Management

Board of Directors
Steering Committee
Research Advisory Committee
Technology Transfer Committee
Financial Advisory Committee
Board of Directors

Thomas A. Breslin, Ph.D. • Vice President for Research
Florida International University • Miami, FL

* Frank T. Brogan • President
Florida Atlantic University • Boca Raton, FL

James "Jim" King • Senate President
Florida Senate • Tallahassee, FL

Ron Klein, J.D. • Senator
Florida Senate • Tallahassee, FL

Alcee L. Hastings, J.D. • U.S. House Representative
Florida 23rd Congressional District • Fort Lauderdale, FL

Fred Hoffman, Ph.D. • Professor & Member of the FAU Board of Trustees
Florida Atlantic University • Boca Raton, FL

R. E. LeMon, Ph.D. • Vice Chancellor
Florida Department of Education • Tallahassee, FL

Shirley Pomponi, Ph.D. • President and CEO
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Inc. • Fort Pierce, FL

Ken Pruitt • Senator
Florida Senate • Tallahassee, FL

* denotes Chairperson
Committees

Steering Committee

* Camille Coley, J.D. • Director of Research Administration and Special Programs
Florida Atlantic University • Boca Raton, FL

Weaver Gaines, J.D. • Chairman and Co-Founder
Ixion Biotechnology, Inc. • Alachua, FL

Stewart Glegg, Ph.D. • Department Chairman and Professor of Ocean Engineering
Florida Atlantic University • Boca Raton, FL

Jerry Goldberger, Ph.D. • Director of Sponsored Research
Florida Atlantic University • Boca Raton, FL

Russell G. Kerr, Ph.D. • Professor of Chemistry
Florida Atlantic University • Boca Raton, FL

Larry Lemanski, Ph.D. • Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies
Florida Atlantic University • Boca Raton, FL

Jeanie L. McGuire • Director of Technology Transfer
Florida Atlantic University • Boca Raton, FL

Ed Rowan
RSM McGladrey, Inc. • Fort Lauderdale, FL

Jane Teague • Executive Director
Enterprise Development Corporation of South Florida • Boca Raton, FL

Claire Thuning-Roberson, Ph.D. • Vice President of Product Development & Compliance
Sunol Molecular Corporation • Miramar, FL

Herbert Weissbach, Ph.D. • Professor and Director of the Center for Molecular Biology & Biotechnology
Florida Atlantic University • Boca Raton, FL

Amy Wright, Ph.D. • Director of the Division of Biomedical Marine Research
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Inc. • Fort Pierce, FL

* denotes Chairperson

Research Advisory Committee

Magdy M. Abdel-Malik, Ph.D. • Director of Technology Search
Pfizer Consumer Healthcare Division • Morris Plains, NJ

Andrew M. Clark, Ph.D. • President
Maritime Communication Services • Melbourne, FL

Dr. Paul Fisher • Professor of Clinical Pathology
Columbia University • New York, NY

Allyn Golub, Ph.D. • Chairman
Guidelines Integrated Services, Inc. • Miramar, FL

Steven J. Gould • Chief Scientific Officer
Mera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. • Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

Yali Hallock, Ph.D. • Program Officer
National Cancer Institute • Bethesda, MD

Paulette Smariga, M.S., CQA • Executive Vice President of Regulatory Affairs
Goodwin Biotechnology, Inc. • Plantation, FL

Kenneth M. Snader, Ph.D. • Former Chemist
Pharmaceutical Resources Branch, Developmental Therapeutics Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis National Cancer Institute • Vero Beach, FL

* Claire Thuning-Roberson, Ph.D. • Vice President of Product Development & Compliance
Sunol Molecular Corporation • Miramar, FL 33025

* denotes Chairperson

Technology Transfer Committee

Michael Cleare, Ph.D. • Executive Director
Columbia University Science & Technology Ventures • NY, NY

Richard Jablonski • President
Edge Tech, LLC • West Wareham, MA

Steve Lux, M.B.A. • Director
Stonehenge Capital Corporation • Tampa, FL

* Jeanie L. McGuire • Director of Technology Transfer
Florida Atlantic University • Boca Raton, FL

Scott Mohrland, Ph.D. • Senior Vice President
GMP Companies, Inc • Fort Lauderdale, FL

Gregory Nelson, Esq. • Patent Attorney
Akerman Senterfitt • West Palm Beach, FL

Hap Patterson • Vice President of Advanced Research
Tyco International • Boca Raton, FL

Dan Rua, M.B.A., J.D. • Managing Partner
Inflexion Partners • Gainesville, FL

David Saliwanchik, J.D. • Shareholder and Patent Attorney
Saliwanchik, Lloyd & Saliwanchik • Gainesville, FL

Jane Teague • Executive Director
Enterprise Development Corporation of South Florida • Boca Raton, FL

* denotes Chairperson

Financial Advisory Committee

Richard E. Dodge, Ph.D. • Dean and Professor of the Oceanographic Center
Nova Southeastern University • Dania, FL

Donald Goldstein, C.P.A. • Partner and Shareholder
Goldstein Lewin & Co • Boca Raton, FL

J.C. Perrin • Senior Vice President
1st United Bank • North Palm Beach, FL

* Ed Rowan
RSM McGladrey, Inc. • Fort Lauderdale, FL

* denotes Chairperson
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