{"id":9911,"date":"2024-06-18T08:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/?p=9911"},"modified":"2024-06-18T08:10:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T13:10:48","slug":"illinois-biotechnology-innovation-organization-appoints-two-industry-leaders-to-board-of-directors-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/illinois-biotechnology-innovation-organization-appoints-two-industry-leaders-to-board-of-directors-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Biotechnology Innovation Organization Appoints Two Industry Leaders to Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"

iBIO<\/span> Adds Accomplished Communications <\/span>and<\/span> Manufacturing Leaders to Board of Directors<\/span><\/h2>\n

CHICAGO (<\/span>June 18,<\/span> 2024) The Illinois Biotechnology Innovation Organization (<\/span>iBIO<\/span>), the trade association representing the 91,000 jobs in Illinois’ life sciences sector, today announced the addition of Geoff Curtis and Abner Garcia-Delgado to its board of directors.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We are thrilled to welcome Geoff and Abner to the <\/span>iBIO<\/span> board,” said John Conrad, President <\/span>and<\/span> CEO of <\/span>iBIO<\/span>. “Their proven leadership and deep expertise in communications and biomanufacturing will be invaluable as we work to grow Illinois’ leadership in life sciences innovation.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Geoff Curtis is the founder of Marshall Curtis Communications and former executive vice president, corporate affairs and chief communications officer at Horizon Therapeutics. “I’m excited to join <\/span>iBIO’s<\/span> board and lend <\/span>my communications<\/span> expertise <\/span>to support the organization’s mission of driving life sciences growth in Illinois,” said Curtis.<\/span><\/p>\n

Abner Garcia-Delgado is Vice President Manufacturing <\/span>and<\/span> Site Head for CSL Behring’s Kankakee operations. “Illinois has a vibrant life sciences community, and I look forward to representing biomanufacturing on <\/span>iBIO’s<\/span> board as we collaboratively advance the state’s innovation ecosystem,” said Garcia-Delgado.<\/span><\/p>\n

The new board members join <\/span>iBIO’s<\/span> governing board comprised of leaders from Illinois’ leading life sciences industry. For the full board listing, visit<\/span> https:\/\/ibio.org\/about-us\/our-leadership\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

About <\/span>iBIO<\/span><\/p>\n

The Illinois Biotechnology Innovation Organization (<\/span>iBIO<\/span>) is a life sciences industry association that represents the 91,000 life sciences employees in Illinois. <\/span>iBIO<\/span> promotes the industry\u2019s value to the public and policymakers; connects innovators to investment and talent; stimulates collaboration and fosters the next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs to transform patient lives through groundbreaking research and works to grow the Illinois economy. To learn more about <\/span>iBIO<\/span> and its programs, visit<\/span> http:\/\/www.ibio.org<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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iBIO Adds Accomplished Communications and Manufacturing Leaders to Board of Directors CHICAGO (June 18, 2024) The Illinois Biotechnology Innovation Organization (iBIO), the trade association representing the 91,000 jobs in Illinois’ life sciences sector, today announced the addition of Geoff Curtis and Abner Garcia-Delgado to its board of directors. “We are thrilled to welcome Geoff and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":9914,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[396,262,342,89,121,122,503],"class_list":["post-9911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ibio-news","tag-biotech","tag-chicago","tag-csl-behring","tag-ibio","tag-illinois","tag-life-sciences","tag-newsbrief"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9911","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\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9911"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9913,"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9911\/revisions\/9913"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}