AZBio Board of Directors
AZBio is Committed to Making Arizona a Top-Ten Life Science State.
Executive Committee
Chairman of the Board
“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
Managing Director – Tax
“Ernst & Young (EY) is a proud, long‑standing supporter of AZBio, contributing to a stronger bioscience ecosystem and Arizona’s momentum toward becoming a top bioscience state in the country.”
Immediate Past Chairwoman
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
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."
Executive Committee
Partner
“Snell & Wilmer has been a proud supporter of AZBio since inception. Arizona’s bioscience industry is stronger with AZBio leading the charge to make Arizona a Top 10 bioscience state.”
Executive Committee
Partner
"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."
Executive Committee
Senior Engineering Manager | Product Design | Product Development
"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."
~ Russ Yelton, President, Yelton and Associates; Executive Director, WMED
Directors
"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.”
~ Mara G. Aspinall, Founder, Health Catalysts; Partner, Illumina Ventures
Senior Vice President, Head of the Skeletal Conditions Business Unit
Kiran Avancha, Ph.D., R.Ph, CCRP
Chief Innovation Officer, HonorHealth
Cofounder & CEO, PriZm Therapeutics
"The true strength of the Arizona bioscience community lies in its collaborative spirit. AZBio champions the ecosystem by helping our breakthrough discoveries move from the research bench to market-ready patient solutions, accelerating our collective impact."
~ Jacob Busch, Director Business Development; City of Hope and TGen (Translational Genomics Research Institute)
“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.”
~ Thomas Eisiminger, Jr., President & CEO, Regenesis Medical, Inc.
Jennifer Erickson
President & CEO, Sonora Quest Laboratories, LLC
President & CEO, Laboratory Sciences of Arizona, LLC
Renae Franz
Principal
Acacia Consultants
Steven Lester, MD
Chief Executive Officer
“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.”
~ Vignesh Subbian, Ph.D., Interim Director, The BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona
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