Andrea is currently Vice President and head of talent at Atlas Venture, an early-stage venture fund, focused on bringing together talented entrepreneurs with experience in science, research, clinical development, business, and finance to build breakthrough biotech companies. She oversees and executes strategy for the firm’s efforts in attracting the top people in the industry to Atlas and its companies.

Andy Levitt is a visionary founder and seasoned mission-driven entrepreneurial executive, adept at starting, scaling and selling businesses. Proven 2-time founder with back-to-back successful exits, with ability to effectively raise equity and debt capital, manage boards, investors and executive teams.

Dr. Angela Justice is an award-winning C-suite executive, Board member, executive coach, and keynote speaker dedicated to aligning strategy-to-mission and organization-to-strategy. From her early days as a McKinsey-trained management consultant to the boardrooms of biotech, healthcare, and patient advocacy groups, Angela brings a broad and informed perspective to strategy creation.

Bari is a successful entrepreneur, Board Member, C-suite business leader, marketer, educator, and author. She is Co-Founder of TROUBLE, a pro-social, experience brand focused on gender equity.

For 30 years, Bob has devoted his professional life to helping leaders create positive change, working closely with CEOs and other C-suite executives all over the world.

Brendan is Chief People Officer at Acushnet, with a mission to enrich the experience of dedicated golfers through products and services of superior performance, quality and innovation.

Carla is Vice President and Head of Talent at The Column Group. A science-driven venture capital firm that makes significant financial and operational commitments to build early stage drug discovery companies based on their unique scientific platforms and potential to deliver multiple breakthrough therapeutics.

Jackie is Executive Vice President of Human Resources leader at GFK, an IT services and IT consulting services firm. She is responsible for the strategic and operational aspects of establishing, developing and executing the global human resources function to support the overall business plan.

Jason is an experienced entrepreneur and founder of 828 Management and BioBridges. He brings over 20 years of extensive experience in representing and managing the career portfolios of clinical development professionals working with emerging and established pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies.

Jesse is a business development executive with expertise in partnership acquisition, management consulting, revenue generation, brand building and integrated marketing strategy. He has extensive experience optimizing revenue for teams, leagues, events, properties, brands and ownership groups via innovative B2B platforms and marquee partnerships.

Lisa is a seasoned global HR executive dedicated to shaping global organizations, talent strategy and inclusive cultures. She has held executive-level positions at a wide variety of enterprise-level companies.

Peter is currently serving as executive coach, interim CHRO and HR Strategic Consultant at Terra Umana. He is an HR Advisor to companies on Talent Management, Leadership and Development, Executive Compensation, ESOP, Succession Planning, Workforce Planning, Data Analytics, HR Technology, HR Transformation and Diversity & Inclusion.

Rick is Executive Vice President, People and Culture at Palmetto, a firm committed to expanding access to clean energy with novel platform solutions that empower homeowners to go solar, enable businesses to grow, and drive environmental impact at scale.

Scott is Vice President of Human Resources at AVROBIO, a firm dedicated to enable individuals with genetic disease to live longer — free from disease progression, free from painful and debilitating symptoms and free from the burden of chronic treatment regimens. He is the principal architect in developing and executing AVROBIO’s human capital strategy and operations in support of the strategic direction of the company.