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Alumni Spotlight

Featuring some of our distinguished alumni. Read stories on how miLEAD helped shape the career of our former members.

Kaylee Steen

Program Manager for a Brain Cancer Initiative

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Mitch Fernandez

Scientific Project Manager at Genedata, Inc

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Former Board Members

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Dana Beseiso

Former Roles: President (April 2025 - October 2025), Vice President of Operations (October 2024 - April 2025), Co-Director of Human Resources (April 2024 - October 2024)

Alexandria (Alexi) Chabez

Former Roles: Vice President of Operations (April 2025 - October 2025), Director of Marketing and Director of Web Services (October 2024 - April 2025)

Avinash Subramanian

Former Role: Director of Finance (October 2024 - October 2025)

Mahnoor Gondal

Former Role: Director of Professional Development (April 2025 - October 2025)

Lavinia Unverdorben

Former Role: Co-Director of Human Resources (April 2025 - October 2025)

Megan Dykstra

Former Role: Director of Membership (October 2024 - April 2025)

Livia Stanger

Former Role: Co-Director of Human Resources (October 2024 - April 2025)

Frankie Czesak

Former Role: Co-Director of Human Resources (October 2024 - April 2025)

Ziad Sabry

Former Role: President (October 2024-April 2025), VP of Operations and Client Services (April 2024-October 2024), Co-Director of Human Resources ( October 2023-April 2024)

Lwar Naing

Former Roles: Vice President of Client Services (October 2024- April 2025), Director of Marketing (April 2024- October 2024)

Vinodh Balendran

Former Roles: President (April 2024 - October 2024), Vice President of Client Services (October 2023 - April 2024), Director of Professional Development (April 2023 - October 2023)

Emily Ellinger

Former Role: Director of Human Resources (May 2024 - October 2024)

Sophia Meyer

Former Role: Director of Web Services (October 2023 - October 2024)

Bailey Garb

Former Roles: Vice President of Operations (April 2024 - October 2024), Director of Human Resources (April 2023 - April 2024)

Atticus McCoy

Former Roles: Director of Membership (April 2024 - October 2024), Director of Human Resources (April 2024 - May 2024)

Ignacio Blanco Varela

Former Role: Director of Finance (October 2023 - October 2024)

Shannon Miller

Former Roles: Director of Human Resources (April 2024 - May 2024), President (October 2023 - April 2024), Vice President of Client Services (April 2023 - October 2023), Director of Membership (April 2022 - April 2023)

Steph Steltzer

Former Roles: Director of Membership (August 2023 - April 2024)

Garrett Chavis

Former Roles: Director of Professional Development (October 2023 - April 2024)

Kurt Harris

Former Roles: Director of Marketing (October 2023 - April 2024)

Mitre Athaiya

Former Roles: Vice President of Operations (October 2023 - April 2024), Director of Web Services (December 2022 - October 2023)

Anne Weitzel

Former Roles: President (April 2023 - October 2023), Vice President of Operations (October 2022 - April 2023), Director of Finance (April 2022 - October 2022)

Lloyd Ruiz

Former Roles: Director of Marketing (October 2022 - April 2023)

Steve Guzman

Former Roles: Vice President of Operations (April 2023 - October 2023), Director of Marketing (October 2022 - April 2023)

Jose Colina

Former Roles: Director of Finance (October 2022 - October 2023)

Francisco Sanchez-Conde

Former Roles: Director of Human Resources (May 2022 - October 2023)

Natalia Harris

Former Roles: Director of Membership (October 2022 - April 2023)

M. Sydney Smith

Former Roles: President (October 2022 - April 2023), Vice President (April 2022 - October 2022), Director of Finance (October 2021 - April 2022)

Current Position: Life Science Specialist - L.E.K Consulting

Christina Lee

Former Roles: Vice President (October 2022 - April 2023), Director of Marketing (April 2022 - Oct 2022)

Current Position: Senior Scientist - Zoetis

Yexin Yang

Former Roles: Director of Professional Development (Oct 2022 - Apr 2023)

Current Position: Life Sciences Research Fellow - Innovation Partnerships UM

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Brittany Rodriguez

Former Role: President, 2019; Vice President, 2018-2019; Director of Finance, 2017-2018

Current Position: Practice Manager - Bain & Company

Callie Swanepoel

Former Role: Director of Finance, 2018-2019

Mitch Fernandez

Former Role: Director of Human Resources, Director of Web Services, 2018-2019

Current Position: Scientific Project Manager at Genedata

Dr. Steve Romanelli

Former Roles: President (2019), Director of Web Services (2018)

Current Position: Senior Consultant at Trinity Life Sciences

Dr. Desiree Garcia-Torres

Former Role: Director of Public Relations, 2018-2019

Current Position: Consultant at ZoomRx

Dr. Vinayak Gokhale

Former Role: Director of Administration, 2018-2019

Current Position: Senior Consultant at Lifescience Dynamics

Dr. Kelly Kennaley

Former Role: President, 2018

Current Position: Project Manager for Strategic Research Initiatives

Dr. Alyssa Kruger

Former Role: Co-Director of HR, 2018

Current Position: Scientist II at Foundation Medicine

Dr. Paloma Garcia

Former Role: President, 2017 - 2018

Current Position: Pharma Field Application Scientist for Nanostring Technologies

Dr. Stephanie Spohn

Former Role: Director of HR, 2017-2018

Current Position: Staff Scientist at Bio-Rad

Dr. Patrick Long

Former Role: Director of Finance, 2016 - 2017

Current Position: Data Scientist Manager at IQVIA

Dr. Joseph Furgal

Former Role: Director of Web Development, 2016 - 2017

Current Position: Assistant Professor at Bowling Green University

Dr. Matthew Beyersdorf

Former Role: Director of Public Relations, 2015 - 2017

Current Position: Patent Agent at Wolf Greenfield & Sack

Dr. Bonnie Liu

Former Role: Co-Director of HR, 2016 - 2017

Current Position: Specialist, Radiation Oncology at U of M

Charles Lu

Former Role: President, 2017

Current Position: MD/PhD Candidate, Neural Engineering

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Dr. Margery Gardner

Former Role: Co-Director of HR, 2016 - 2017

Current Position: Career and Professional Development Coordinator at U of M School of Medicine

Dr. John Corthell

Former Role: President, 2016 - 2017

Current Position: Senior Industry Relations Manager, Group Lead at U-M Innovation Partnerships

Dr. Michael Lang

Former Role: President, 2015 - 2016

Current Position: Associate Director, HCP Marketing, Neurology at Sanofi Genzyme

Dr. Ariell Joiner

Former Role: Director of Finance, 2015 - 2016

Current Position: Regulatory Affairs Manager at J&J Medical Devices

Dr. Cordelia Ziraldo

Former Role: Vice President, 2015 - 2016

Current Position: Senior Technical Product Manager at Illumina

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