AZBio Board of Directors
AZBio is Committed to Making Arizona a Top-Ten Life Science State.
Chairman: Kevin Parker
“Arizona is one of the top emerging bioscience leaders and AZBio is strongly committed to providing advocacy and programs that support the bioscience community in Arizona. AZBio is proud to support strong statewide collaborations across industry, government, and academic institutions that are the heart of the growing success of Arizona’s bioscience industry.”
Treasurer: Jeffrey Singleton
Managing Director, Tax EY
“Building great communities and great businesses start with wise investments. Arizona’s bioscience industry is built on a foundation of great universities, leading life science institutes and innovative companies that work together to make life better for people in Arizona and around the world.”
Immediate Past Chairwoman: Kristen Swingle
President & Chief Operating Officer, Critical Path Institute (C-Path)
"AZBio is the only organization solely focused on providing programs and advocacy to support the bioscience ecosystem in the state of Arizona. Regardless of a organization's size, area of focus or financial profile, the breadth of programs, events and networking opportunities provided by AZBio is something that every bioscience company, and their supporting partners, can benefit from."
President & CEO: Joan Koerber-Walker
Arizona BioIndustry Association (AZBio)
"Arizona is one of the top emerging bioscience states as ranked by BIO and TEConomy Partners. AZBio Members work together to make LIFE better for people in Arizona and around the world. AZBio's role is to help our members to achieve their goals and to make Arizona a top-ten bioscience state."
Mara G. Aspinall
Founder, Health Catalysts; Partner, Illumina Ventures
"Arizona - from south to north - is like a hidden diamond in the desert. The strength of our bioscience economy is only just being recognized by the rest of the country and the world. We have unique companies and technologies as well as top universities whose stories need to be told more broadly.”
Kiran Avancha, Ph.D., R.Ph, CCRP
Chief Innovation Officer, HonorHealth; Cofounder & CEO, PriZm Therapeutics
HonorHealth PriZm Therapeutics
Jennifer K. Barton, Ph.D.
Interim Vice Provost for Health Programs, The University of Arizona
“Arizona’s bioscience institutions are strong individually, and even stronger together. The University of Arizona and the BIO5 Institute are proud to support AZBio, which helps us all reach our full potential.”
Tyler Bonar
Senior Director, Product Marketing & Sales Enablement
Caron Davis
Director of Administration and Business Development, Center for Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Monitoring, City of Hope and TGen
City of Hope and TGen (Translational Genomics Research Institute)
"AZBio is a perfect organization for bringing the community together including connecting startups, hospitals, universities and nonprofits to collaborate in a meaningful way."
David A. Dexter
General Manager, Joint Ventures, for the Quest Diagnostics Operations in Arizona
President & CEO, Sonora Quest Laboratories, LLC
President & CEO, Laboratory Sciences of Arizona, LLC
Thomas Eisiminger, Jr.
President & CEO
“I support AZBio because it brings together innovators, entrepreneurs, and community leaders who are transforming healthcare and improving lives. By strengthening Arizona’s bioscience ecosystem, AZBio helps companies like ours accelerate innovation, create jobs, and deliver solutions that make a real difference for patients and families.”
Rebecca Ewald, PhD
Vice President/Lifecycle Leader, Oncology Assays
Shannon Groppenbacher
Director of Healthcare Policy and Advocacy
MaryAnn Guerra, MBA
CEO, and founder, Aesthetics Biomedical
"As Arizona works to grow its bioscience industry, AZBio leads the way. My organization and those we support have received benefit from what this organization provides each and every day. But more importantly, the community benefits through helping support and sustain new and thriving biotech companies."
Matt Hutchings
National Sales Director, Leukemia & Transplant Team
Jason Jardine
Partner, Knobbe Martens
"Arizona is establishing itself as an up and coming leader in pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device and other life science industries and AZBio has been an important catalyst to help grow both technologies and companies to make this possible."
Steven Lester, MD
Charles McWilliams
Vice President, Strategic Alliances, and West Area Sales
Kyle Wesley
Senior Engineering Manager | Product Design | Product Development
Claudia Whitehead
Bioscience | Healthcare, City of Phoenix
“The City of Phoenix is proud to be a part of AZBio and the amazing Arizona bio-community as we work together to champion the relentless pursuit of delivering life-changing innovations that make a difference in the health of individuals every day.”
Russ Yelton
President, Yelton and Associates
"The bioscience industry in Arizona continues to grow and thrive due to a continued focus on growing firms in this space by various groups. AZBio is leading the charge by providing support to life science firms across many areas and ensuring that they have the connections, training and workforce necessary to be successful."
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