Increasing the number of successful entrepreneurs is in the best interest of the entire life science industry. Each year, following a competitive program, MassNextGen awardees will be awarded a year-long customized package of support, which includes non-dilutive grant funding and access to a network of of seasoned entrepreneurs, investors, and life science experts to create an executive coaching network.
Amy Abadir
Director, Market Access Enterprise Strategy
Takeda
Annette Bak
Head of Advanced Drug Delivery
AstraZeneca
Gunes Bozkurtv
Director of Venture Investments
Beiersdorf
Christine Brennan
Managing Director
Vertex Venture HC
Nancy Briefs
Co-Founder, President and CEO
AltrixBio
Joan Brooks
Founder & COO
Garbook Knowledge Resources
Kimberly Burns
VP, Strategy, Innovation and Patient Services New Product Planning
Takeda
Timothy Butterworth
Director of Applied Technology
Berkshire Innovation Center
Ester Caffarel Salvador
Director, Strategic Innovation, Rare Diseases
Chiesi USA
Amanda Chen
Business Development & Operations
Septerna
Catherine Connelly-Perry
Head, Oncology Alliance Management
Takeda
Michelle Consalvo
Director, State Government & External Affairs
Takeda
Gretchen Cook-Anderson
Managing Partner
Undaunted Marketing
Marc Cote
Certified Master Business & Executive Coach
FocalPoint Coaching
Carolyn Cuff
Vice President, Translational Science Immunology
Johnson & Johnson
Yael DeCapo
Angel Investor and Mentor
Yvanka De Soysa
Associate
Foreground Capital
Ann DeWitt
General Partner
The Engine
Julie Di Paolo
Senior Director, Immunology Scientific Innovation Lead
Johnson & Johnson
Apurve Dhariwal
Senior Consultant, Regulatory Affairs
Latham BioPharm Group
James Duronio
Senior Director, Business Development, Surgical Division
Hologic
Fiona Elwood
Vice President, Disease Area Stronghold Lead, Neurodegeneration
Johnson & Johnson Innovation
Maurizio Fazio
Principal
Atlas Venture
Rachel Field
Principal
The Engine
Barbara Fox
CEO
Rheos Medicines
Jean Ge
Patent Attorney
Wolf Greenfield
Matt Gorman
Founder and CFO
CFgO
Jennifer Griffin
Partner, Strategy and Investor Relations
Mission BioCapital
Jiaping Gu
Partner
Takeda Ventures, Inc.
Caitlin Holtz
Vice President, Recruiting
Stevenson Search
Hui Huang
Founder and CEO
CSD Partners
Chris Ilsley
President & CEO
InnoVenture Labs
Ketki Karanam
VP Ventures, Translational Sciences
UPMC Enterprises
Asmita Khanolkar
Senior Director, Cambridge Pharma
SMC Ltd.
Christine Kressirer
Consultant
Datafy Clinical
Anjali Kumar
Entrepreneur in Residence, Yale Ventures; Strategic Advisor, State 4 Therapeutics; Strategic Advisor and CBO, AcousticaBio
Nicola La Monica
Senior Director, Scientific Innovation, Infectious Diseases and Vaccines
Johnson & Johnson
Lori Lennon
Founder and CEO
Thinkubator
Alexander Margulis
Chief Operating Officer
Mansfield Bio-Incubator
Sohini Mazumdar
Founder
Erudite Co
Katie McCarthy
Senior Vice President & Practice Lead, Clinical and Regulatory
Lumanity
Nazanin Mehin
Global Market Access and Pricing Head, Immunology
Sanofi
Michaela Miller
Senior Director, Strategy & Marketing, Single-Use Technologies
ThermoFisher
Francisco Oliveira
Manager Director
CFgO
Danielle O’Neal
Senior Vice President
Banc of California
Chaya Patel
Principal
Mission BioCapital
Mary Ann Picard
Director of Operations
M2D2
Pam Randhawa
Founder and CEO
Empiriko
Veronique Riethuisen
Managing Director
VR Strategic Advisors LLC
Helen Routh
Venture Partner
Nina Capital
Rachel Sha
CEO
Vaxess Technologies
Zu Shen
Vice President
Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives
Peter Stebbins
Satio Inc.
Vice President, Program and Business Development
Kris Steen
President, Executive Search
Stevenson Search
Laura Stoffel
Partner
Cooley LLP
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Director
Takeda
Laurel Sweeney
Principal
Access Strategies
Sarah Tao
External Innovation
Sanofi
Jo Viney
Founder, President and CEO
Seismic Therapeutic
Erica Wang
Founder, Attorney
Veritas Law
Jon Weaver
President & CEO
Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives
Ilsa Webeck
Managing Director and Founder
MedTech Strategies
Tatiana Yglesias
Chief Business Officer
Saya Biologics
Dan Zheng
Head, Regional Innovation and Partnerships, Center for External Innovation
Takeda
