Keynote Panelists

Sandy Agan

SANDY AGAN is Senior HR Advisor in Human Resources for Quidel, a leading provider of rapid point of care diagnostic tests. In this role, she provides support to R & D, SPG (Specialty Products Group), Marketing, Technical Support and Customer Service. Ms. Agan has a strong background in recruitment and retention as well as employee relations. She is a graduate of San Diego State University.
 
 

Julie R. Brown

Targacept, Inc

Julia R Brown is a member of the Board of Directors of Targacept, Inc., Labopharm, Inc., and MediQuest Therapeutics, Inc. She was a member of the founding Board of Directors of Trius Therapeutics, Inc. and continued to serve until its recent Series B financing. She remains on the Trius business advisory board. She was a member of the Board of Directors of Tanox, Inc. from 2005 until its acquisition by Genentech in 2007. She served on the business advisory board of CovX Pharmaceuticals from 2004 until its acquisition by Pfizer in 2008. Julia is a member of the board of CONNECT, an organization that fosters innovation, entrepreneurship and the formation of new companies. She serves on its public policy committee. Julia is Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of the University of California, San Diego Foundation. Julia is a certified director. She is a Tech Coast Angel, a member of NACD, Corporate Director’s Forum, and Athena.

From 2000-2003, Julia was Executive Vice President of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Advisor to the CEO until 2008. Prior to joining Amylin, Julia was Executive Vice President of Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. She was with Dura from 1995-1999. Julia spent over 25 years with Eli Lilly and Company in progressively more senior roles. From 1992-1994, Julia was Vice President of IVAC Corporation and General Manager of its Vital Signs Division (a Lilly subsidiary). She was Vice President of Worldwide Marketing for Hybritech (another Lilly subsidiary), and led global marketing from1986-1992. She held a variety of positions in the pharmaceutical division, including eight years in the Company’s international division. She did basic research in antimicrobials from 1969-1973. Julia is a graduate of Louisiana Tech University where she studied microbiology and biochemistry.

 

Victoria Tucker

Victoria Tucker brings more than 25 years of experience to the table with an emphasis in developing organizations and the people within them. She has held formal senior management positions within multi-national organizations including Vice President of Strategic Planning & Sr. Director of Organization Effectiveness. She has also held the position of Executive Director of the University of California Extended Studies Institute in Leadership & Management for Science & Technology Professionals across several campuses. Victoria has been an adjunct instructor with several University of California campuses for more than 20 years. Victoria holds a B.A. in Behavioral Science & an M.A. in Organizational Management. Much of her early training & work was conducted in London, England. At present, Victoria is the Managing Director of ZeroBoundary Inc. –a service & technology firm focused on developing mass collaboration & knowledge transfer for individuals & the organizations they serve. Current endeavors include designing the BIOCollaborative website – an online community for the PSM (Professional Science Master’s Program) with BIOCOM & CSU. Additionally, her firm is hard at work launching ZB Village – a social community and knowledge hut network for organizational intranets. Most importantly, Victoria is mother & stepmother to 9 children & grandmother to 8.

 

Meredith Dow, Proven Inc.

Meredith has 10 years experience in the scientific staffing industry and most recently was responsible for opening and managing the Scientific branch for a $1 billion staffing company. She developed the branch into the company’s most successful Scientific branch for 8 of the 9 years that she was with the company. In her first year, she was recognized as Rookie of the Year and achieved Platinum performance (their top honor) for the other 8. She holds a BS degree in Zoology with an emphasis in Animal Behavior from the University of California, Davis. She has over 4 years hands-on experience in the Biotechnology industry, specifically in Immunoassay development. She is an active member of ACS, AWIS, the PDA and has been on the Board of Directors for the San Diego branch of AALAS for 7 years. She joined Proven in March 2008 to lead the development of the Scientific Practice.