{"id":1915,"date":"2018-03-08T14:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T20:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/?p=1915"},"modified":"2019-06-13T13:36:47","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T18:36:47","slug":"john-conrad-named-president-ceo-of-the-illinois-biotechnology-innovation-organization-ibio-and-the-ibio-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/john-conrad-named-president-ceo-of-the-illinois-biotechnology-innovation-organization-ibio-and-the-ibio-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"John Conrad Named President &#038; CEO of the Illinois Biotechnology Innovation Organization (iBIO) and the iBIO Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Illinois Biotechnology Innovation Organization (iBIO) today announced that John Conrad has been named President &amp; CEO of iBIO and the iBIO Institute.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3929 size-thumbnail no-display appear\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ibiobq.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/JohnConradheadshot.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ibiobq.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/JohnConradheadshot.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Having served as the Interim President and CEO of both organizations for the past six months, John will continue overseeing iBIO\u2019s policy strategy and community engagement, entrepreneurship programming and coaching, along with a number of K-12 education programs supported by the iBIO Institute. John began his career at iBIO as the second employee in March of 2003 and has played a key role in building the organization into one of the Midwest region\u2019s top life sciences associations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohn has been a driving force behind the growth of iBIO\u2019s impactful programs and the development of our member community since the beginning,\u201d said Walt Johnston, Chairman of iBIO and Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Urology and Hospital Business Unit at Astellas Pharma US, Inc. \u201cWe are pleased to secure his ongoing leadership at the helm of the organization to further establish the Midwest as a competitive destination for life sciences organizations around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During his time at iBIO, John has spearheaded a number of pivotal initiatives, tackling some of the toughest issues faced by the industry and working alongside policymakers in Springfield and D.C. to support the vital, innovative role life sciences manufacturers play in developing treatments and cures for some of the most devastating illnesses patients face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMembers of the life sciences community are hard at work discovering tomorrow\u2019s next life-saving breakthroughs,\u201d said Conrad. \u201cI am truly honored to support their efforts and shine a spotlight on their innovative work that changes lives for the better.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Illinois Biotechnology Innovation Organization (iBIO) today announced that John Conrad has been named President &amp; CEO of iBIO and the iBIO Institute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ibio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}