Experience

Alliance for Building Better Medicine

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director Emeritus

  • Nov 2022 - Present

  Mentoring and providing assigned task assistance to new permanent Executive Director, and advising leadership board and stakeholders on request of the Executive Director. Mentoring and providing assigned task assistance to new permanent Executive Director, and advising leadership board and stakeholders on request of the Executive Director.



RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND

• United States
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Trustee

  • Aug 2021 - Present



Alliance for Building Better Medicine

• Richmond, Virginia, United States

• Interim Executive Director

  • Sep 2021 - Nov 2022

  This innovative regional coalition, built and funded by industry, academia and local and state government, advances the emerging cluster in the Richmond / Petersburg, VA region by identifying strategic needs and opportunities in workforce, infrastructure, shared translational research and development facilities, supply chain and communications, and collaborating to address them promptly and effectively. The result will be advances in pharmaceutical manufacturing platforms such as continuous… Show more This innovative regional coalition, built and funded by industry, academia and local and state government, advances the emerging cluster in the Richmond / Petersburg, VA region by identifying strategic needs and opportunities in workforce, infrastructure, shared translational research and development facilities, supply chain and communications, and collaborating to address them promptly and effectively. The result will be advances in pharmaceutical manufacturing platforms such as continuous flow, and disruptive economics, producing the world's most-used APIs and medicines less expensively, with consistently high quality, drastically reduced supply chain risk, and sharply reduced the environmental burden. This in turn enables the reshoring of the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, API and KSM to the US and the production and deployment of distributed pharmaceutical manufacturing systems to areas of the globe lacking a reliable supply of essential medicines, and thus expanding access to medicine - and health, in the US and around the world. Our region looks to build on enormous accomplishments, a create a cluster ecosystem that is among the world's leaders. We were fortunate to be selected a finalist in the EDA's Build Back Better Regional Challenge. Show less This innovative regional coalition, built and funded by industry, academia and local and state government, advances the emerging cluster in the Richmond / Petersburg, VA region by identifying strategic needs and opportunities in workforce, infrastructure, shared translational research and development facilities, supply chain and communications, and collaborating to address them promptly and effectively. The result will be advances in pharmaceutical manufacturing platforms such as continuous… Show more This innovative regional coalition, built and funded by industry, academia and local and state government, advances the emerging cluster in the Richmond / Petersburg, VA region by identifying strategic needs and opportunities in workforce, infrastructure, shared translational research and development facilities, supply chain and communications, and collaborating to address them promptly and effectively. The result will be advances in pharmaceutical manufacturing platforms such as continuous flow, and disruptive economics, producing the world's most-used APIs and medicines less expensively, with consistently high quality, drastically reduced supply chain risk, and sharply reduced the environmental burden. This in turn enables the reshoring of the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, API and KSM to the US and the production and deployment of distributed pharmaceutical manufacturing systems to areas of the globe lacking a reliable supply of essential medicines, and thus expanding access to medicine - and health, in the US and around the world. Our region looks to build on enormous accomplishments, a create a cluster ecosystem that is among the world's leaders. We were fortunate to be selected a finalist in the EDA's Build Back Better Regional Challenge. Show less



Virginia Commonwealth University - College of Engineering

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Project Leader

  • Mar 2020 - Apr 2021

  Led the preparation of a regional effort to build a strategic plan for the growth of an emerging regional cluster in advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing, R&D and commercialization of new pharmaceutical and chemical engineering technology at the VCU College of Engineering, with the support of GO Virginia, and initial implementation. Final Report and Recommendations:… Show more Led the preparation of a regional effort to build a strategic plan for the growth of an emerging regional cluster in advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing, R&D and commercialization of new pharmaceutical and chemical engineering technology at the VCU College of Engineering, with the support of GO Virginia, and initial implementation. Final Report and Recommendations: https://medicines4all.vcu.edu/media/medicines4all/assets/documents/Final%20Report%20and%20Appendices%20GO%20Virginia%20ECB%20Grant%2020-GOVA-04A%20VCU%20College%20of%20Engineering.pdf Show less Led the preparation of a regional effort to build a strategic plan for the growth of an emerging regional cluster in advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing, R&D and commercialization of new pharmaceutical and chemical engineering technology at the VCU College of Engineering, with the support of GO Virginia, and initial implementation. Final Report and Recommendations:… Show more Led the preparation of a regional effort to build a strategic plan for the growth of an emerging regional cluster in advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing, R&D and commercialization of new pharmaceutical and chemical engineering technology at the VCU College of Engineering, with the support of GO Virginia, and initial implementation. Final Report and Recommendations: https://medicines4all.vcu.edu/media/medicines4all/assets/documents/Final%20Report%20and%20Appendices%20GO%20Virginia%20ECB%20Grant%2020-GOVA-04A%20VCU%20College%20of%20Engineering.pdf Show less



Virginia Bio

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Advisor

  • Aug 2019 - Nov 2019

• Chief Executive Officer

  • May 2012 - Aug 2019



Lyotropic Therapeutics, Inc

• Vice President & General Counsel

  • Oct 2000 - Jun 2012

  Provided overall legal strategy in corporate, transactions, intellectual property, and lead and coordinate work of outside counsel with company personnel; supported business development and operations. Provided overall legal strategy in corporate, transactions, intellectual property, and lead and coordinate work of outside counsel with company personnel; supported business development and operations.



McCandlish Holton, PC

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner

  • Jun 1993 - Oct 2000

  Counselling technology innovators, including members of the university community, in forming and operating R&D and commercial enterprises; Managing the firm's practice counseling US and other non-China companies entering China to do business. The firm was one of the first six foreign firms to be authorized by the PRC to operate a legal practice in China, and with countless others in China and here we put flesh on the bones of the original JV law and in many more ways cleared the landing… Show more Counselling technology innovators, including members of the university community, in forming and operating R&D and commercial enterprises; Managing the firm's practice counseling US and other non-China companies entering China to do business. The firm was one of the first six foreign firms to be authorized by the PRC to operate a legal practice in China, and with countless others in China and here we put flesh on the bones of the original JV law and in many more ways cleared the landing strip in the jungle for countless others to come. Show less Counselling technology innovators, including members of the university community, in forming and operating R&D and commercial enterprises; Managing the firm's practice counseling US and other non-China companies entering China to do business. The firm was one of the first six foreign firms to be authorized by the PRC to operate a legal practice in China, and with countless others in China and here we put flesh on the bones of the original JV law and in many more ways cleared the landing… Show more Counselling technology innovators, including members of the university community, in forming and operating R&D and commercial enterprises; Managing the firm's practice counseling US and other non-China companies entering China to do business. The firm was one of the first six foreign firms to be authorized by the PRC to operate a legal practice in China, and with countless others in China and here we put flesh on the bones of the original JV law and in many more ways cleared the landing strip in the jungle for countless others to come. Show less