New vice-chair, 4 more join board of Arizona BioIndustry Association

A vice-chair and four new directors have been elected to serve on the board of Arizona BioIndustry Association (ABA), the 200-member arm of the national Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO). Dee Riddell Harris, former COO of Carmichael & Company LLC and current ABA board member, has been named vice-chair. Judy Stupeck, Steve Kiefer, Christine McAuliffe, and Brad Halvorsen will begin terms on the ABA board this year, as well.

"We've added a huge depth of talent, creativity, and energy to the board in electing Dee as well as these great candidates," ABA Chairman Jon McGarity said in a press release.

Harris, executive director of Arizona Angels investment group, has served on ABA's board and capital formation committee for seven years. He helped directed the first Arizona Angels Investment Conference in December 2004, and the Venture Capital Conference that preceded it. He was also the president of Arizona Business Leadership Association and a former securities director at the Arizona Corporation Commission.

Judy Stupeck is Regional Marketing Manager for the Phoenix office of Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP. Christine Meis McAuliffe is a Registered Patent Attorney with Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, PLC. Steve Kiefer is Projects Manager for the Center for Workforce Development, Maricopa Community Colleges. Brad Halvorsen is Assistant Vice President for Communications and Public Affairs at the Flinn Foundation.

Halvorsen and Stupeck joined ABA board member Jeanine Jerkovic to serve as volunteer co-chairs of the 2005 Arizona Bio Expo in March.

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