Pavita Howe (Chair)
VP, Innovation and Entrepreneurship,
BioNJ

Linda Brown (2018 & 2019 Chair)
Director,
Bristol Myers Squibb

Peter J. Butch III
Attorney of Law,
Fox Rothschild LLP

Frank Castellana, M.D.
Managing Partner,
Knollwood Partners

Jim Gunton
Managing Partner,
Tech Council Ventures

Jingjun “Jim” Huang, Ph.D.
CEO
Ascendia Pharmaceuticals

Cornelia S. Huellstrunk
Executive Director,
Keller Center

R. Douglas Hulse
Executive Director,
The Sage Group

Vimal Kavuru
Director,
Aceto Corporation

Zvi Loewy, Ph.D.
Managing Partner,
KL&R Biotech Partners

John Pennett
Partner, Life Sciences Group,
EisnerAmper LLP

Robert G. Pergolizzi, Ph.D.
Director, Surgical Sciences Research Laboratory,
Englewood Heath

Sandra Powell-Elliott, B.S., M.B.A
Vice President, Life Sciences and Innovation,
Hackensack Meridian Health

Dr. Navneet Puri
Former CEO of Nevakar and InnoPharma

Jorge J. Ramirez
Mergers & Acquisitions,
Quest Diagnostics

Tom P. Richardson, PhD, MBA
President,
Institute for Life Science Entrepreneurship (ILSE)

Dr. Beth Rowley
Director of Operations,
Princeton BioLABS

Vincent A. Smeraglia (2020 & 2021 Chair)
Executive Director,
Office of Research Commercialization, Rutgers, The State University of NJ

Thomas Villani
Associate Vice President, AI & Machine Learning,
NJ Innovation Institute (NJII)

Michael Wiley (2022-2023 Chair)
Vice President,
Foundation Venture Capital Group

Paul Woitach
Managing Partner,
Pharmaceutical Advisors