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THRiVE 2026 Speakers

  • Ann Abanto
    Ann Abanto
    Senior Director, Project Management Office Virginia Operations AstraZeneca
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  • Amy Adams
    Amy Adams
    Executive Director George Mason University
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  • Shannon Anderson
    Shannon Anderson
    Senior Director of Strategic Health Initiatives; Professor of Public Health Roanoke College
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  • Sneha Atwal
    Sneha Atwal
    Vice President, Manufacturing Division VEDP
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  • Chris Bachmann
    Chris Bachmann
    Professor and Program Director, Integrated Science and Technology James Madison University
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  • Angela Biehl
    Angela Biehl
    Director, Talent Acquisition ATCC
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  • Kelley Brna
    Kelley Brna
    Vice President Merck & Co., Inc.
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  • Erin Burcham
    Erin Burcham
    CEO Roanoke Blacksburg Innovation Alliance
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  • Carrie H. Chenery
    Carrie H. Chenery
    Secretary of Commerce and Trade Office of Commerce and Trade
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  • Steve DeLuca
    Steve DeLuca
    VP, Government Relations Capital One (804)347-8119
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  • Abhishek Dhawan
    Abhishek Dhawan
    Life Science Core Market Leader DPR Construction Inc.
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  • Julie Ebert
    Julie Ebert
    Managing Director Stifel Venture Bank
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  • Cynthia Finley
    Cynthia Finley
    Director, Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Intermediary Community College Workforce Alliance
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  • Phill Graham
    Phill Graham
    Principal Pappas Capital
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  • Nikki Hastings
    Nikki Hastings
    President CvilleBioHub
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  • Megan Healy
    Megan Healy
    Chief of Talent and Workforce Strategy VEDP
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  • Andrew Krouse
    Andrew Krouse
    President and CEO Slate Bio
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  • Charles Lane
    Charles Lane
    Southeast Regional Sales Manager BWT Pharma & Biotech
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  • Regal Leftwich
    Regal Leftwich
    Principal Hanbury
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  • Kevin Leslie
    Kevin Leslie
    AVP for Innovation and Commercialization Hampton Roads Biomedical Research Consortium
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  • Mia Masten
    Mia Masten
    Healthcare Strategist | Cross-Sector Alliance Builder | Patient Access Advocate
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  • Emily McMahan
    Emily McMahan
    Co-Founder & General Partner AIN Ventures
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  • John Newby
    John Newby
    CEO Virginia Bio
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  • Jeremy Raley
    Jeremy Raley
    County Administrator Goochland County­ Economic Development
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  • Ashlyn Roberts
    Ashlyn Roberts
    VP, Government Affairs National Venture Capital Association
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  • Bret Schreiber
    Bret Schreiber
    Senior Vice President, Life Sciences and Technology Fulton Bank
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  • Nicolai Shuman
    Nicolai Shuman
    Sr. Director, Entrepreneurship & Ecosystem Development Activation Capital
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  • Brian Youngbar
    Brian Youngbar
    Project Superintendent Rosendin Electric
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