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WIB-Chicago Chapter Leadership

Chapter 
Co-Chair
Ashley Nagle
Power 

Chapter 
Co-Chair
Ellita Williams
CVS Health 

Chapter 
Co-Vice Chair
Eleonora Gatta
Chicago Biomedical Consortium

Chapter 
Co-Vice Chair
Dorys Lopez

EWIB Committee

EWIB Committee Chair
Adrienne Gawlowski

IPG Health

EWIB Committee 
Co-Vice Chair
Melissa Byrn
University of Chicago

EWIB Committee 
Co-Vice Chair
Christine Rohan
Vasowatch

EWIB Committee 
3.8 Program Director
Sasha Cukier
AVIA

EWIB Committee 
3.8 Program Manager

Olivia O'Toole
Northwestern University

EWIB Advisor
Dimitra Georganopoulou
Qral Ventures

Programs Committee

Program Committee
Co-Chair
Ashley Kim
Portal Innovations

Program Committee
Co-Chair
Catrice Holmes
Novartis Gene Therapies 

Program Committee
Co-Chair
Linda Kim
Novartis Gene Therapies

Program Committee 
Co-Chair
Tanvi Potluri

Program Committee 
Vice Chair
Xamanek Carrasco

Membership Committee

Membership
Committee Co-Chair
Lane Breshears
Raydiant Oximetry

Membership
Committee Co-Chair
Sheela Vemu
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

Membership Committee 
Co-Vice Chair
Lourdes Brea
Northwestern University
The Feinberg School of Medicine

Membership
Committee Co-Vice Chair
Rebecca Motley
Katz Diaggnostics

Communications Committee

Communications
Committee Co-Chair
Atieh Jannati
AbbVie

Communications
Committee Co-Chair
Kathryn Lanza
NS Pharma, Inc.

Communications
Committee Vice Chair
Genesis Chase
Northwestern University

Sponsorship Committee

Sponsorship
Committee Co-Chair
Jessica Slack
Gilbane Building Company

Sponsorship
Committee Co-Chair
Sandra Torres

YWIB Committee

Young Women In Bio 
Co-Chair
Bulbul Pandit
Proteintech Group

Young Women In Bio 
Co-Chair
Caroline Kasprzak
Novartis Gene Therapies

MAPS Committee

MAPS 
Chair
Roslyn Taylor
Public Health Institute
of Metropolitan Chicago

MAPS 
Vice Chair
Meesha Dogan
Cardio Diagnostics

Alliance Committee

Programs Committee 
Co-Chair
Ilana Goldberg
The National Institutes of Health

Alliance Committee 
Co-Chair
Simone Arvisais-Anhalt
University of California, San Francisco

Alliance Committee
Advisor
Nancy Tyrrell
Chicago Biomedical Consortium

Associates

Membership

Faith Eriks

MAPS

Gina Battiste

Amanda Maldonado

Anushree Ray

EWIB

Sasha Cukier

Olivia O'Toole

Alliance

Neha Shiroor

Sponsorship

Sandra Laney

Huibo Li

Amira Alburei

Programs

Alyssa Master

Kathryn Przybysz

Raven Moten

Shiloh Echeverria Cooper

Communications

Yelena Sahakian

Samia Tasmim

Heather Lewis

Ashmita Baral

Kiara Potts

Amanda Dazo

Treasurer

Treasurer 
Jessica Benitez-Burke
COEUS

Advisory Board

Angela James
Board Chair
Past Chapter Chair
Vice President, Head of Clinical Pharmacology
MacroGenics, Inc.

Erin Adams
Professor 
The University of Chicago

Christina Avram
Past Chapter Chair
Medical Affairs Specialist
BD

Sherase Coleman
Diversity Champion
AbbVie

Dima Elissa
Founder and CEO
VisMed-3D 

Felicia Ford Rice
Executive Director
 Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.

Dimitra Georganopoulou
Past Chapter Chair
General Partner
 Qral Ventures

Heather Kissling
Partner
Marshall Gerstein Borun

Shahila Mehboob Christie
Past Chapter Chair
Vice-President, Growth Strategy and Operations
 Portal Innovations

Anna Lisa Somera
Chief Executive Officer
Rhaeos Inc.

Nancy Tyrrell
Past Chapter Chair
Director, Translational Science Programs & Initiatives
Chicago Biomedical Consortium

Gianina Varea
Past Chapter Chair
Senior Director of Portfolio Development
Portal Innovations

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