Most biotechnology companies are young companies developing their first products and depend on investor capital for survival. According to BioWorld, biotechnology attracted more than $24.8 billion in financing in 2007 and raised more than $100 billion in the five-year span of 2003-2007.
Local Partner Contact Information
Below are contact details for the various Local BioGENEius Challenge partners:
Delaware
Laura Crozier
Delaware Biotechnology Institute
Grants and Communications Specialist
15 Innovation Way
Newark, DE 19711
crozier@dbi.udel.edu
(302) 831-3424
Florida
Tara Garavelli
BioFlorida
525 Okeechobee Blvd.
Suite 1500
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
(561) 653-3839
tgaravelli@bioflorida.com
http://www.bioflorida.com
Georgia
Cinda Herndon-King
Georgia Bio
119 Euclid Ave, NE
Atlanta, GA 30307
cinda.king@gabio.org
(678) 634-5329
Maria Thacker
Georgia Bio
119 Euclid Ave, NE
Atlanta, GA 30307
Maria.Thacker@gabio.org
(404) 920-2042
Kansas
Angela Kreps
President & CEO
KansasBio
8527 Bluejacket Street
Lenexa, KS 66214
akreps@kansasbio.org
(913) 495-4334
Pennsylvania
Patrick Young
Harrisburg University
Admissions Academic Program Coordinator
pyoung@harrisburgu.edu
http://www.HarrisburgU.edu/
(717) 901-5121
San Francisco, CA (Bay Area)
Lori Lindburg
lori@baybio.org
BayBio Institute
Director
400 Oyster Point Blvd., Suite 221 South
San Francisco, CA 94080
(650) 871-7101 x 208
Texas
Amy Kapadia
akapadia@thehealthmuseum.org
The Health Museum
Program Manager
1515 Hermann Drive
Houston, TX 77004
(713) 3521-1515
Virginia
Mark Herzog
mherzog@vabio.org
Virginia Biotechnology Association
Executive Director
800 East Leigh Street,
Suite 14
Richmond, VA 23219
(804) 643-6360




