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.
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, Ph.D.
Vice Chair
Vice President (Retired)
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
P. David Adelson, M.D., FACS, FAAP
Director, Barrow Neuroscience Institute & Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery/Children’s Neurosciences
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Lawrence J. Aldrich
CEO & Co-Founder
NewAm Health
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.
President & CEO
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
William Cance
Deputy Director
University of Arizona Cancer Center Phoenix
The Honorable Cathy Carlat
Mayor
City of Peoria
The Honorable Heather Carter
Arizona State Senate
Rita Cheng, Ph.D.
President
Northern Arizona University
Christina Corieri
Senior Policy Advisor to Governor Ducey
Governor’s Office
The Honorable Jenn Daniels
Mayor
Town of Gilbert
Debbie Dicarlo
CEO
Cancer Support Community Arizona
David Engelthaler, Ph.D.
Director, Programs and Operations
TGen North
Julian Fruhling
Senior Vice President/Regional Manager
Alliance Bank of Arizona
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
Maria Harper-Marinick, Ph.D.
Chancellor
Maricopa Community Colleges
William C. Harris, Ph.D.
President & CEO
Science Foundation Arizona
Tom Hornaday
President
Hornaday Development LLC
Chevy Humphrey
President & CEO
Arizona Science Center
Linda Hunt
President & CEO
Dignity Health Arizona
Tim “T.J.” Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc.
Randall Kimmens
Director, Business & Workforce Development
Maricopa Community Colleges
Ron King, Ph.D.
Board Member, Co-Founder
BioAccel
Joan Koerber-Walker
President & CEO
Arizona BioIndustry Association
Joshua LaBaer, M.D., Ph.D.
Executive Director
Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University
The Honorable W.J. “Jim” Lane
Mayor
City of Scottsdale
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
The Honorable Mark Mitchell
Mayor
City of Tempe
Jaime A. Molera
Partner
Molera Alvarez
Jeffrey D. Morton
Partner
Snell & Wilmer
Regent Richard T. Myers
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
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
The Honorable Jonathan Rothschild
Mayor
City of Tucson
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
Ronald E. Shoopman
Immediate Past Chair
President (Retired)
Southern Arizona Leadership Council
Martin L. 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
Plant Manager
Celgene Corporation
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
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
Greg Vigdor
President & CEO
Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association
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
Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
Sandra Watson
President & CEO
Arizona Commerce Authority
Brandy Wells
Alliance Development Manager
Pfizer
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 2018-2019:
Jen Koevary, Ph.D.
Director
Avery Therapeutics
Matthew Likens
President & CEO
GT Medical Technologies
Vicki Mayo
CEO
TouchPoint Solution
Nitish Peela
Founder & CTO
NanocheQ
Anil Shrikhande, Ph.D.
CEO
Gemneo Bioscience
Annette Zinky
Chief Operating Officer
TheraSpecs
