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WIB-Chicago Chapter Leadership

Chapter 
Co-Chair
Eleonora Gatta
Chicago Biomedical Consortium

Chapter 
Co-Chair
Dorys Lopez

Chapter
Co-Vice Chair
Jessica Benitez-Burke

Chapter
Co-Vice Chair
Tanvi Potluri


EWIB Committee

EWIB Committee
Chair

Kathleen Wisemandle

Aspire to Grow Coaching & Consulting

EWIB Committee
Vice Chair

Shari Medendorp

EWIB Committee 
3.8 Program Director
Sasha Cukier
AVIA

EWIB Committee 
3.8 Program Manager

Olivia O'Toole
Northwestern University

EWIB Advisor
Melissa Byrn
University of Chicago

EWIB Advisor
Adrienne Gawlowski

IPG Health

EWIB Advisor
Dimitra Georganopoulou
Qral Ventures

EWIB Advisor
Christine Rohan

Vasowatch

Programs Committee

Programs Committee 
Co-Chair
Xamanek Carrasco

Programs Committee
Co-Chair

Alyssa Master
Master CGT Consulting

Membership Committee

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

Membership Committee
Co-Chair
Faith Eriks
Xentria

Membership Committee
Vice Chair

Rachel Goldberg


Communications Committee

Communications
Committee Chair
Genesis Chase
Northwestern University

Communications
Committee Co-Vice Chair
Heather Lewis

Communications
Committee Co-Vice Chair
Samia Tasmim

Sponsorship Committee

Sponsorship Committee
Co-Chair
Fausta Fischietti
Grove Biopharma

Sponsorship Committee
Co-Chair

Huibo Li
University of Chicago

Sponsorship Advisor
Sandra Torres


YWIB Committee

Young Women In Bio
Co-Chair

Katherine Johnson
Quantum-Si

Young Women In Bio
Co-Chair

Pinar Toptas

University of Chicago

Young Women In Bio
Co-Vice Chair

Amira Alburei
CBRE

Young Women In Bio
Co-Vice Chair

Neha Shiroor

BMS

YWIB Advisor
Bulbul Pandit
Proteintech Group

MAPS Committee

MAPS 
Chair
Meesha Dogan
Cardio Diagnostics

MAPS 
Vice Chair

Amanda Christine Maldonado
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago


Alliance Committee

Alliance Committee 
Co-Chair
Austin Srejma
Dimension Inx

Programs Committee 
Co-Chair
Lindsay Stolzenburg
Northwestern University

Alliance Committee
Advisor
Nancy Tyrrell
Chicago Biomedical Consortium


Treasurer

Treasurer 
Jessica Benitez-Burke
COEUS

Committee Associates

MAPS

Gina Battiste

Jennifer Dzierzak

Anushree Ray

Ashley Shannon

Mette Soendergaard

Sheela Vemu

YWIB

Anni Wang

Membership

Lane Breshears

Rebecca Motley

EWIB

Ayo Roberts


Advisory Board

Erin Adams
Professor 
The University of Chicago

Christina Avram
Past Chapter Chair
Medical Affairs Specialist
BD

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

Sherase Coleman
Diversity Champion
AbbVie

Dima Elissa
Founder and CEO
VisMed-3D 

Dimitra Georganopoulou
Past Chapter Chair
General Partner
 Qral Ventures

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

Heather Kissling
Partner
Marshall Gerstein Borun

Ashley Nagle
Past Chapter Chair
Power 

Felicia Ford Rice
Executive Director
 Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.

Anna Lisa Somera
Chief Executive Officer
Rhaeos Inc.

Nancy Tyrrell
Past Chapter Chair
Director of Academic Partnerships
Portal Innovations

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

Ellita Williams
Past Chapter Chair
Ascension

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