Board of Directors

Executive Team

Chair
Roger Harvey, Principal, Bose Public Affairs Group and Hoosiers Work For Health – Bio

Vice-Chair
Deborah Pollack-Milgate, Partner, Barnes & Thornburg LLP – Bio

Treasurer 
Andrew Cothrel, Founder and Principal, Blue Marble Medical – Bio

Secretary
Dale Buuck, President and CEO, Whitley Co. EDC – Bio

Past President
Eric L. Marr, Founder and President, Life Science Logic

Board Members

Tony Armstrong, President and CEO, IU Ventures – Bio

Gordon Brooks, Chief Procurement Officer and CFO Biomedicines, Eli Lilly and Co.

Diana Caldwell, CEO, Amplified Sciences –  Bio

Melanie DeFord, Assistant Vice President for Research, University of Notre Dame – Bio

OPEN – Purdue University – Bio

Justin Renfrow, Contracts Director, MED Institute – Bio

Kay Townsend, Principal, BSA LifeStructures – Bio

Jeff Vallerga, Executive Director, Strategic Alliances, VWR , part of Avantor – Bio

Board Members Emeritus

IHIF would like to thank and recognize the long-standing support and contributions from our Emeritus Board Members. 

Peter T. Kissinger, Ph.D. – Co-Founder, Phlebotics, Inc, Scientific Advisor, BASi, Professor, Chemistry, Purdue University – Bio

Dan Peterson, Vice President, Industry and Government Affairs, COOK Group, Inc. – Bio

Joerg Schreiber, Ph.D. – Past President – Bio

Raul Zavaleta, Partner, Cogent Professionals – Bio