LIBMI mentors are carefully selected based on their expertise in business formation and operations, and for their skills as advisors as well as their desire and ability to give back. Mentors’ careers represent a wide range of experience, such as founders, CEOs, chief technical officers, or executives of companies. These mentors bring a wealth of entrepreneurial experience and contacts across a broad range of industries and markets.
Mentors
Stephanie Alwais, MS, MBA
Application Engineer, Qosina
Linda E. Amper, PhD
President, Linda E Amper, LLC
Gian Luca Araldi, PhD
Founder and Principal, US Pharma Services; Former Sr. Director, Forest Laboratories
Debbie Bailey, MS, MBA
Principal, DEB Consulting; Former Head, Investor Relations, Applied DNA Science, Inc.
Heather Bielski-Lawler
Innovation Project Manager, DUKAL Corporation
Kara Cannon
Chief Executive Officer, Enzo Biochem
Richard Catalano
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, CVD Equipment Corporation
Adrian Charbin, PhD
Executive Director, Solid Tumor Strategy, Novartis
Veronica DeFelice, MS
Bioengineer, Antibody Product Discovery
Anil Dhundale, PhD
Former Executive Director, Long Island High Tech Incubator (LIHTI), & Former Director Clean Energy Business Incubator Program (CEBIP) (Retired)
Raymond E. Farrell
Senior Partner & Co-founder, Carter, DeLuca, Farrell & Schmidt LLP LIMBI Entrepreneur Liaison
Dan Gold
President & Global Head R&D Search Practice, Fairway Consulting Group
John D. Haley, PhD
Associate Professor of Research, Department of Pathology, Director, Developmental Therapeutics, Cancer Center and Director, Proteomics Center, Stony Brook University
Alphonso Higuera, PhD
Principal Product Steward, Novartis
Mike Horan, MBA
Senior Director Global Quality, Zebra Technologies
Wyane Koff, PhD
President and CEO, Human Vaccines Project
Sam Kongsamut, MS, PhD
Co-founder, VP Research & Development, BryoLogyx
Kevin Lenane
Former CEO and Founder, Veenome
Jana Oberman, MPH, RAC
Founder, The Oberman Group
Stephen Parent, PhD
Founder & VP of Business Strategy & Development, Kathera Bioscience, Inc.
Jeff Peacock, MS
VP Global Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs, Henry Schein
Patti Peeples, RPh, PhD
Board Member - Global Pricing Innovations Inc.President, The Peeples Collaborative - Connecting Evidence and PeopleRetired Founder and CEO, HealthEconomics.Com - a Scientist.com company
Carl Pergola
Strategic Advisor and Investor; President of Migara Ventures, LLC; Member, New York Angels; Retired BDO Partner and Former Executive Director of BDO Consulting
Juliana Rogin, MS
Former director of R&D, business, and operations, Mentice Inc.
Annie Rohan, PhD
Dean of the Henry P. Becton School Nursing and Allied Health, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Stacey Sikes, MA
Vice President of Government Affairs and Communications, Long Island Association
Saied Tousi, PhD
Managing Director, NW Advisors LIBMI Mentor Liaison
Bob Williams, MS
President, IV Matters
Daniel B. Yarosh, PhD
Independent Advisor; Board of Directors, Aceto Corp.
Peter Young, MBA
Venture Partner, Pappas Capital
Su Zhang, PharmD, MBA
VP, Global Head of Business Development. Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
Leonard F. Zinnanti
Operations and Management Consultant for Local Government in Suffolk County, NY