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