Who We Are

BioAlberta is the central voice and organizing hub for the life sciences industry in Alberta. Meet the team behind it all. 

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The BioAlberta Team

Robb Stoddard

President & CEO

Amanda Stadel

Industry Development Manager

Tamara Wheeler

Marketing & Events Coordinator

Christy Fehr

Office Manager

Board of Directors

Co-Chairs

Jaspreet Grewal

CEO and Co-Founder
AxialBridge

Sameeh Salama

Chief Scientific Officer
Fedora Pharmaceuticals Inc & Brass Dome Ventures Ltd.

Treasurer

Keith Driver

Partner
Propel Ventures Inc.

Secretary

Svetlana Sapelnikova

Business Development
Metware Biotechnology Inc.

Directors

Brent Korte

Founder & Health Policy Consultant
Korte Consulting

Daria Horbay

Manager, Access and Government Relations
Pfizer Canada

Darryl Lesiuk

VP Corporate Development
SmileSonica

Jaspreet Grewal

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
AxailBridge

Judyanna Yu

Founder & Managing Partner
One Six 8 Ventures

Laura Fitzgerald

Government Affairs and Policy
Moderna

Michael Debolt

Director of Government & Stakeholder Engagement
Alberta Blue Cross

Michael Sharp

Counsel, Patent Agent + Trademark Agent
Field Law

Rhiannon Adams

Partner, Patent Agent, Trademark Agent, Co-Leader – Intellectual Property & Innovation Group
Parlee McLaws

Ron Mills

CEO
Northernmost

Sasha Musij

Growth Solutions Director,
Export Development Canada

Tara Cowling

President
Medlior Health Outcomes Research

Committees

Committees help BioAlberta ensure that members drive the issues, programming, and initiatives. They play a direct role in developing solutions for the challenges our life sciences community faces.

Member companies’ employees lead the committees as volunteer chairs.