Acknowledgments

 

The Center gratefully acknowledges the crucial contributions and guidance of its Steering Committee, Working Group members, and other key contributors in shaping the priorities and strategy for the Center and AHEAD100.  In addition, the Center also acknowledges the leadership of the Connected DMV COVID-19 Strategic Renewal Task Force and the Connected DMV Board of Trustees.

Accenture
Accenture Team

AstraZeneca​
Dr. Mark Esser

Battelle National Biodefense Institute​
Dr. George Korch​

BeatTheReaper​
Dr. Steve Projan

Becton Dickinson​
Dave Hickey

Berkeley Lights​
Dr. Keith Breinlinger

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation​
Dr. Jenni Weisman​

BioHealth Innovation​
Rich Bendis​

Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)​
Phyllis Arthur​

Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense​
Dr. Asha George​

Boston University​
Dr. Nahid Bhadelia

Brigadier Gen (ret.)​, White House Physician Emeritus​
Dr. Richard Tubb​

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Dr. Amanda Cohn

CEPI​
Dr. Nick Jackson

Connected DMV​
Stu Solomon
Matt Erskine, Strategy
Burrell Kilmer, Program
Karl Darin, Operations
Connected DMV Team
Connected DMV Board of Trustees
COVID-19 Strategic Renewal Task Force

Consortium of Universities of Washington Metro Area​
Dr. Andrew Flagel​ 

DLA Piper​
Hon. Jim Greenwood
Tami Howie

eMed​
Dr. Patrice Harris ​

Emergent BioSolutions​
Dr. Laura Saward

Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense​
Hon. Andy Weber​

GSK​
Dr. Rebecca Farkas

K&L Gates
Olivia Byrne

Kaiser Permanente​
Ruth Williams-Brinkley

Maryland Tech Council​
Marty Rosendale

Moderna​
Dr. Obadiah Plante

Montgomery County​
Hon. Marc Elrich
Montgomery County Administration, Council, and Staff

Montgomery County ​Economic Development Corporation​
Ben Wu​

US Dept of Health and Human Services (HHS)
ASPR / BARDA ​
Dr. Christopher Houchens​ (ex-officio)

US Dept of Health and Human Services (HHS)
ASPR / BARDA​
Dr. Kimberly Armstrong​ (ex-officio)

US National institutes of Health
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Dr. John Mascola​ (ex-officio)

US National institutes of Health
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ​
Dr. Cristina Cassetti​ (ex-officio)

US National institutes of Health
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Mike Kurilla​ (ex-officio)

Pinkston​
Jim Traficant
Toni Delancey

Regeneron​
Dr. Christos Kyratsous

S&R Foundation​
Dr. Sachiko Kuno​
Chris Beck

State of Maryland​
Secretary Kelly Schulz
Dr. Ulyana Desiderio

Twist Bioscience​
Dr. Emily Leproust
Kevin Louder
Patrick Finn

University System of Maryland​
Dr. Jay Perman​
Tom Sadowski
Dr. Laurie Locasio

U.S. Pharmacopeia​
Anthony Lakavage, JD​

Vanderbilt University Medical Center​
Dr. Jeff Balser​
Dr. James Crowe, Founder AHEAD100

Various Biotech Companies​
Ken Kelley

Virginia Bio​
John Newby​

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research​
Dr. Kayvon Modjarrad​ (ex-officio)

Wellcome Leap​
Dr. Duccio Medini

World Health Organization (WHO)​
Dr. Soumya Swaminathan​ (ex-officio)​​