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WIB-Chicago Chapter Leadership

Chapter 
Co-Chair
Ashley Nagle
Power 

Chapter 
Co-Chair
Ellita Williams
Ascension

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

Programs Committee
Co-Chair
Linda Kim
Novartis Gene Therapies

Programs Committee 
Co-Chair
Tanvi Potluri

Programs Committee
Co-Vice Chair

Amira Alburei
CBRE

Programs Committee 
Co-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
Faith Eriks
Xentria

Membership Committee
Co-Vice Chair
Rebecca Motley
Katz Diaggnostics


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
Jessica Benitez-Burke

Sponsorship Committee
Co-Chair
Fausta Fischietti
Grove Biopharma


YWIB Committee

Young Women In Bio 
Chair
Bulbul Pandit
Proteintech Group


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
Lindsay Stolzenburg
Northwestern University

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

Alliance Committee
Advisor
Nancy Tyrrell
Chicago Biomedical Consortium


Treasurer

Treasurer 
Jessica Benitez-Burke
COEUS

Committee Associates

MAPS

Gina Battiste

Amanda Maldonado

Anushree Ray

YWIB

Midori Yokoyama

Katherine Johnson

Pinar Toptas

Programs

Alyssa Master

Kathryn Przybysz

Raven Moten

Shiloh Echeverria Cooper

Marina Buyanova

Caroline Kasprzak

Neha Shiroor

Communications

Ashmita Baral

Kiara Potts

Amanda Dazo


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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