Our Leadership

Andrew McDonald, Ph.D
Founding Partner
Andrew McDonald is Founding Partner and CEO of LifeSci Partners, where he leads the firm’s overall business strategy. Prior to founding LifeSci...

Michael Rice
Founding Partner
Michael Rice has experience in portfolio management, corporate management, investment banking and capital markets. Prior to co-founding LifeSci Advisors...
Our Team
Relationship Managers
Ashley R. Robinson
Managing Director
United States
Ashley R. Robinson has over 20 years of experience in institutional equity finance, with...
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Bob Yedid
Managing Director
United States
Bob Yedid has 30 years of healthcare experience as a buy-side analyst, portfolio manager,...
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Bruce Mackle
Managing Director
United States
Bruce Mackle brings nearly 25 years of healthcare-dedicated experience in the financial industry on...
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Chris Calabrese
Managing Director
Chris Calabrese has over 20+ years in institutional equity sales, with a focus in...
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Charles Padala
Managing Director
United States
Chuck Padala brings over 25 years of Institutional Equity Sales, Trading and ECM experience...
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Corey Davis
Managing Director
United States
Prior to joining LifeSci Advisors as a Managing Director and Relationship Manager in 2019,...
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Dan Ferry
Managing Director
United States
Dan Ferry joins LifeSci Advisors from Guggenheim Securities, where he specialized in connecting healthcare...
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Guillaume van Renterghem
Managing Director
Europe
Guillaume has more than 15 years’ experience in life sciences and finance. He worked...
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Hans Vitzthum
Managing Director
Prior to joining LifeSci Partners in 2014, Hans Vitzthum gained more than 25 years’...
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Irina Koffler
Managing Director
United States
Irina Koffler has been working as a relationship manager and in corporate communications with...
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Joyce Allaire
Managing Director
United States
Joyce Allaire has more than 25 years of healthcare IR and capital markets experience....
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Kevin Gardner
Managing Director
Kevin Gardner brings over 22 years of experience in Institutional Equity Sales covering numerous...
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Ligia Vela-Reid
Associate Director
Europe
Ligia is an Associate Director at LifeSci Advisors, she advises European biotechnology companies on...
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Mary-Ann Chang
Managing Director
Europe
Mary-Ann has over 20 years experience in Life Sciences across both investment and corporate...
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Moran Meir Beres
Managing Director, Head of Israel
Israel
Moran brings over 20 years of Investor Relations experience, having worked with Israel’s largest...
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Monique Kosse
Managing Director
United States
Monique brings to LifeSci over 20 years of Wall Street experience. Her expertise includes...
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Steve Halper
Managing Director
Before joining LifeSci Advisors, Steven Halper was a sell side research analyst for more...
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Sandya von der Weid
Associate Director
Europe
Sandya has over 10 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, working...
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Tom Shumaker
Managing Director
United States
Tom Shumaker has nearly 20 years of experience across multiple areas of the capital...
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Tim McCarthy
Managing Director
United States
Tim McCarthy brings over 21 years of investment experience across all healthcare sectors and...
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Corporate Communications
Brendan Payne
Managing Director
Canada
Brendan Payne has over 20 years’ experience in roles ranging from bench research, business...
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Brian Ritchie
Managing Director
United States
Brian Ritchie has over 20 years of healthcare investor relations and communications experience. He...
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Christopher Chu
Director, Corporate Communications
United States
Christopher Chu brings over 20 years of experience providing comprehensive investor relations programming and...
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David R. Holmes
Director, Corporate Communications
United States
David brings over a decade of investor communications and corporate finance experience acrossmultiple healthcare...
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Dory Kurowski
Director, Investor Communications
United States
Dory A. (Lombardo) Kurowski has over 15 years of experience conducting corporate and investor...
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Garth M Russell
Managing Director, Corporate Communications
United States
Garth Russell has approximately 20 years of healthcare IR and corporate communications experience. He...
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Glenn Garmont
Managing Director, Investor Relations Corporate Communications
United States
Glenn Garmont brings to LifeSci more than two decades of experience, not only in...
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Jessica Lafferty
Creative Director
United States
Jess Lafferty, the Creative Director at LifeSci Advisors leads our in-house design team and...
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John Fraunces
Director, Corporate Communications
United States
John P. Fraunces, Jr., has over 20 years of investment experience within the health...
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Joost Bakker
Managing Director, Content Visualization
Europe
Joost is an expert in content visualization. He has over 20 years of experience...
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John Hodgson
Managing Director, Communication
Europe
John’s career as a life sciences aficionado spans journal editing, book writing, business planning,...
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Mari Purpura
Director, Corporate Communications
United States
Mari presents a strong science background, corporate communications expertise and industry knowledge. Prior tojoining...
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Michael Wood
Managing Director
United States
Michael Wood has 20 years experience advising the biotechnology and life science industries, having...
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Paul Arndt, MBA
Managing Director, Corporate Communications
United States
Paul Arndt is an investor relations and corporate communications executive with nearly 30 years...
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Richard Jones
Managing Director, Financial Communications Europe
Europe
Richard is an experienced broadcast journalist and media professional. He spent several years as...
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Sam Cage
Managing Director, Financial Communications
Europe
Sam has 20 years of experience as a journalist and corporate communications professional. As...
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Thomas Johnson
Director, Corporate Communications
United States
Tom Johnson is seasoned professional with 20 years of experience managing internal and external...
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Thomas Galassi
Managing Director, Investor Communications
United States
Thomas Galassi is a Managing Director of Investor Communications at LifeSci Advisors. He has...
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Vicki Campbell
Creative Director
United States
Vicki Campbell, the Creative Director of LifeSci Advisors brings over 20 years of biomedical...
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Associate Relationship Managers
Anna Dubrovsky-Gaupp
Associate Relationship Manager
Europe
Anna has a strong scientific background and professional experience in venture capital investments. Prior...
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Andrew G Eriksen
Associate Relationship Manager
United States
Andrew Eriksen is an Associate Relationship Manager at LifeSci Advisors, LLC. Prior to joining...
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Ashley M. Sierchio
Associate Relationship Manager
United States
Ashley Sierchio is an Associate Relationship Manager at LifeSci Advisors. Prior to joining the...
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Alexandra Schuman
Associate Relationship Manager
United States
Alexandra Schuman is an Associate Relationship Manager at LifeSci Partners. Prior to joining LifeSci, she...
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Andrew Frost
Associate Relationship Manager
Europe
Andrew has close to 10 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. In...
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Jack McAleese
Associate Relationship Manager
United States
Jack McAleese is an Associate Relationship Manager in LifeSci’s New York office. Prior to...
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Megan Grant
Associate Relationship Manager
United States
Prior to joining LifeSci, Megan worked as an associate consultant for a boutique consultancy focused...
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Özhan Özkaya
Associate Relationship Manager
Europe
Özhan has an extensive background in biomedical sciences, evolutionary biology, and sociomicrobiology with a...
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PJ Kelleher
Associate Relationship Manager
United States
PJ Kelleher is an Associate Relationship Manager in LifeSci’s Boston office. Prior to joining...
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Sophie Vitzthum von Eckstaedt
Associate Relationship Manager
United States
Sophie Vitzthum is an Associate Relationship Manager working in the Investor Relations department of...
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Troy Williams
Associate Relationship Manger
United States
Troy is an Associate Relationship Manager working on the Investor Relations team at LifeSci...
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Tracy Sebastian
Associate Relationship Manager
United States
Tracy Sebastian is an Associate in LifeSci’s New York office. Prior to joining LifeSci,...
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Business Development
Zoe Curtis
Associate
Europe
Zoe is part of the global business development team for LifeSci Advisors. Prior to...
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Abigail Healy
Associate Director, Business Development
Abigail Healy supports business development and client onboarding activities for LifeSci Advisors. She is...
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Dean Schwartz
Business Development Associate
United States
Dean Schwartz is an Associate at LifeSci Advisors in New York. He holds a...
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Georgia Attwood
Managing Director, Business Development
Georgia leads business development strategy for LifeSci Advisors. Georgia has been working in the...
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Mike Moyer
Managing Director
United States
Mike Moyer spent 18 years on Wall Street in institutional sales at Leerink, Summer...
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Corporate Access
Aida Trabucco
Managing Director, Corporate Access
Europe
Aida has over 20 years experience in corporate access, managing roadshows in the UK...
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Angela Sodano Xenakis
Vice President, Corporate Access
United States
Angela brings more than 15 years of experience in Corporate Access. She began her...
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Alex Starr
High Net Worth Non-Deal Roadshow Lead
United States
Alex Starr is a Non-Deal Roadshow Lead for the High New Worth division. Joined...
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Anne Chofflet
Managing Director, Corporate Access
Europe
Anne has over 20 years’ experience in institutional equity sales. She started her career...
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Casey DeBaecke
Managing Director, Corporate Access
United States
Casey DeBaecke has more than 25 years of experience in Institutional Equity Sales. She...
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Christopher Nardo
Managing Director
United States
Chris Nardo specializes in working with private companies, primarily offering strategic advice to venture...
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Eric J. Ribner
Managing Director, Relationship Manager, Head of High Net Worth
United States
Eric Ribner is a Managing Director and Relationship Manager of LifeSci’s Non-Deal Roadshow (NDR)...
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Frank Gaul
Managing Director, Corporate Access
United States
Mr. Gaul has 25 years of experience in equity sales, including 14 years in...
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Floriane Meyer
Managing Director, Corporate Access Europe – Wealth Manager, Family Office and HNW
Europe
Over the past 20 years Floriane has developed close working relationships with a broad...
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Joanne Odeogberin
Managing Director, Corporate Access Europe – Cordination and Logistics
Europe
Joanne has over 20 years’ experience on the sellside having previously worked at CIBC...
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Joseph S. Ranieri
Managing Director, Corporate Access
United States
John Mullaly
Managing Director
United States
John Mullaly has more than 20 years of experience in institutional equity sales. He...
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Matthew R Kelly
Managing Director
United States
Matt Kelly has 20 years of experience in Institutional Equity Sales. Most recently he...
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Michael P. Mills
Associate, Corporate Access
United States
Michael Mills is an Associate for LifeSci’s Non-Deal Roadshow (NDR) Business. Prior to joining...
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Niki Dilger
Advisory Managing Director, Head of Corporate Access Europe
Europe
Niki has over 20 years’ experience in the industry starting out at Cowen in...
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Norma Bowdren
Managing Director, Corporate Access
Europe
Norma has over 20 years’ experience in institutional equity sales and has been heavily...
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Patrick Mikus
Managing Director, Non-Deal Roadshows
United States
Patrick Mikus has 20+ years of experience in Institutional Equity Sales, including more than...
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Richard Goldsbrough
Managing Director, Corporate Access Europe – Wealth Manager, Family Office and HNW
Europe
Richard started his career as a healthcare specialist salesperson for HSBC in 1997. He...
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Ryan P Gaitan
Managing Director
United States
Ryan Gaitan graduated from Quinnipiac University with a B.Sc. in Finance and a Master...
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Shiran Shvinkelstein
Director, Israel Corporate Access and Investor Relations
Israel
Shiran brings over 8 years of experience in the financial industry. She is a...
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Tom Rorke
Managing Director
United States
Finance
Alex Hudak
Controller
United States
Dennis M. Quinn
Chief Financial Officer / Chief Operating Officer
United States
Oengus Ramsay
CFO, Europe
Europe
Oengus has over 25 years’ experience in Finance and Administration. He started his career...
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Ryan J Romaine
Staff Accountant
United States
Operations
Marketing Strategies & Development
Senior Leadership
KOL Strategy & Management
Neil Canavan
Managing Director, KOL Network
United States
Neil Canavan is a veteran science journalist with over 20 years of experience who...
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Pauline Gad
Associate
United States
Pauline Gad is a KOL Strategy and Management Associate on the KOL Events Team,...
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Sara Parigian
Vice President
United States
Sara Parigian works closely with LifeSci’s clients and research team to plan, organize, and...
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Tara Sobierajski
Events Coordinator
United States
Tara Sobierajski is an Events Coordinator on the KOL Events Team, where she works...
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