Pavita Howe (Chair)
VP, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
BioNJ

Linda Brown (2018 & 2019 Chair)
Director
Bristol Myers Squibb

Peter J. Butch III
Attorney of Law
Fox Rothschild LLP

Frank Castellana, M.D.
Managing Partner
Knollwood Partners

Sandra Powell-Elliott, B.S., M.B.A
Vice President, Life Sciences and Innovation
Hackensack Meridian Health

Jim Gunton
Managing Partner
Tech Council Ventures

Cornelia S. Huellstrunk
Executive Director,
Keller Center

R. Douglas Hulse
Executive Director,
The Sage Group

Nareshkumar Jain, PhD
President, CEO and Chairman
NJ Bio

Michael Johnson
President,
NJ Innovation Institute (NJII)

Vimal Kavuru
Director,
Aceto Corporation

Zvi Loewy, Ph.D.
Managing Partner,
KL&R Biotech Partners

Tom P. Richardson, PhD, MBA
President, Institute for Life Science Entrepreneurship (ILSE)

John Pennett
Partner, Life Sciences Group
EisnerAmper LLP

Robert G. Pergolizzi, Ph.D.
Director, Surgical Sciences Research Laboratory
Englewood Heath

Jorge J. Ramirez
Mergers & Acquisitions,
Quest Diagnostics

Dr. Beth Rowley
Director of Operations,
Princeton BioLABS

Vincent A. Smeraglia (2020 & 2021 Chair)
Executive Director,
Office of Research Commercialization, Rutgers, The State University of NJ

Michael Wiley (2022-2023 Chair)
Vice President,
Foundation Venture Capital Group

Paul Woitach
Managing Partner,
Pharmaceutical Advisors