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AllThingsLifeSciences/CleanTech: 2010

Springboard's 20th Venture Forum Program
About AllThingsLifeSciences/CleanTech: 2010
AllThingsLifeSciences/CleanTech: 2010, Springboard's 20th venture forum, showcased 20 investment ready high-growth companies in biotech, biopharma, health IT, healthcare, medical devices, and diagnostics to an audience of corporate, angel and venture investors. All companies were screened, selected and coached by a committee of over 200 investors, business development professionals, and sector experts during an eight-month period.
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Investor Committee
| Jack Ahrens, TGap Ventures | Jahanara Ali, NYC Investment Fund |
| Richard Anders, Mass Medical Angels (MA2) | Ben Auspitz, Fidelity Biosciences |
| Elizabeth Bailey, Commons Capital | Kevin Bitterman, Polaris Venture Partners |
| Dan Broderick, BioGenerator | Mike Bunker, Early Stage Partners |
| James Burgum, Arthur Ventures | Christian Cortis, ATV Capital |
| Ann Dewitt, Flagship Ventures | Cynthia Doerr, Essex Woodlands Health Ventures |
| Ted Driscoll, Claremont Creek Ventures | Suzette Dutch, Triathlon Medical Ventures |
| Stuart Eckmann, Life Science Angels | Teresa Esser, Capital Midwest Fund |
| Pete Farner, TGap Ventures | Lauren Flanagan, Phenomenelle Angels |
| Nancy Floyd, Nth Power | Jennifer Friel Goldstein, Pfizer Inc |
| Andrew Friendly, ATV Capital | Jan Garfinkle, Arboretum Ventures |
| Karen Hong, ProQuest Investments | Eva Jack, Medimmune Ventures |
| Elaine Jones, Pfizer, Inc. | Kef Kasdin, Battelle Ventures |
| Stephen Kraus, Bessemer Venture Partners | Ron Lennox, CHL Medical Partners |
| Reid Leonard, Merck & Co, Inc. | Debra Liebel, Domain Associates |
| Ellen Lubman, Bristol-Meyers Squibb | Michael Lytton, Biogen Idec |
| Carol Marino, Syngenta Venture Capital | Michael Melnick, CMEA Capital |
| Dan Meyer, Point Judith Capital | Pat Morand, SMLS Venture Fund |
| Todd Morrill, Bio-Rad Laboratories | Dana Ono, VIMAC Ventures LLC |
| Catherine Oyler, Johnson & Johnson | William Paiva, Sevin Rosen Funds |
| Ann Partlow, Earthrise Capital | Pooja Pathak, Oxford Bioscience Partners |
| Susan Rohrer, Merck & Co, Inc. | Amita Shukla, New Enterprise Associates |
| Lauren Silverman, Novartis Venture Capital | Karen Spilizewski, RiverVest Venture Partners |
| Richard Stuebi, Early Stage Partners | Geeta Vemuri, BioVentures |
| Tracy Warren, Battelle Ventures | Yael Weiss, Merck & Co, Inc. |
| Alex Zisson, Thomas McNerney & Partners |
Alumnae Committee
| Jahan Ali, NYC Investment Fund | Jack Ahrens, TGap Ventures |
| Rajni Aneja, zuChem, Inc. | Sylvia Aruffo, Communication Science |
| Carole Bellis, Wilson Sonsini | Karen Bixby |
| Rachel Braun Scherl, Semprae Laboratories | Manny Cho, Aon |
| Corinne Bright, ONSET Ventures | Kirstie Chadwick, Growth Innovators |
| Ellen Corenswet, Covington & Burling LLP | Christian Cortis, ATV Capital |
| Jacqueline Crespo, Cassidy & Associates | Kathleen DeRose, Golden Seeds |
| Ann Dewitt, Flagship Ventures | Mike Diem, SR One |
| Ted Driscoll, Claremont Creek Ventures | Teresa Esser, Capital Midwest Fund |
| Bill Fair, Ajax Ventures | Joan Fallon, Curemark, LLC |
| Pete Farner, TGap Ventures | Lauren Flanagan, Phenomenelle Angels |
| Barbara Fox, Avaxia Biologics | Sara Frankel, Consultant |
| Jennifer Friel Goldstein, Pfizer Venture Investments | Ann Gaddy, Life Science Angels |
| Gary Gamerman, Seraphim Life Sciences | Jan Garfinkle, Arboretum Ventures |
| Annette Gilchrist, Midwestern University | Stephanie Grossman, Digital & Media Executive |
| Elma, Hawkins, Biotechnology Consultant | Diana Hoffman, Hoffman Management Consulting |
| Karen Hong, ProQuest Investments | Mary Howard, Design Technologies, LLC |
| Nigel Howard, Covington & Burling LLP | Kef Kasdin, Battelle Ventures |
| Stephen Kraus, Bessemer Venture Partners | Reid Leonard, Merck & Co., Inc. |
| Roberta Lee, Manoa Medical, Inc. | Donna Lencki, Geneia |
| Ellen Lubman, Bristol-Meyers Squibb | Carol Marino, Syngenta Venture Capital |
| Deborah Mash, Ibogen, Inc. | Patricia Meisner, AdhereTx Corporation |
| Dan Meyer, Point Judith Capital | Jessica Milner, Covington & Burling |
| Arikha Moses, The Vertical Group | Catherine Mulligan, William Gallagher Associates |
| Carol Nacy, Sequella, Inc. | Mike O’Donnell, Wilson Sonsini |
| Anjali Oberoi, NewSeed Advisors | Jill Osur, Blend Tech Solutions |
| Catherine Oyler, Johnson & Johnson | Nancy Parenteau, Parenteau BioConsultants, LLC |
| Ann Partlow, Earthrise Capital | Amy Ravi, ExtendMed |
| Ingrid Rechtinv, Covington & Burling | Karen Spilizewski, RiverVest Venture Partners |
| LeAnne Tourtellotte, Illinois Technology Association | Liat Tsoref, Slender Medical Ltd. |
| Mary Wallace Jaensch, Semprae Laboratories | Sue Washer, Applied Genetic Technologies |
| Yael Weiss, Merck & Co., Inc. | Patti White, Medical Technology |
| Gervaise Wilhelm, Closys Corporation | Donna Williams, Ceres Venture Fund |
| Alex Zisson, Thomas, McNerney & Partners | Diane Zuckerman, Evidence-Based Solutions |
CoachingCommittee
| Milena Adamian, Easton Capital | Jack Ahrens, TGAP Ventures |
| Jahanara Ali, NYC Investment Fund | Rajni Aneja, ZuChem |
| Elizabeth Bailey, Commons Capital | Leslie Bane, National Semiconductor |
| Susan Berland, Consultant | Carlos Berland, Grant Thornton LLP |
| Anne Marie Biernacki, AdhereTx Corporation | Kevin Bitterman, Polaris Ventures |
| Rachel Braun Scherl, Semprae Laboratories | A.G. Breitenstein, Humedica |
| Corinne Bright, ONSET Ventures | Candice Brown Elliot, Nouvoyance Inc. |
| Mike Bunker, Early Stage Partners | Kerry Burke, Covington & Burling LLP |
| Chris Byrd, Wilson Sonsini | Amanda Cashin, Alexandria Real Estate Equities |
| Maria Casini, Guard Dog Brand Development | Vita Cassese, Exigen Capital |
| Maxine Champion | Terry Chase Hazell, Texas State University |
| Manny Cho, Aon | Amy Chu, Tiger Advisors LLC |
| Martha Connolly, Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute | Ellen Corenswet, Covington & Burling LLP |
| Christian Cortis, ATU Capital | Suzanne Cross, Johnson & Johnson |
| Cynthia Curtis, CA Technologies | Bruce Deming, Covington & Burling LLP |
| Camille DeSantis, Guard Dog Brand Development | Ann Dewitt, Flagship Ventures |
| Brendan Doherty, CA Technologies | Ted Driscoll, LSA Member, Claremont Creek |
| Suzette Dutch, Triathlon Medical Ventures | Teresa Esser, Capital Midwest Fund II |
| Lauren Flanagan, Phenomenelle Angels | Carmen Fonda, Venable LLP |
| Barbara Fox, Avaxia Biologics | Jennifer Friel Goldstein, Pfizer Venture Investments |
| Andrew Friendly, ATV Capital | Oren Fuerst, Tevel Angels |
| Angela Garcia-Lopez, Grant Thornton LLP | Megan Gates, Mintz Levin |
| Judy Giordon, NCIIA | Julie Goonewardene, Purdue Research Foundation |
| Robert Gottlieb, RMG Associates LLC | Karin Gregory, Furman Gregory Deptula |
| Colleen Grimm, William Gallagher Associates | Liz Groover |
| David Guin, Withers Bergman | Cal Hackeman, Grant Thornton LLP |
| Jessica Hall Harrington, Broadview Ventures | Elma Hawkins, Consultant |
| Sarah Hoagland, Covington & Burling LLP | Diana Hoffman |
| Karen Hong, ProQuest Investments | Mary Howard, Design Technologies LLC |
| Nigel Howard, Covington & Burling LLP | Dave Hsu, Consultant |
| Eva Jack, MedImmune Ventures | Sven Jacobson, Carrot Capital |
| Christine Janis, Grant Thornton LLP | Elaine Jones, Pfizer Inc. |
| Veronica Jordon | Tanya Kanigan |
| Kef Kasdin, Battelle Ventures | Dr. Hollis Kleinert, KSC Life Science Advisors |
| Stephan Kraus, Bessemer Venture Partners | Roberta Lee, Manoa Medical |
| Donna Lencki, Geneia | Ron Lennox, CHL Medical Partners |
| Emily Leonard, Covington & Burling LLP | Reid Leonard, Merck & Co., Inc. |
| Scott Levy, Grant Thornton LLP | Emily Levy, Synergy Partners |
| David Lewandoski, Grant Thornton | Debra Liebert, Domain Associates |
| Ellen Lubman, Bristol-Meyers Squibb | Joan Lyman |
| Michael Lytton, Biogen Idec | Rob Mashal, Alinea Pharmaceuticals |
| Andrea McCormick | Chris Meda, Arxis Biotechnologies |
| Kevin Mendelsohn, Jumpstart, Inc. | Dan Meyer |
| Jessica Milner, Covington & Burling LLP | Pat Morand, Southwest Michigan First |
| Todd Morrill, Bio-Rad Laboratories | Toby Moskovits, Heritage Equity Partners |
| Catherine Mulligan | Michael Murdoch, Aon |
| Nalini Murdter | Carol Nichols, vcfo |
| Dana Ono, VIMAC Ventures LLC | Jill Osur, Blend Tech Solutions |
| Cat Oyler, Johnson & Johnson | William Paiva, Seven Rosin Funds |
| Ann Partlow, Earthrise Capital | John Perchorowicz, Triage Masters LLC |
| Amy Ravi, Extend Med | Lisa Richardson |
| Carey Roberts, Covington & Burling LLP | Paul Rogers, Covington & Burling LLP |
| Susan Rohrer, Merck & Co., Inc. | Lisa Russell, Grant Thornton |
| Mira Sahney | Ginette Serrero, A & G Pharmaceutical |
| Christy Shaffer, Inspipre Pharmaceuticals | Stefanie Shelley |
| Emily Sheridan, Alexandria Real Estate Equities | Scarlet Shore, Alexandria Real Estate Equities |
| Lauren Silverman, Novartis Venture Capital | JC Simabana, SVB Capital |
| Brenda Simensky, Withers Bergman | Karen Spilizewski, RiverVest Venture Partners |
| Richard Stuebi, Early Stage Partners | Alison Taunton Rigby, RiboNovix Inc. |
| Lee Tiedrich, Covington & Burling, LLP | Alison Tjosvold, Grant Thornton LLP |
| Amy Toro, Covington & Burling LLP | Effie Toshav, Wilson Sonsini |
| Alexis Traynor Kaplan | Liat Tsoref, Slender Medical |
| Misti Ushio, Harris & Harris Group Inc | Geeta Vemuri, Quaker BioVentures |
| Becky Voorheis | Catherine Vorwald, Wexford Science & Technology |
| Joan Vrtis, Kemeta | Mary Wallace Jaensch, Semprae Laboratories |
| Yael Weiss, Merck & Co Inc | Patti White |
| Amy Wildstein, Boldcap Ventures | Donna Williamson, Ceres Venture Fund |
| Jeff Wu, Covington & Burling LLP | Alex Zisson, Thomas McNerny & Partners |
| Diane Zuckerman, Evidence-Based Solutions |








