External Advisory Council

Neelum Aggarwal, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Sciences Rush University Medical Center, Director of Research, Rush Heart Center for Women

Kevin Byrne

Observer, President & Chief Executive Officer, The University Financing Foundation

Kevin Considine

President & CEO, Lake County Partners

Lisa Dziekan, MA

VP Business Development, World Business Chicago

Henry O. Gosebruch

Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, AbbVie

Karen Heidelberger, MS, MBA

Partner, Chief Partnership and Communications Officer, Deerfield Management

Michelle Hoffmann, PhD

Executive Director, Chicago Biomedical Consortium

Sean Kendall, PhD

Managing Partner, Arch Venture Partners

Sandra Laney, PhD

Senior Program Director, Science Innovation, Walder Foundation

Shobha Parthasarathi, PhD

VP, External Innovation & New Ventures, Xontogeny

Norbert G. Riedel, PhD

Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, Aptinyx

Nicole J. Walker

Managing Partner, Arboretum Ventures

Heather Walsh

Executive Director, Head of New Business Opportunities, Rx+ Business Accelerator at Astellas Pharmaceuticals

Joe Whalen

Senior Vice President, Alliance and International Business Development, Horizon Therapeutics

Alan Weinstein, MBA

Board of Trustees of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science

Paul Weiss

Managing Director, Venture Investors