Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap Steering Committee is comprised of leaders from the public and private sectors in science, health care, business, academia, and policy, and is the leadership group responsible for overseeing Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap. The group helped to devise the Roadmap in 2002 and contributed to its update in 2014. The committee meets quarterly and sets the key priorities for the Roadmap. In 2018, the committee launched four project teams to advance and accelerate the Arizona ecosystem: entrepreneurship, legislative relations, risk capital, and talent.
In addition, some of the Steering Committee’s main activities include:
- Stimulating a business environment in Arizona that will lead to growth in the biosciences and the emerging knowledge industry
- Seeking ways to encourage new and innovative partnerships
- Enhancing communications by coordinating efforts to raise the visibility of the biosciences in Arizona
- Taking advantage of opportunities to advance and promote the biosciences to key audiences statewide
- Staying abreast of major research, business, and policy developments that impact the biosciences in Arizona
Mark Slater, Ph.D.
Chair
Vice President for Research
HonorHealth
Eve Ross, J.D.
Vice Chair
Vice President (Retired)
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
Ronald E. Shoopman
Immediate Past Chair
President (Retired)
Southern Arizona Leadership Council
P. David Adelson, M.D., FACS, FAAP
Director, Barrow Neuroscience Institute & Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery/Children’s Neurosciences
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Ann-Marie Alameddin
President & CEO
Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association
John Arnold
Executive Director
Arizona Board of Regents
Denny Barney
President & CEO
East Valley Partnership
Jennifer Kehlet Barton, Ph.D.
Director
BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona
The Honorable Betsey Bayless
President Emeritus
Maricopa Integrated Health System
Ben Beckstead, Ph.D.
Cardiac Category Leader
W.L. Gore & Associates
Martha Brumfield, Ph.D.
Special Advisor
Critical Path Institute
Robert B. Bulla
Former President
Arizona Board of Regents
Shane Burgess, Ph.D., D.V.M.
Vice President and Dean
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
University of Arizona
Tess Burleson
Chief Operating Officer
Translational Genomics Research Institute
Sally Caglioti
President
Creative Testing Solutions
Chris Camacho
President & CEO
Greater Phoenix Economic Council
The Honorable Cathy Carlat
Mayor
City of Peoria
The Honorable Heather Carter
Arizona State Senate
Jennifer Carusetta
Executive Director
Health System Alliance of Arizona
Rita Cheng, Ph.D.
President
Northern Arizona University
Christina Corieri
Senior Policy Advisor to Governor Ducey
Governor’s Office
Dave Dexter
President & CEO
Sonora Quest Laboratories
Debbie Dicarlo
CEO
Cancer Support Community Arizona
David Engelthaler, Ph.D.
Director, Programs and Operations
TGen North
Julian Fruhling
Arizona Market Executive
Banterra Bank
Brandy Flores
Alliance Development Manager
Pfizer
The Honorable Kate Gallego
Mayor
City of Phoenix
Harry George
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Solstice Capital
Neil Giuliano
President & CEO
Greater Phoenix Leadership
Robert S. Green, Esq.
President & CEO
EndoVantage, LLC
Mary Jo Gregory, FACHE, RN
President & CEO
The NARBHA Institute
MaryAnn Guerra
Founder & Chairman of the Board
BioAccel
David J. Gullen, M.D.
Chair, Board of Directors, Flinn Foundation
Community Internal Medicine
Mayo Clinic (retired)
The Honorable Deb Gullett
Executive Director
Arizona Association of Health Plans
Michele Halyard, M.D.
Dean, Arizona Campus
Mayo Clinic School of Medicine
Sharon J. Harper
President & CEO
The Plaza Companies
William C. Harris, Ph.D.
President & CEO
Science Foundation Arizona
The Honorable Kevin Hartke
Mayor
City of Chandler
The Honorable Daniel Hernandez, Jr.
Arizona House of Representatives
Tom Hornaday
President
Hornaday Development LLC
Chevy Humphrey
President & CEO
Arizona Science Center
Linda Hunt
President & CEO
Dignity Health Arizona
Diane Jelinek, Ph.D.
Dean of Research
Mayo Clinic
Larry D. Johnson, Jr., D.A.H.
President
Phoenix College
Tim “T.J.” Johnson
Executive Chairman
HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc.
Ron King, Ph.D.
Board Member, Co-Founder
BioAccel
Gretchen Kinsella
Arizona Business Unit Leader
DPR Construction
Joan Koerber-Walker
President & CEO
Arizona BioIndustry Association
David Krietor
Executive Director
Phoenix Biomedical Campus
Joshua LaBaer, M.D., Ph.D.
Executive Director
Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University
The Honorable W.J. “Jim” Lane
Mayor
City of Scottsdale
Matt Lingard
Marana Site Lead
Bayer Crop Science
Jack W. Lunsford
President
The Lunsford Group
Richard Mallery, Esq.
Founding Chair & CEO, International Genomics Consortium
Partner
Snell & Wilmer, LLP
Libby McDannell
Executive Vice President
Arizona Medical Association
Jon W. McGarity
President
EthiX Associates
The Honorable Kate Brophy McGee
Arizona State Senate
Jaime A. Molera
Partner
Molera Alvarez
Jeffrey D. Morton
Partner
Snell & Wilmer
Richard T. Myers
Former Regent
Arizona Board of Regents
Rick Naimark
Associate Vice President of Program Development Planning
Arizona State University
Matthew Nelson
Manager of Research Operations
St. Joseph’s Hospital & Medical Center
Nina Ossanna, Ph.D.
Bioindustry Organization of Southern Arizona
Julie M. Pastrick
President & CEO
Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce
Susan Pepin, M.D.
Managing Director of Health and Clinical Partnerships
Arizona State University – College of Health Solutions
Suzanne Pfister
President & CEO
Vitalyst Health Foundation
Steve Purves
President & CEO
Maricopa Integrated Health System
Guy Reed, M.D.
Dean
University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix
Eric Reiman, M.D.
Board of Directors, Flinn Foundation
Chief Executive Officer
Banner Research
Darcy Renfro
Chief of Staff to the Chancellor
Maricopa Community Colleges
Todd Sanders
President & CEO
Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
Rick Schnellmann, Ph.D.
Dean
University of Arizona College of Pharmacy
David Schultz, Ph.D.
Vice President for Research
Northern Arizona University
Tom Schumann
Executive Director
Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation
Martin Shultz
Former Chair
Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap Steering Committee
Christopher J. Smith, Ph.D.
Vice President/Research Director
Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center
Joseph Snell
President & CEO
Sun Corridor Inc.
Janet Spear
General Manager
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Carol Stewart
Associate Vice President
Tech Parks Arizona
Julia Strange
Vice President, Community Benefit
Tucson Medical Center
Ryan Takeuchi
Former Medical Division Business Leader
W.L. Gore & Associates
Marilyn G. Teplitz
Principal
MGT Associates
T. Paul Thomas
CEO
Northern Arizona Leadership Alliance
Catherine Todero, Ph.D.
Vice Provost of Health Sciences Campuses
Creighton University
Jeffrey M. Trent, Ph.D.
President & Research Director
Translational Genomics Research Institute
Robert T. Trotter II, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Health Research Initiatives
Northern Arizona University
Victor Waddell, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Arizona Biomedical Research Centre
Arizona Department of Health Services
Eric E. Walk, M.D., FCAP
Senior Vice President, Medical & Scientific Affairs
Chief Medical Officer
Roche Tissue Diagnostics
Sandra Watson
President & CEO
Arizona Commerce Authority
The Honorable Jeff Weninger
Arizona House of Representatives
The Honorable Joe Winfield
Mayor
Town of Oro Valley
The Honorable Corey Woods
Mayor
City of Tempe
Raymond L. Woosley, M.D., Ph.D.
President
CredibleMeds
Russ Yelton
CEO
Yelton & Associates
Steven Zylstra
President & CEO
Arizona Technology Council
Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program
Participating on the Steering Committee in 2020-2021:
Mohammad Albanna
CEO
Humabiologics
Sahil Diwan
CEO
SafKan Health
Dr. John Ehteshami
CEO
Additive Implants
Rachel Mertensmeyer
CEO
RexPay
Ben Renquist
President
GenetiRate
Ruchir Sehra
CEO
Resonea
