Meet the Team

Executive Office

  • Douglas Friedman

    Chief Executive Officer

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  • Genya Dana

    Chief Strategy and Bioeconomic Development Officer

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  • Marina Harrison

    Executive Assistant

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  • Jayne Laiprasert

    General Counsel

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  • Ram Mannan

    Senior Counsel, Corporate & Business Development

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  • Diane Pierotti

    Chief Financial and Operating Officer

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  • Jack Starr

    Chief Manufacturing Officer

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  • Melanie Tomczak

    Head of Programs
    Chief Technology Officer

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  • David Weil

    Chief of Staff

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Technology & Innovation

  • Melanie Tomczak

    Head of Programs
    Chief Technology Officer

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  • Ashley Arnell

    Associate Program Manager

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  • Anne Chaudhuri

    4S Program Manager

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  • Clem Fortman

    Director of Program Management

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  • David Nathan

    Senior Technology Program Manager

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  • Elizabeth Nijak

    Executive Assistant to the Leadership Team

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  • Penny Norquist

    Director of Program Management

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  • Brandon Simmons-Rawls

    Associate Technology Program Manager

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Education and Workforce Development

  • Thomas Tubon

    Chief Workforce Development Officer Education and Workforce Development Fellow

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  • Golnar Afshar

    Mentoring Specialist

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  • Hunter Brown

    Education and Workforce Development Associate Program Manager

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  • Kristin Jenkins

    Senior Education and Workforce Development Program Manager

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  • Zurvohn Maloof

    Education and Workforce Development Project Specialist

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  • Hayley Orndorf

    Curriculum Developer

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  • Louise Petruzzella

    Senior Education and Workforce Development Project Manager

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  • Sara Cohen

    Education and Workforce Development Project Specialist

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  • Maxwell Reitman

    Senior Education and Workforce Development Training Specialist

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  • Matthew McIntosh

    Senior Education and Workforce Development Project Specialist

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Strategy and Bioeconomic Development 

  • Genya Dana

    Chief Strategy and Bioeconomic Development Officer

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  • Kathryn Brink

    Associate Director of Strategy and Bioeconomic Development

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  • Hannah Green

    Membership Program Administrator

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  • Bruce Rankila

    Executive Assistant

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  • Jasara Rosendahl

    Membership Manager

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  • Laura Vitko

    Director of Strategic Partnerships

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Manufacturing

  • Jack Starr

    Chief Manufacturing Officer

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  • Rana Delshadi

    Bioprocess Engineer

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  • Kevin Hernandez

    Bioprocess Engineer

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  • Brad Pfeifer

    Senior Project Manager

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  • Bruce Rankila

    Executive Assistant

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Data and Special Projects

  • Mace Cheng

    Senior Digital Product Manager

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  • Tim Dobbs

    Data Architect

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  • Galen Dods

    Research Associate

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  • Andrew Eichenbaum

    Senior Director of Data Science

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  • Steve Evans

    Senior Technical Fellow

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  • Rafael Jiménez

    Techno-Economic Analyst

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  • Mike Smanski

    Technical Fellow

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  • Isaac Svebakken

    Techo-Economic Research Assistant

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  • Levon Saryan

    Full-Stack Developer

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  • Katy Ly

    Systems Architect

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Finance and Operations

  • Diane Pierotti

    Chief Financial and Operating Officer

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  • Camila Benavides

    Program Team Administrator

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  • Jennifer Bledsoe

    Director of People and Culture

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  • Christine Castle

    Human Resources Business Partner

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  • Perrin Crespi-Funderburk

    Senior Communications Associate

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  • Emily DeSanto

    Program Team Administrator

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  • James Dunlap

    Director of Cyberinfrastructure

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  • Josh Edelstein

    Lead Platform Analyst

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  • Mickie Gillispie

    Program Finance Analyst

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  • Nigel Harris

    Cloud Support Technician

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  • Dakota Harrison

    Grants Accountant

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  • Mike Jenkins

    Payroll and Finance Administrator

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  • Christine Lee

    Associate Director of Communications

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  • Kerry Levan

    Grants Accountant

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  • Darlington Martor

    Senior Proposals Administrator

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  • Markeita McAfee

    Human Resource Assistant

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  • Randy Meng

    Cybersecurity Analyst

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  • Coleman Myhre

    Contracts Officer

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  • Julie Pelletier

    Director of Contracts and Agreements

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  • Marquita Ridgle

    Senior Administrator

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  • Andrea Siverson

    Front Office Coordinator

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  • Cat Smith

    Process Management & Enterprise Systems Manager

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  • Bee Srey

    Procurement Officer

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  • Brandi Starr

    Director of Finance

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  • Timmi Turley

    Executive Assistant to the CFOO

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  • Gerardo Vargas

    IT Support Technician

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  • Dee Varh

    Office Administrator

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  • Joan Weatherspoon

    Program Team Administrator

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  • Iris Rodriguez

    Talent and HR Specialist

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Government

  • Angela Campo

    Government Program Manager

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  • Stephanie McElhinny

    Government Chief Technology Officer

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