Advisory Boards
Our advisory boards unite Arizona leaders who offer insight, guidance, and support to strengthen our interdisciplinary mission.
By helping align resources and foster collaboration, they play a vital role in advancing bioscience discovery and improving health at the BIO5 Institute and the University of Arizona.
External Advisory Board
Allison Bakovic, PhD
Vice President, Business Development - Biosciences, Greater Phoenix Economic Council
BIO5 External Advisory Board
Francis Brown
Retired, Pharmaceutical/Biotech Industry
BIO5 External Advisory Board
Heather Carter, EdD
CEO of Health Choice Arizona and Medicaid Segment General Manager
BIO5 External Advisory Board
Gilbert Davidson, MPA
Town Manager, Town of Prescott Valley, Arizona
BIO5 External Advisory Board
Brian Ellerman, MLS IP/Health Law, MS MIS
Executive Director, XLR8 Phoenix Bioscience Core
BIO5 External Advisory Board
Thomas W. Keating
President and CEO, Loma Catalina Company
Emeritus BIO5 External Advisory Board
Kristen Swingle, MS
President and Chief Operating Officer, Critical Path Institute
BIO5 External Advisory Board
Marie Wesselhoft
President and Co-founder, MSDx
BIO5 External Advisory Board
Amanda Wiggins
President and CEO, Marana Chamber of Commerce
BIO5 External Advisory Board
Deans Advisory Board
Michael M.I. Abecassis, MD, MBA
Inaugural Humberto and Czarina Lopez Endowed Dean, College of Medicine – Tucson
Professor, Surgery
Brian Erstad, MCCM, FCCP, FASHP
Interim Dean, R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy
Professor, Pharmacy Practice and Science
Carmala Garzione, PhD
Dean, College of Science
Professor, Geosciences
David W. Hahn, PhD
Craig M. Berge Dean, College of Engineering
Professor and Eminent Scholar, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Michael E. Staten, PhD
Interim Dean, College of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences/Cooperative Extension
Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics
Fredric Edward Wondisford, MD, MS, MBA
Dean, College of Medicine – Phoenix
Professor, Internal Medicine