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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Brian Ritchie
Managing Director
United States
Brian Ritchie has over 20 years of healthcare investor relations and communications experience. He...
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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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Charles Padala
Managing Director
United States
Chuck Padala brings over 25 years of Institutional Equity Sales, Trading and ECM experience...
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Chris Calabrese
Managing Director
United States
Chris Calabrese has over 20+ years in institutional equity sales, with a focus in...
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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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Irina Koffler
Managing Director
United States
Irina Koffler has been working as a relationship manager and in corporate communications with...
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Jeff Seo
Managing Director, Head of APAC Region
United States
Jeff Seo has over 20 years of Wall Street and healthcare industry experience and...
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Jeremy Feffer
Managing Director
United States
Jeremy brings more than 20 years of experience in healthcare, both as a sell-side...
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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
United States
Kevin Gardner brings over 22 years of experience in Institutional Equity Sales covering numerous...
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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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PJ Kelleher
Director
United States
PJ Kelleher is a Director in LifeSci’s Boston office. Since joining the firm in...
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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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Steve Halper
Managing Director
United States
Before joining LifeSci Advisors, Steven Halper was a sell side research analyst for more...
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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
Alexandra Folias PhD
Managing Director
United States
Alex is an experienced medical communications and strategy professional with over 15 years of...
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Chris Howerton PhD
Director, IR Communications
United States
Chris Howerton has 15 years’ experience working in the biotechnology sector, having served as...
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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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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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Gaia Vasiliver-Shamis PhD
Director, IR Communications
United States
Gaia Vasiliver-Shamis has over 14 years of experience spanning industry, start-up, academia and government. ...
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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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Joyce Lonergan
Managing Director
United States
Joyce A. Lonergan has over 30 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry from...
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Kristy Grabowski PhD
Managing Director
United States
Kristy Grabowski has over 18 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry and agency-affiliated medical...
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Lauren Marek PhD
Associate Director
United States
Lauren Marek is a creative and thoughtful science communication professional with broad expertise that...
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Lindsey Trickett
Managing Director, IR Communications
United States
Lindsey Trickett joined LifeSci Advisors in 2024, bringing 20 years of biopharma industry experience...
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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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Roxana Piotrowska PhD
Director, IR Communications
United States
Roxana has extensive communications and academic research experience in diverse areas including nanomaterials, peptides,...
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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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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
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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Brian Mullen
Associate Relationship Manager
United States
Brian Mullen an Associate Relationship Manager in LifeSci’s Advisors, LLC. Prior to joining the...
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Dean Schwartz
Associate Relationship Manager
United States
Dean Schwartz is an Associate at LifeSci Advisors in New York. He holds a...
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Ilana Koppel
Associate Relationship Manager
United States
Ilana Koppel is an Associate Relationship Manager at LifeSci Advisors. She joined the firm...
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Kate Babcock
Associate Relationship Manager
United States
Kate Babcock is an Associate Relationship Manager at LifeSci Advisors, LLC. Prior to joining...
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Katherine Barry
Associate Relationship Manager
United States
Katherine Barry is an Associate Relationship Manager at LifeSci Advisors, LLC. Prior to joining...
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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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Nick Kerrigan
Associate Relationship Manager
United States
Nick Kerrigan is an Associate Relationship Manager with LifeSci Advisors, LLC. Previously, Nick has...
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Raphael Wiesen
Associate Relationship Manager
United States
Raphael Wiesen is an Associate Relationship Managers with LifeSci Advisors, LLC. Before joining LifeSci,...
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Sam Matel
Associate Relationship Manager
United States
Sam Matel is an Associate Relationship Manager at LifeSci Advisors, LLC. Prior to joining...
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Summerlee Allen
Associate Relationship Manager
United States
Summerlee Allen is an Associate Relationship Manager at LifeSci Advisors. She originally joined the...
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Operations
Kayla Amaya
Reception, Office Assistant
United States
Aminah Sayid
Director, Human Resources
United States
Aminah Sayid is an experienced Human Resources professional with a proven track record of...
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Atonu Ali
IT Operations Help Desk Technician
United States
Atonu brings experience from various industries with a focus on troubleshooting and operation. He...
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Daniel Chang
Senior IT Analyst
United States
Joanna Chinnici
Executive Assistant
United States
Lillian Rosenthal
Head of Data & Analytics
United States
Lindsey Hohengarten
Senior Salesforce Administrator
United States
Macalasdair MacDonald
Director of Operations
United States
Patrick Marano, Jr.
General Counsel
United States
Patrick serves as the General Counsel of LifeSci Partners and its affiliates. Prior to...
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Business Development
Avi Levy
Associate, Business Development
United States
Avi Levy is a business development associate at LifeSci Advisors. He received a Bachelor...
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Carlton Z Laroe
Vice President
United States
Carl Laroe is a Vice President in LifeSci’s New York office. Prior to joining...
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Georgia Attwood
Chief Commercial Officer
Georgia leads business development strategy for LifeSci Advisors. Georgia has been working in the...
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Rob Windsor
Chief Business Officer
United States
Rob Windsor, J.D., serves as Chief Business Officer at LifeSci Partners. He has a...
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Corporate Access
Alyse Bartiromo
Vice President, Corporate Events
United States
Alyse has over 12 years of experience in corporate access, managing roadshows within the...
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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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Alex Starr
Managing Director, High Net Worth Non-Deal Roadshow
United States
Alex Starr is a Non-Deal Roadshow Lead for the High Net Worth division. Joined...
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Angela Sodano Xenakis
Managing Director, Corporate Access
United States
Angela brings more than 15 years of experience in Corporate Access. She began her...
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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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Asia Rinkova
Associate
Israel
Asia Rinkova is a Corporate Access and Investor relations Associate on LifeSci’s Israel team....
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Ben Schuman
Associate, High Net Worth Non-Deal Roadshow
United States
Ben Schuman is a Non-Deal Roadshow Lead for the High Net Worth division, introducing...
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Brian Hicks
Managing Director
United States
Brian Hicks joined LifeSci after 25+ years as sell side veteran of Wall Street. He has...
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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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Christian Kirsebom
Managing Director
United States
Christian Kirsebom has over 20 years of experience on Wall Street in corporate finance,...
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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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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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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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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
Joe has 30+ years of Capital Markets experience. He started his professional career at...
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Kylie Glisan
Managing Director, Corporate Events
United States
Kylie has over 15 years’ experience on the sellside having previously worked at Canaccord...
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Matthew Caldwell
Managing Director
United States
Mr. Caldwell has 20 years of experience in equity sales, primarily with emerging growth...
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Meirav Gomeh-Bauer
Non-Deal Roadshow, Institutional and Private Wealth
Israel
Meirav brings over 17 years of Investor Relations experience, advising local, dual, and international...
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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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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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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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Noa David
Associate
Israel
Noa David joined LifeSci in March 2020 as an intern and in January 2021...
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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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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
Yael Riklin
Associate
Israel
Yael Riklin joined LifeSci in May 2021, prior to LifeSci, Yael was on the...
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Finance
Alex Hudak
Vice President of Finance
United States
Dennis M. Quinn
Chief Financial Officer / Chief Operating Officer
United States
Kyle DelPaoli
Assistant Controller
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
Controller
United States
KOL Strategy & Management
Kiana Saghri
Manager, Business Development & Marketing
United States
Kiana Saghri, Manager of Business Development and Marketing, works with clients to strategize, market,...
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Sara Parigian
Co-Founder, Director
United States
Sara Parigian is co-founder and director at LifeSci Events, where she has established herself...
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Tara Sobierajski
Sr. Manager, Client Success
United States
Tara Sobierajski, Sr. Manager of Client Success of LifeSci Events, works with LifeSci’s clients...
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Wilson Hafner
Manager, KOL Events & Strategy
United States
Wilson Hafner is the Manager of KOL Events and Strategy on the KOL Events...
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