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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Life Science

Biocom California and its members commit to real and lasting change

Pledge Signatories

Matt Abernethy

CFO

Neurocrine Biosciences

Lisa Alderson

CEO and Co-Founder

Genome Medical

Kristin Ashcraft

COO

Genome Medical

Ranjeet Banerjee

CEO

Cold Chain Technologies

Lee Bendekgey

Chief Policy Officer

Invitae Corporation

Anne Benge

CEO

Cultura

Yvonne Breugelmans

Human Resources Director

Sentynl Therapeutics

Sandra Brown

Vice Chancellor for Research

University of California San Diego

Mark Cafferty

President & CEO

San Diego Regional EDC

Deanne Calvert

Vice President, State Government Relations

Sanofi US

Carin Canale-Theakston

CEO

Canale Communications Inc.

Becky Chaitesipaseut

Vice President, Human Resources

Annexon Biosciences

Sunita (Sunny) Cooke

Superintendent/President

MiraCosta College

Elizabeth Cotton

Executive Director

Black Tech Link

Stephanie Culler

Co-Founder and CEO

Persephone Biosciences

Charles Dadswell

General Counsel

Illumina, Inc.

Paul Daley

Chief Science Officer

Alexander Shulgin Research Institute

Robyn Davis

Clinical Account Manager

Travere Therapeutics

Denise DeMan

Chairman and CEO

Bench International

Eric Dube

President and CEO

Travere Therapeutics

Samir Elamrani

Patents and Innovations Department Leader, Diversity and Inclusion Committee Co-Chair

Wilson Sonsini

Emad Fareed

Partner

KPMG LLP

Michael Farrington

Vice President, Corporate Marketing, Brand and Communication

NuVasive

Michael Fero

President and COO

TeselaGen Biotechnology, Inc.

Stephen C. Ferruolo

Partner

Perkins Coie LLP

Oliver Fetzer

CEO

Synthetic Genomics

Mike Fino

Dean, Mathematics and Sciences

MiraCosta College

Laurent Fischer, M.D.

Chief Executive Officer

Adverum

Wainwright Fishburn

Partner

Cooley LLP

Jack Florio

Managing Director

Objective Capital Partners

Gregory Frost

Managing Director

F1 Bioventures LLC

Julie Gilmore

Site Head and COO, Lilly Gateway Labs

Eli Lilly

Jennifer Giottonini Cayer

Board Member

Matrisys

Julie Golich

Vice President of Human Resources

BetterNight/Sleep Data

Paul Grint

Board member

Persephone Biosciences

Jeff Guise

Partner

Eversheds Sutherlan

Sabine Hadida

Associate Site Head

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Lisa Haile

Partner

DLA Piper

David Hale

Chairman & CEO

Hale BioPharma Ventures

Rich Heyman

Chairman of ORIC Pharma

ORIC Pharma

Zachary Hornby

Chief Executive Officer

Boundless Bio, Inc.

Guy Iannuzzi

CEO

Mentus

Ted Jacobs

Vice Chairman

CBRE

Sabrina Johnson

CEO

Daré Bioscience

Gerald Joyce

Professor

The Salk Institute

Enoch Kariuki

CFO

VelosBio

Steve Kay

Professor and Director

University of Southern California

Dan Kleeburg

Partner

EY

Mike Krenn

CEO

Connect

Michael Krupp

President

Neurgain Technologies

Paul Laikind

Principle

GVM BioBusiness

Seth Levy

Partner & Co-Chair, Life Sciences Practice

Nixon Peabody, LLP

Stanley Lewis

CEO

A28 Therapeutics

Kallie Li

VP, Molecular Foundry

Debut Biotechnology

Jack Lief

Board Member

Celecor

Chris Linthwaite

CEO

Fluidigm Corporation

Mimi Lively

CEO

ZRG Medical

James Mackay

President & CEO

Aristea Therapeutics

Hala Madanat

Interim Vice President for Research and Innovation

San Diego State University

Magda Marquet

Co-CEO

ALMA Life Sciences LLC

Teresa McCarthy

CHRO

Avidity Biosciences

Damien McDevitt

President and CEO

Aspen Neurosciences

Neil McFarlane

CEO

Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Robert McKenzie

CEO

Meditope Biosciences inc.

Teresa McWhirt

SVP/Head of Human Resources

ESCAPE, Bio, Inc.

Steven Mento

Director

Histogen, Inc

Trisha Millican

CFO

Metacrine

Paul Mola

President & CEO

Roswell Biotechnologies

Jason Moorhead

SVP Asset Services

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

Juli Moran

Office Managing Partner

Deloitte

Amit Munshi

CEO

Arena Pharmaceuticals

Brian Neel

Chief Operating Officer

TriLink BioTechnologies

Steven Pacelli

Executive Vice President

Dexcom, Inc.

Joe Panetta

President & CEO

Biocom California

Bernard Parker

Managing Director

Caligen Biosciences

Richard Pascoe

President and CEO

Histogen Inc

Bob Ramos

Partner

Procopio

Trindl Reeves

CSO

Marsh & McLennan Agency

Jim Rottman

Founder

AccelPeople

Mia Sandvoll

West Coast Business Development Leader

The Leadership Edge

Christophe Schilling

Chief Executive Officer

Genomatica, Inc.

Samantha Schneider

Founder & Principal

AmpersandPeople

Tim Scott

CEO

TEGA Therapeutics

Rohit Shukla

CEO

Larta Institute

Linda Sierra

Senior Vice President

Bench International

Drew Sigafoos

Sr. Director, Procurement

Evofem Biosciences

Peter Silvester

Senior Vice President, and President Life Sciences Solutions and Laboratory Products

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Marlene Sioson

Director, Human Resources and Facilities

Terns Pharmaceuticals

Julie Smith

President & CEO, ESCAPE Bio.

ESCAPE Bio, Inc.

Stacy Solorio

VP, Human Resources

Karius, Inc.

Larry Stambaugh

Principal

Apercu Partners

Aron Stern

VP Finance and Operations

ADARx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Diana Stillwagen

Sr. Generalist, Human Resources

Neurocrine Biosciences

Olivier Toury

CEO

Neuroservices Alliance

Kevin Tremblay

Vice President, San Diego Market Lead

BioMed Realty

Jacqueline Trischman

Interim Dean of the College of STEM

California State University San Marcos

Jens Vogel

SVP Head of Pharma Product Supply Biotech

Bayer

Radhika Warrier

VP, People & Culture

GenapSys

David R Webb

CEO

Synbal, Inc.

Dave Whelan

Chief Executive Officer

BioscienceLA

Gaylene Xanthopoulos

Founder and President

The Leadership Edge

Joshua Yang

Co-Founder and CEO

Glyphic Biotechnologies