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Board of Directors
Guy Asadorian
Senior Vice President and Private Client Advisor, Bank of America
Michael Katz
Associate Vice President for Intellectual Property and Economic Development, URI
Board of Directors Emeriti
David Goldsmith
Board of Directors, Chair Emeritius, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Abacus Health Products
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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