker*, Mentor, Ad Hoc Advisor |
Pharmaceutical commercialization (marketing, market access/channel management, sales, PR, corp comms, government affairs) and start-up. |
Bi-Monthly | Wednesday, Thursday | Early Afternoon | 3 – 5 hours | No preference |
Pharmaceutical Marketing (Commercialization) |
January 10, 2022 at 7:32 AM |