BIO - Key Persons


Anna Baskina

Job Titles:
  • Senior Manager, BIO Business Solutions®

Bob Dearth

Job Titles:
  • Regional Business Development Manager

David (Dave) Lawrence

Job Titles:
  • Chief Business Officer / Neurotrauma Sciences, LLC

Dr. Cartier Esham

Job Titles:
  • Chief Science Officer

Eric Weaver - CHRO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Human Resources Officer

John Murphy

Job Titles:
  • Chief
  • Policy Officer

Lynn M. Cilinski

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Controller & Treasurer / MacroGenics, Inc. Rockville

Michelle Charpentier

Job Titles:
  • Head of Tech Ops Global Procurement / BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. Novato, CA

Mike Knievel

Job Titles:
  • Director, Procurement

Neil Lynch

Job Titles:
  • Regional Business Development Manager

Nick Shipley

Job Titles:
  • Chief Advocacy Officer

Nicol Godfrey

Job Titles:
  • Senior Manager, Procurement / Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. South San Francisco, CA

Pat Magnafichi

Job Titles:
  • Director, Procurement

Peter Frey

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Business Development

Peter McHugh - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Legal Officer

Rachel King - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
Rachel King assumed the leadership of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) as CEO on November 1, 2022. Mrs. King is co-founder and former CEO of GlycoMimetics, Inc. (GMI). Before founding GMI, she was an Executive in Residence at New Enterprise Associates (NEA), one of the nation's leading venture capital firms. Mrs. King came to NEA after serving as a senior vice president of Novartis Corporation. Before joining Novartis, Mrs. King spent 10 years with Genetic Therapy, Inc. through the company's early stage, initial public offering and eventual sale to Novartis. She also served as Chair of the Maryland Life Sciences Advisory Board under former Governor Martin O'Malley. Mrs. King now serves on the boards of GlycoMimetics, Inc., Novavax, Inc. and the University of Maryland BioPark. She received her B.A. degree from Dartmouth College and her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Rich Masters

Job Titles:
  • Chief Public Affairs & Marketing Officer

Robert Freeberg

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director, Procurement / Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc. Richmond, CA

Ryan Stoeckel

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Procurement at Verve Therapeutics / Cambridge

Stephen Jasko

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Business Development

Tamy Dalal

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, BIO Business Solutions®

Tonia Fykes

Job Titles:
  • Chief Events and Industry Programs Officer