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About

Leadership

The PICC’s leadership is comprised of business executives representing regional corporations, technology companies, investment businesses, professional firms, and academic institutions. 

Officers

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
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President

Tiffany S. McKever, MS MBA, Founder and CEO, Consensus Healthcare Consultants

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Vice Presidents

Ellen Weber, Executive Director, Robin Hood Ventures, and Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Diamond Ventures

Steven Hess, Sr., MS Dr. Sc. Director, Emerging Brands Research and Development, The Hershey Company

David Baker, President and CEO, Vallon Pharmaceuticals

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Treasurer

Stephen A. Doneson, CPA, Senior Audit Manager, Eisner Amper

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Immediate Past President

Mike Krupit, Founder & Lead Coach, Trajectify LLC

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Past President

Matthew I. Fingerman, ChFC®, CFP®, Vice President, Senior Wealth Manager, BNY Mellon

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Executive Director
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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J. Todd Abrams, Ph.D., Senior Director, New Ventures and Business Development at Temple University


Cynthia (Crickett) Blauch, Category Manager, Ethnic Kosher, The GIANT Company


Shouvanik Chatterjee, Global Head of Corporate Development and M&A, Indegene


John J. Churchill, Business Strategist, WSFS Bank


Lori Gavrin, PhD, Chief Business and Strategy Officer, NeuExcell Therapeutics

Immanuel John K., Partner, Baker Tilly, LLP


Shintaro Kaido, Vice Provost for Innovation and Executive Director, Drexel Applied Innovation, Drexel University

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Eric B. Kmiec, Ph.D., Director, Gene Editing Program Senior Research Scientist, Center forTranslational, Helen F. Graham Cancer Center and Research Institute, Christiana Care Health System

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Matthew Levitsky, Partner-Estate, Trust, Tax and Business Planning at Fox Rothschild LLP


Viviane Martin, PhD, CLP, Director of Licensing, Perelman School of Medicine, Penn Center for Innovation, University of Pennsylvania


Jill Matthews, Director of Marketing Innovation and Strategy, BIMBO Bakeries USA


Rene Rothstein-Rubin, MD, FACP, Founder, Rittenhouse Hematology Oncology, and Associate Professor of Medicine, College of Medicine, Clinical Oncology and Hematology, Drexel University


Matthew Taylor, Partner, Permit Capital Advisors, LLC

PAST PRESIDENTS
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Mike Krupit, Founder & Lead Coach, Trajectify LLC

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Matthew I. Fingerman, ChFC®, CFP®, Vice President, Senior Wealth Manager, BNY Mellon

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Neil A. Cooper, Esq., Executive Partner, Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld LLC

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David J. Allon, MBA, Managing Representative, Woodbury Financials


Richard A. Bendit, Esq., Senior Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC


Beth Cohen, Esq., Director, Mid-Atlantic Diamond Ventures


H. Marc Tepper, Esq., Philadelphia Office Head, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney P.C.


David Gitlin, Esq., Partner, Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld LLC


Benjamin Strauss, Esq., Partner, Pepper Hamilton LLP


Howard Joffe, Esq., Executive Communications Counsel, Best Evidence, Inc. 

ADVISORY BOARD
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David Briel, Deputy Secretary, Office of International Business Development at Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development


Ari D. Brooks, MD, Director of the Integrated Breast Center, Pennsylvania Hospital; Director, Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery and Professor of Clinical Surgery, University of Pennsylvania


Rabbi Gary Charlestein, Chairman, Premier Dental Products Co.


Omer Dekel, Head of Innovation Lab, Ontario Systems


David Fahey, Principal, Managing Director, Avison Young


Brett Goldman, Vice President Public Policy and Government Affairs, GenCanna


Marcel L. Groen, Esq., Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP


Matt Handel, CEO, ExpressCells


Merom Klein, PhD, Principal, Courage Growth Partners


Brian Levy, Open Innovation (Advanced Materials and Process Technologies), W. L. Gore & Associates


Nili Lesnik, CEO, Leading the Business


JeanMarie Markham, CEO, Clinlogix


Gwen Melincoff, Managing Director, Gemini Advisors LLC


Sarah Plimpton Liebowitz, CEO, US Region, Sustainable Botanicals International


Rivka Riven Kreitman, PhD, Senior Partner, KRDable Consulting


Kenny J. Simansky, PhD, Vice Dean for Research, Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology, Drexel University College of Medicine


Joel F. Smith, President & CEO, J.F. Smith & Associates


Karina Sotnik, Founder/CEO, WorldUpstart


Heather Steinman, Ph.D., MBA, Vice President, Business Development & Executive Director, Technology Transfer, The Wistar Institute


Jordan Warshafsky, Partner, Ashton Tweed LTD.

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