Advisory Council
 The KGI Advisory Council provides industry insight, marketplace feedback, and support for KGI's corporate outreach. The council includes leaders from biotech, pharmaceutical, medical device, service, and bio companies. David Adelman Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Edwards LifesciencesGary Augusta ConsultantRandy Berholtz Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, ACON LaboratoriesLinda Castle Research Director, Pioneer Hi-Bred, Inc.Stephen G. Daggett Director, Product Support R & D, Ortho-Clinical DiagnosticsT. (Teo) Forcht Dagi, MD Partner, HLM Venture PartnersCatherine Farrell US Business Development Executive, EpistemDavid Flores President and CEO, BioCenturyWeaver H. Gaines Chairman, Nanotherapeutics Inc.Sean R. Gallagher Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, UVP IncorporatedChris Garabedian Vice President of Corporate Strategy, CelgeneJohn D. Gerace Vice President & General Manager, PCR Systems Business Unit, Life TechnologiesPaul Grint Senior Vice President, Early Development and Internal Medicine, Forest Research InstituteRoss A. Grossman Vice President, Human Resources, Regeneron PharmaceuticalsKenneth Gruys Site Director & Science Fellow, Monsanto Co. Calgene CampusRichard Hamilton President and Chief Executive Officer, CeresKevin Harley Vice President Human Resources, IlluminaAllan Harris Vice President of Communications and Investor Relations, Beckman CoulterDennis Huang Vice President, Biologics Manufacturing and Development, AllerganMark Jasek Director, Global Scientific Market Affairs (Glaucoma), Alcon Research Ltd.Matthew Jenusaitis President & CEO of OCTANeThomas G. Klopack ConsultantKenneth James Livak Senior Scientific Fellow, Fluidigm Corp.Brenda Mann Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer, Bioengineering, SentrX Animal CareRoger Marchetti Sr. VP, Human Resources & Corporate Services, Information Management, Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc.Stephen J. McCormack Partner, Global Life Science Ventures; Chairman, IMI Intelligent Medical Implants AGAlan M. Mendelson Founder and General Partner, Axiom Venture PartnersTony Page Managing Director, HealthIQKal Ramnarayan Founder, President and Chief Scientific Officer, Sapient DiscoveryJohn B. Rogers President and Chief Executive Officer, EcoArrayJ. David Rozzell President & CEO, Solidus BiosciencesTony Russo Cofounder and Chief Executive Officer, Russo PartnersJames Schaeffer Executive Director of Licensing & External Research-West Coast, MerckSteve Shire Staff Scientist and Group Leader in the Late Stage Pharmaceutical and Device Development Department, GenentechBrian Sullivan Product Development Team Leader, ICX AgentaseRobert Tenerowicz Vice President of Operations, XOMA (biopharmaceuticals)Gino van Heeke Executive Director, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical ResearchJoseph J. Villafranca Sr. VP, Life Sciences-Business DEvelopment Strategic Operating Unit, Tunnell ConsultingDavid Whiteley Vice President, Global Clinical Operations, AmgenJames A. Wilkins President, SensorinRick Winningham CEO, Theravance (biopharmaceuticals) Advisors EmeritiBruce Alberts Professor, University of California, San FranciscoLuis J. Berga Chief Executive Officer, Luis Berga & AssociatesBrent Berthy Chief Financial Officer, MRI Devices CorporationAlexander M. Capron University Professor of Law and Medicine, Pacific Center for Health Policy and EthicsShu Chien Professor and Director, Whitaker Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of California at San DiegoLarry Gold Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, SomaLogicRobert L. Jones Vice President, Human Resources, CancerVaxVaughn M. Kailian Vice Chairperson, Head of Commercial Operations and Therapeutic Franchises, Millennium PharmaceuticalsGail Maderis President and Chief Executive Officer, FivePrime TherapeuticsAlfred E. Mann Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Advanced BionicsMichael A. Mussallem Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Edwards LifesciencesStephen D. O'Connor Chief Executive Officer, NanostreamJoseph D. Panetta President and Chief Executive Officer, BIOCOMDavid Sadava Pritzker Family Foundation Professor of Biology, Joint Science Department, The Claremont CollegesThomas P. Stagnaro President and Chief Executive Officer, Americas Biotech DistributorDaniel Vapnek Founding Senior Vice President of Research (Retired), AmgenJ. Craig Venter President, The Center for the Advancement of Genomics
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