External Advisory Council
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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

Tom Denison
Observer, Founder, CEO & Chief Relationship Officer, SmartHealth Catalyzer

Lisa Dziekan, MA
VP Business Development, World Business Chicago

David Giljohann, PhD
Co-Founder, Exicure Inc

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, MedTech Cohort, mHUB Accelerator Program

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