Speakers

Meet the speakers and panelists who will be speaking at this year’s 8th Annual Life Sciences Conference. Select the individual’s name if you would like to learn more about each speaker individually.

Welcoming Ceremony

Joseph Berger, UMass Boston
Monique Cooper, UMass Boston
Sunny Schwartz, MassBioEd

Best Practices to Attract and Develop Talent

Debbie Durso Bumpus, Blueprint
Kaye Cullum, Sanofi

Zach Stanley, MassBio
Chris Garabedian, Xontogeny
Marissa MacGauley, Bristol Myers- Squibb
Cory Siddons, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
Angela Perkins, Ginkgo Bioworks
Mike Convicer, Biogen
Ahmad Hussin, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Jimmy Zhang, Takeda

How Do Industry, Government, and Educators Work Together to Prepare Talent for 2023?

Matt Fenlon, UMass Boston
Mike Firestone, City of Boston
Emerson Foster, Takeda
Chris Garabedian, Xontogeny
Philip Sisson, Middlesex Community College
Sec. Lauren Jones, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Sunny Schwartz, MassBioEd
Kenn Turner, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center

Looking Outside the Box: Accessing Untapped Talent

Jared Auclair, Northeastern University
Marc Creegan, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Kwesi Foster, Quinsigamond Community College
Germaine Palmer, MassBioEd
Jorgo Tollkuci, AbbVie
Dany Bassous, Takeda
Sarav Narayanan, Takeda
Lorena Hoxhalli, AbbVie Pharmaceuticals
Jeanne LeClair, Mass Life Science Center

Reducing Structural Inequity Through System Designs Presentation and Workshop

Jeralmi Canela, Agncy
Joey Fennell, Agncy
Augusta Meill, Agncy

2023 Massachusetts Life Sciences Employment Outlook Report

John Brothers, Mass BioEd
Alicia Modestino, Northeastern University