Leadership

Board of Directors of the BayBio Institute:

  • Nola Masterson, Science Futures. Chairwoman
  • Jeff Peterson, Target Discovery. Vice Chairman
  • Frederick J. Dorey, Esq., Cooley Godward. Secretary
  • Derek Dowsett, CPA, Moss-Adams. Treasurer

  • Michael Alvarez, Stanford University
  • Steve Bengston, Price Waterhouse Coopers
  • Warren Browner, California Pacific Medical Center
  • Andrea Cohen, Esq., Morrison & Foerster
  • Douglas Crawford, QB3 – The California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences
  • Helyn Dahle, Cell Genesys
  • Sergio Garcia, ReedSmith
  • Moira Gunn, PhD, BioTech Nation
  • Jerry Iwata, Comerica Bank
  • Elaine Johnson, Bio Link
  • Robert Lee Kilpatrick, Technology Vision Group
  • Steve Sawyer, Woodruff Sawyer Insurance
  • Nandini Tandon, Lumira Capital
  • Anna Williamson, PhD, Genentech

Staff of the BayBio Institute:

  • President: Matthew M. Gardner
  • Program Manager Entrepreneurship: Jessica Knowles


  • Directors emeritus
    • Ronald E. Cape, Ph.D.
      Co-Founder, Cetus Corp. and Biotech Investor
    • Brian C. Cunningham, Esq.
      Chief Executive Officer, Dao-Gen, Inc.
    • Stephen Dahms, Ph.D.
      President and Chief Executive Officer, Mann Foundation, and Former Director, California State Universities Program for Education & Research in Biotechnology (CSUPERB)
    • Corey Goodman
      Renovis.
    • Victoria Hale
      Institute for OneWorld Health.
    • Paul Heiden, Ph.D.
      Former Senior Vice President of Bayer Biologicals, Bayer HealthCare Division
    • Regis Kelly
      QB3 – The California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences.
    • Jennie Mather
      Raven Biotechnologies.
    • Edward Penhoet, Ph.D.
      Co-Founder, Chiron Corporation and President, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
    • Glen Y. Sato
      Partner, Cooley Godward and Former Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Protein Design Labs, Inc.
    • Jane Shaw
      Former CEO, Aerogen Corporation and Former CEO, ALZA Corporation
    • Brad Vale, Ph.D., DVM
      Vice President, Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation