Our Engagement Committee are representatives from the different membership categories. They aim to be engaged in and supportive of the member experience. Through their efforts, BioKansas is able to host a number of exciting events throughout the year that serve as connection points for the bioscience ecosystem.
Chair
Justin Welch, DVM
Executive Director, Livestock Technical Services
Merck Animal Health
Jeff Bennet
Director, Central Region
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
Nathan Dormer
Director, Drug Product Development
Adare Pharmaceuticals USA
Michelle Gangel
Senior Archatect and Laboratory Planner
CRB Consulting Engineers
Tom Klug
Managing Director, Healthcare/Life Sciences Practices
Marsh and McLennan Agency, LLC
Lynn Lobe
Director of Human Resources
Vytelle
Alan Mattox
Director of Lab Operations | Technical Supervisor
LifeTech Diagnostics
Amy Noon
Senior Associate Consultant
Latham Biopharm Group
Lindsay Ott
Assistant Teaching Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Wichita State University
Anoja Perera
Director, Sequencing and Discovery Genomics
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Cara Ridenour
Associate Partner
Clarkston Consulting
Judy Schnurr
Director, Nutrition Innovation
Hill’s Pet Nutrition
Erin Scholz
Human Resource Talent Acquisition Professional
Labconco
Chris Staus
Senior Project Manager
CRB Consulting Engineers
CRO Symposium
Katy Hining
Project Engineer
Arcadis DPS Group
CRO Symposium
Jody Schrandt
COO
CritiTech Particle Engineering Solutions
Golf Scramble Chair
Jeff Bennet
Director, Central Region
McCarthy Builders, INC
Golf Scramble
Clay Stafford
Director of Business Development – Midwest Region
GBA
Golf Scramble
Julie Still
Business Development Coordinator
CRB
Innovation Festival Chair
Cara Ridenhour
Partner
Clarkston Consulting
Innovation Festival
Tamy Felts-Tady
Process Utilities Engineer, Associate
CRB
Innovation Festival
Zachary Fischer
Assistant Teaching Professor
UMKC
Innovation Festival
Melissa Inman
Principle Scientist and Biosafety Officer
Merck Animal Health (Intervet Inc.)
Innovation Festival
Dave Koncak
Vice-President
Compli LLC
Innovation Festival
David Miller
Director of Project Development
Crawford Architects
Innovation Festival
Adam Naber
Senior Project Manager – Construction Group Lead
CRB
Innovation Festival
Dennis Ossie Perez-Lopez
Graduate Student
University of Missouri, Columbia
Innovation Festival
Katja Owens-Glassman
Corporate Recruiter
Clarkston Consulting
Innovation Festival
Erin Page
Talent Brand Manager
KCAS Bioanalytical & Biomarker Services
Innovation Festival
Sharad Richart
Specialist, Quality
Catalent
Innovation Festival
Anand (Vidyanand) Sasidharan
Postdoctoral Scientist
Stowers Institute
Innovation Festival
Sahil Sethi
Graduate Researcher
University of Nebraska
Innovation Festival
Jim Starcev
Program Manager – Solutions Lab
KC Digital Drive
Innovation Festival
Scot Stubenhofer
Vice President Catalyst Flex
Catalyst Clinical Research
Innovation Festival
Gerald Wyckoff
Professor and Chair
UMKC School of Pharmacy
Innovation Festival
Casey Johnson
Retired