RI Bio

Growing Our Life Sciences Economy

About

Life Sciences Industry Leadership

Founded in 2013, RI Bio is southeastern New England’s life sciences industry group. We are dedicated to galvanizing collaboration and growth among life sciences companies, hospitals, universities, sources of capital and governmental partners. We convene, catalyze and advise. With the support of our partners, we work to secure resources to support the life sciences community and provide our members with exclusive access to regional/industry news, events, materials and supplies, workspaces, growth partners, training, and more. Join our community today

Staff

Carol Malysz

Carol Malysz

Executive Director
carolmalysz@ri-bio.org
401-400-5499

Board of Directors

Guy Asadorian

Guy Asadorian

Senior Vice President and Private Client Advisor, Bank of America
guy.asadorian@bofa.com
Brian Butler

Brian Butler

Vice President of Business Development, The Allied Group
bbutler@thealliedgrp.com
Michael Elliott

Michael Elliott

Vice President of Immunology Scientific Innovation, Johnson & Johnson Innovation
mjh33e@gmail.com
Margaret Farrell

Margaret Farrell

Partner, Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP
mfarrell@hinckleyallen.com
Michael Katz

Michael Katz

Associate Vice President for Intellectual Property and Economic Development, URI
mekatz@uri.edu
Dom Messerli

Dom Messerli

President and CEO, Lenoss Medical, LLC
dom.messerli@lenoss.com
Patrice Milos

Patrice Milos

Co-Founder, President & CEO, Medley Genomics
patrice@medleygenomics.com

Board of Directors Emeriti

David Goldsmith

David Goldsmith

Board of Directors, Chair Emeritius, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Abacus Health Products
david@abacushp.com
Aidan Petrie

Aidan Petrie

Managing Partner, NEMIC
apetrie@nemicenter.com

History

  • 2013 — Launch of MedMates
  • 2014–2015 — Workshop series for startups with over 600 attendees. “For the Love of Entrepreneurship” event at RISD to support the emergence of RI health-tech startup companies. Over 150 attending, 20 startup presentations to a panel of 5 experts and panel discussion with experienced investors on how to raise capital.
  • 2016 — Launched Health & Wellness Business Accelerator Program in partnership with the Social Enterprise Greenhouse (SEG)
  • 2017 — Held first Life Sciences EXPO with over 300 attending
  • 2017 — Collaborated with SEG on their Health & Wellness Accelerator Program
  • 2017 — Launched our partnership with the New England Medical Innovation Center (NEMIC) 
  • 2018 — Held second Life Sciences EXPO with over 350 attending, and launched new MedMates brand!
  • 2018 — Held open house, with 100 in attendance, at our new co-working office in the Innovation District
  • 2018 — Awarded Real Jobs RI grant to provide Leadership Development Training to RI Life Sciences organizations
  • 2019 — Relaunched and rebranded MedMates to become RI Bio, the official state affiliate for the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)

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