Advisors

Senior Advisors:

Val Blanchette, M.B.A., M.Sc

Lesley A. Bremner Bell, M.Sc., M.B.A.

Karen Deyerle, Ph.D.

Senior Advisors:

Val Blanchette has over twenty-five years experience working with and investing in emerging medical technology companies. She was part of the management team for Health Advantage Ventures Fund 1, and sole manager for Health Advantage Ventures Fund 11, health care venture capital funds owned by a group of hospitals and took management roles in several startup companies. Ms. Blanchette has consulted to Fortune 500 companies, early stage companies and health care institutions.

Lesley Bremner Bell has extensive experience in Web based health care companies. Most recently she was Director of the Product Management Group for WebMD responsible for WebMD's distribution, e-commerce and payer partnerships, including Microsoft, Excite, Lycos, CVS/Pharmacy and Humana.

Karen Deyerle has nine years of technology transfer experience in addition to 14 years of experience as a research scientist at the University of Washington, Seattle. She has excellent skills in contract drafting and negotiation; technology and market analysis; marketing; patentability assessment; direction of patent prosecution; project management; personnel training and supervision. Karen holds a Ph.D in biology from the University of California-San Diego and a B.A. in biology from Wells College, New York.