Greater Charlotte Advisory Committee

Thank you to the community leaders who volunteer their time to guide development of the life science sector in the Greater Charlotte region.

• John Allen, Jr., Chief Executive Officer, Bright Path Pharmaceuticals

• Cory Brouwer, Ph.D., Director, Bioinformatics Services Division and Associate Professor of Bioinformatics and Genomics, UNC Charlotte

• Bill Bullock, MBA, Sr. Vice President, Statewide Operations and Economic Development, North Carolina Biotechnology Center

• Manwell Bynum, President and CEO, Connectivity Concepts, LLC

• Corie Curtis, Executive Director, Greater Charlotte Office, North Carolina Biotechnology Center

• Gordon Hull, Ph.D., Director, Center for Professional and Applied Ethics and Associate Professor of Philosophy, UNC Charlotte

• Terry Novak, President and CEO, Salubrent Pharma Solutions

• Joseph Oliveto, MBA, President and CEO, Milestone Pharmaceuticals USA

• Mark Phillips, Vice President, Statewide Operations and Executive Director, Eastern Office, North Carolina Biotechnology Center

• Michael Ruhlen, MD, MHCM, FAAP, Director of Charlotte AHEC, Vice President of Medical Education at Atrium Health

• Carol Scherczinger, Ph.D., Dean in Science, Biotechnology, Mathematics and Information Technologies, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College

• Aaron Socha, Ph.D., Co-founder and CEO, Illium Technologies, LLC

• Mark Spitzer, MBA, Vice President, North Carolina Operations, Castle & Cooke, NC, LLC

• Chris Steadham, General Manager, Charlotte, Medical Murray

• Blake Vande Garde, JD, Patent Attorney, Erickson Kernell IP

• Leonard Williams, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University