Building Tomorrow’s BioHealth Workforce:
A Career Counselor Symposium
11:00- 11:30 AM Registration
11:00- 1:00 PM Lunch
11:30- 11:45 AM Opening Remarks: The BioHealth Workforce and MABRC
Dr. David Rivers, Loyola University Maryland
Dr. Michael Tangrea, Director of Clinical Research,
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
11:50- 12:50 PM Keynote Address: Growing Bioscience in the BioHealth Capital Region:
Workforce Projections in Bioscience Industries
Secretary Kelly M. Schulz,
Maryland Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation
12:55- 1:40 PM How to prepare your students for the Bioscience Workforce
Dr. Joseph Sanchez, AstraZeneca
Dr. Christopher Thompson, Loyola University Maryland
BREAK – 15 minutes
1:55- 2:00 Vision for Department of Commerce in Bioscience Workforce
Development in the BioHealth Capital Region
Bret Schreiber, Sr. Director
Office of BioHealth and Life Sciences, Maryland Department of Commerce
2:05- 2:45 PM Finding an Internship in Industry
Chris Frew, Breezio and InMD
Dr. Jim Dickinson, Loyola University Maryland
Jen Mish, Maryland Tech Council and InMD
Sharon Markley, Department of Commerce
2:55- 4:00 PM Where do your students fit into the BioHealth Capital Region?
Mike Waddington, Medimmune
Dr. Ken Tucker, Leidos
Dr. Rossio Kersey, KamTek
Ken Malone, BioHealth Innovation
Dr. Megan Meyer, International Food Information Council
Rana DellaRocco, Baltimore City Police Forensic Unit
Cynthia Esposito, ADM
4:00- 6:00 PM BioBuzz: Meet and Greet with industry representatives
MedImmune, Leidos, Vigilant, SciPhD, ISPE, KamTek, Maryland Tech Connection,
American University, Frederick Community College, BCPD Forensic Unit, MABRC,
and many more