Leadership

Executive Director, Biopharma Alliance Management, Clinical Research Group, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Karnel Walker brings over 23 years of sales, marketing, and business leadership experience providing laboratory product solutions and outsourced drug manufacturing & development services to biopharmaceutical & life sciences customers. For the past nine years, Karnel has contributed to the success of multiple Thermo Fisher Scientific business groups, including Thermo Scientific Analytical Instruments, Patheon Pharmaceutical Services, and currently serves as an executive director in global alliance management for PPD’s clinical research services. Prior to joining Thermo Fisher Scientific, Karnel led a North American regional sales team for PerkinElmer’s analytical instruments division.

Karnel received the 2018 CEO Involvement Award for his leadership in STEM diversity & inclusion and currently serves as a strategic advisory board member for Thermo Fisher’s African Heritage Business Resource Group (AHBRG). Karnel holds a B.S. in Chemistry from George Mason University, is a member of the American Chemical Society, and serves on the scientific advisory board for two STEM secondary schools located in New Jersey and North Carolina.

President, Fox Valve Development Corp.

Larry, along with Dr. Paul Winslow, is one of the Co-Founders of Students 2 Science. A Princeton graduate in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Larry is President of Fox Valve Development Corp., a high technology engineering and manufacturing firm. His technical expertise and fine business sense have enabled him to diversify his company’s customer base from primarily aerospace to include broader industrial markets such as food, chemicals, paper, power, and plastics.

Larry has been committed to and active in science education for 40 years. He spent a year as a science teacher in Caracas, Venezuela, and is a frequent guest teacher in the New Jersey public schools. His lectures in various high school calculus and physics classes show students how the math they are learning has real-world applications, such as in theoretical aerodynamics.

Larry has served as a Trustee for the New Jersey Conservation Foundation (2000-2008; 2011-2013) and was appointed to the Small Business Advisory Committee under Timothy Geithner at the New York Federal Reserve Bank (2007-2009).

Vice President, Finance – Cencora Business Services, Cencora

Donovan Hawse has over 25 years of experience in finance, business consulting, audit, accounting, and industry experience in the life sciences, financial services, and industrial products. He joined Cencora in 2023 as Vice President of Finance – Cencora Business Services. Prior to Cencora, he was with AmerisourceBergen where he held progressively senior leadership roles in their audit group. Before AmerisourceBergen, Donovan spent seven years in management roles at PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Global Risk Management Practice.

Donovan brings with him extensive expertise in financial and accounting methodologies, business process optimization, IT assurance, data analytics, enterprise risk management, and leadership development.

Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP

Paul is a trusted advisor to senior executives providing guidance on value enhancing strategic matters to some of the Firm’s largest clients. With more than 30 years of experience, including Big 4 audit and advisory services, in addition to private equity, and Fortune 100 VP level roles , Paul helps to lead the Firm’s continuous evolution of how it works, and how it views marketplace challenges to deliver measurable, sustainable results to clients and communities.

Paul currently serves as Advisory’s National Financial Services Sustainability leader, helping banking and capital markets companies navigate environmental, social and governance issues, including brand and regulatory matters.

Prior to his current role, Paul led the Firm’s National Integration, Divestiture & SEC Readiness Services, helping clients strategize and execute on critical finance transformation initiatives, including advising some of the Firm’s largest clients; guiding them through complex multi-billion dollar mergers, divestitures, and IPO’s. Paul also previously served as Deloitte’s global Brand Operations Services Managing Partner, providing brand and reputational risk solutions to industry leading clients in 125 countries around the world.

Paul is a licensed CPA in New Jersey and New York and is a graduate of Bucknell University where he received a bachelor’s degree in accounting.

Executive Director, Human Resources, Quest Diagnostics

Ebony David has spent her entire career in the Human Resources Function in multiple organizations and industries. Ebony’s experiences are primarily in HR Business Partnership, Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, and most recently, Inclusion & Diversity.

As the Executive Director of Human Resources at Quest Diagnostics, Ebony is a strategic business partner to the SVP of Clinical Franchises & Marketing and the SVP of Commercial. Her focus is to translate the business strategy and organizational needs into an achievable HR strategy. That HR strategy includes focusing on organizational capabilities, talent management, building a performance culture, and driving operational excellence while having a little bit of fun. Ebony has also been named the Head of Inclusion & Diversity for Quest Diagnostics.

Prior to joining Quest Diagnostics, Ebony was Vice President of Human Resources at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Her earlier roles included Director of Human Resources for Terminal & Refining and Director of Talent Acquisition for Hess Corporation. She began her career in Human Resources in the retail sector with 800Flowers.com, Avis Rent a Car, and Saks Fifth Avenue. Ebony has her Bachelor of Business Administration from Hofstra University.

Executive Director, Human Resources, WW Commercialization, Bristol Myers Squibb

Sasha is a highly experienced human resources leader with over 20 years of multi-disciplinary and cross-industry experience in human resource management. She currently serves as the Executive Director of Human Resources, WW Commercialization at Bristol Myers Squibb, where she focuses on maximizing business performance and fostering cooperation across the enterprise through an aligned people strategy.

Earlier in her career, she held leadership roles in human resources at Mondelēz International, Avon Products, Inc, and Canon U.S.A, Inc. Sasha earned a Master of Science in HR and Labor Relations and a Master of Art in Political Science from the City University of New York, Baruch College, and a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from St. John’s University.

Chief Executive Officer, Bluepoint Wind

John serves as Chief Executive Officer of Bluepoint Wind, an organization based in Newark that is developing an offshore wind project 53 miles off the coast of New Jersey. In his role, John oversees all aspects of the development of the project on behalf of its sponsors, Ocean Winds and Global Infrastructure Partners. John came to Bluepoint Wind after spending 5 years at PSEG, where he led the development of PSEG’s offshore wind transmission initiatives. Prior to PSEG, John spent 8 years at Exelon where he held a number of positions in the power and renewable development groups.

John received his undergraduate degree from Loyola University in Maryland and an MBA from NYU Stern. John lives in Chatham, NJ with his wife and three children.

Executive Director, Compliance, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Iliana Garcia was born and raised in Mexico City. She moved to the United States in 2010. Iliana is currently an Executive Director of JPMorgan Chase in the Compliance area. In her role she is responsible for the development and execution of the Compliance program for several areas, including Card Services, Product & Digital and Connected Commerce. Prior to joining JPMorgan Chase, Iliana worked at American Express for over 13 years in Mexico and the United States where se held several roles in the General Counsel’s Office and Global Compliance & Ethics Departments.

Iliana holds a law degree from Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City and an LL.M degree in Banking, Corporate and Finance Law from Fordham University, Law School in New York.

Iliana firmly believes that education is the key to success and an effective way to mitigate economic and social disparities. As the mother of two young children, she is passionate about the enrichment of children’s minds through high quality learning experiences and opportunities. Iliana’s daughter, Sophia and her enthusiasm for math and science, inspired Iliana to join the Board of Students 2 Science, which will allow Iliana to contribute to the organization’s goal of leveling the education gap in the United States by bringing STEM education to economically disadvantaged students.

Senior Vice President for Wellness, Diversity, and Equity, University Hospital in Newark, NJ

Dr. Greene is a distinguished healthcare leader currently serving as Senior Vice President for Wellness, Diversity, and Equity at University Hospital in Newark, NJ. With expertise spanning health care administration, Emergency, Ambulatory Care, Oncology, and Home Care, she is deeply committed to advancing individual and community health outcomes.

Her leadership extends to human experience, population health, diversity, equity, and inclusion, demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of healthcare dynamics. Dr. Greene’s commitment to service is exemplified by her past roles as President of the Concerned Black Nurses of Newark and President of the New Jersey State Nurses Association Region 3.

Currently, Dr. Greene continues to make an impact as an appointed Commissioner for the Newark Mary Mahoney Health Center FQHC, a Board member of the YMCA of Newark and Vicinity, and as Secretary for the Chi Eta Phi Nursing Sorority, Incorporated. Her dedication to healthcare extends globally, providing nursing and consulting services in Kenya, Peru, and Jamaica WI.

Driven by values of love, compassion, justice, and reverence for life, Dr. Greene advocates for empowerment through education, embodying a commitment to healing and community well-being.

Associate Vice President PDMB Regulated BA, Merck

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Senior Vice President—IT Finance, Sourcing and Portfolio Management, Cencora Corporation

Probi brings a wealth of experience in health care, supporting diverse functions that include R&D, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, In-Licensing, Capital Planning, and Strategic Planning. In addition, he brings significant leadership skills in achieving complex business objectives in matrixed, global, and multicultural organizations.

Most recently, he served as Vice President & Global Head of R&D Finance for Allergan. Prior to Allergan, he was with Daiichi Sankyo, where he led the worldwide financial management of global R&D operations. Previously, Probi was with Merck, where he had financial responsibility for Merck R&D Partnerships, Joint Ventures, and Emerging Markets. He also held roles of increasing responsibility in various finance functions at Schering-Plough, including Head of R&D Finance from 2004-2009.

Probi received a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology and an MBA from Boston University, where he graduated with high honors and was nominated to Beta Gamma Sigma.

“Probi has been an avid supporter of S2S and a mentor of its students since 2012. He brings a passion for promoting STEM education, which he believes is foundational for sustained value creation and prosperity in our society.”

Chief Operating Officer, Fair360

Shane Nelson currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer at Fair360. In this role, he leads the organization’s efforts to connect the bridge between strategic business and diversity, equity and inclusion, and create and facilitate talent management, business intelligence and thought leadership to yield impact.

Prior to Fair360, Shane was the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Business Partner for Sanofi. He collaborated with the company’s business units and functions in strategizing across all things diversity, equity and inclusion as well as worked with Global teams, Talent, HR, Learning & Development, CSR and Corporate Affairs on embedding DE&I in different processes and initiatives across the business.

Prior to Sanofi, he was a Principal at Culture@Work, a division of Seramount (formerly known as Working Mother Media). He worked with global companies to design culture change and engagement strategies that maximized D&I efforts. In this role, Shane conducted culture assessments and inclusion diagnostics that mapped workplace challenges and delivered tailored client solutions. He designed and moderated employee listening sessions (virtual focus groups), hearing nearly 7,000 across-industry perspectives on organizational culture, inclusion, engagement, workplace bias, talent management, leader effectiveness and team dynamics.

Prior to Culture@Work, Shane spent 14 years at DiversityInc, holding numerous positions, including debriefing senior executives on their DiversityInc Top 50 survey results, and offering best practices and recommendations on next steps. Shane oversaw the content strategy for the DiversityInc Top 50 event, the company’s flagship event, and was the editor of DiversityInc Best Practices website, which offered articles, research, videos and webinars across the full spectrum of D&I management.

Shane is a board member of Imagine, A Center for Coping with Loss. Imagine is a grief support center for children, young adults and families dealing with the death or life-altering illness of a parent, sibling or child. The organization provides free peer grief support year-round for as long as is needed.

Shane holds a BA in Political Science and Government, and an Executive MBA from Rutgers University.

Sr. Director, NA Channel Management, Laboratory Products Division, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Stan is a passionate professional who has a heart to serve others and especially those who are less fortunate. He is the Sr. Director, NA Channel Management at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Special expertise include launching new business efforts, building and leading top-performing teams, and driving the penetration of new markets. Stan is an educated product of a Historically Black College and University, St. Paul’s College and spends meaningful hours mentoring youth of all ethnicities through his fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi.

Stan has been an active and committed member of Thermo Fisher Scientific’s diversity and inclusion strategies since its inception. He serves as Strategic Advisor of the African Heritage Employee Resource Group and has been instrumental in supporting a number of meaningful STEM related programs and none better than S2S. He has assisted with donations to S2S Technology Centers in East Hanover and Newark. Stan has been an active participant in S2S programs and is excited about the opportunity to assist S2S with meeting all of its strategic plans and objectives in the near future.

Chairman & CEO of Viscot Medical LLC

Gary Pieringer, Chairman & CEO of Viscot Medical LLC graduated from The United States Military Academy at West Point and achieved an MBA from the Harvard Business School. He has also achieved patents in Medical Devices.

Viscot Medical has become a leading global manufacturer of surgical skin markers, medication labels, and patient safety products, offering the widest variety of surgical marker tips and sizes. Surgeons around the world use surgical markers to clearly mark the surgical site prior to surgery to prevent “Wrong Site Surgery,” and Viscot Medical’s efforts limit a leading cause of medical malpractice losses and preventable patient pain and suffering.

Executive Director, Product Strategy, Malignant Hematology/US General Management, Novartis

Charlotte A. Rocker is a life sciences professional with extensive experience in clinical, consulting, start-up, and industry settings. She is currently the Executive Director of US Market Access BD&L and Portfolio Strategy and the Executive Director of Product Strategy Lead, US Mature Brands at Novartis. Prior to her current role, she was the Executive Director of Health Systems Access & Engagement of US Managed Markets at Novartis. Before joining Novartis, she held leadership roles in Huron Consulting Group, LifeLabs Learning, and Flatiron Health.
She earned a Master of Science in Health Sciences and Technology from Harvard University, an MBA in Biomedical Enterprise Program from MIT Sloan School of Management, and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Brown University.