Officers and Executive Committee

Kacee Sims, PhD

BIO Alabama Chair (2022-2023)
Avanti Polar Lipids

Blair King

Immediate Past Chair (2020-2021)
Alabama Power

Vivek Lal, MD

BIO Alabama Secretary (2022-2023)
ResBiotic

Jared Sharp, CPA

BIO Alabama Treasurer (2020-2023)

Warren Averett

Bill Dean

Member at Large (2021-2022)

Auburn Research & Technology Foundation

Michael Lynch

Member at Large (2022-2023)
StrongSoil

Del Smith, PhD

Member at Large (2022-2023)
Acclinate Genetics

Amy Sturdivant

Member at Large (2022-2023)
58 Inc.

Rachel Lane, PhD, RD

CEO, BIO Alabama

Jerome Baudry, PhD
University of Alabama in Huntsville

Dan Blakley

University of Alabama

Rebecca Boohaker, PhD

Southern Research

Karim Budhwani, PhD
CerFlux, Inc

Jay Daily
Hoar Program Management (HPM)

Hans Thullesen

Evonik Healthcare

Gwen Fewell, PhD
SynVivo

Roger Graben, PhD

Vitruvias Therapeutics

Karthik Gopalakrishnan, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Gregory Grossman, PhD
Advancing Sight Network

Bruce Korf MD, PhD

Alabama Rare Disease Advisory Council

Nicholas Landau, PhD
Maynard Cooper & Gale

Saksham Narang
Yuva Biosciences

Vince Perez
AL Department of Commerce

W. Matthew Reichert, PhD

University of South Alabama

Jennifer Riggs-Sauthier, PhD
Foresight Biosciences

Bob Shufflebarger
TriAltus

Amy Sturdivant
58 Inc.

Charlie Taylor
University of Alabama System

Carolyn Turner
Alabama International Trade Center 

Tim Tyson
TriRx Pharmaceutical Services

Lloyd Walker, PhD

Alabama A&M University

Douglas Watson

Prosper BHAM Health Tech Accelerator

Clayton Yates, PhD

Tuskegee University