SoCalBio Workforce Development Committee

Linking Bioscience Companies with Human Talent

Workforce Development Committee Mission:

The SoCalBio Workforce Development Committee's mission is to help build a sustainable and growing workforce by strengthening linkages between the life science industries and academic & training institutions in the region composed of Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Riverside, San Bernardino counties"

Workforce Development Committee Chair:

Diane M. Palumbo
Corporate Vice President, Human Resources
MannKind Corporation
28903 North Avenue Paine
Valencia, CA   91355
661-775-5305
dpalumbo@mannkindcorp.com

Workforce Development Sub-Committees:

I.  Internships:

Chair: Kent Smith, Coastal Biomarine Labs: smith@coastalmarinebiolabs.org and David Dyer, Ph.D., CSU PABS Consortium, ddyer@exchange.fullerton.edu

Members: Alan Muchlinski; Kimberly Hlaing; Wendie Johnston; Sandra Sharp; Jill Kastner; Elizabeth Ambos; Philip Starr.

Committee Purpose: Facilitate companies' access to interns

II.  Funding:  

Chair: Jeff Thompson, Ph.D., Cal State San Bernardino; (909) 537-5315; email: jthompso@csusb.edu

Members:  Wendi Johnson; Frances Richmond; Kimberly Hlaing

Committee Purpose:  To identify ways to secure funds for life-science education enhancements and workforce training purposes.

III.  Annual SoCalBio HR Conference:  

Chair: Diane M. Palumbo, MannKind Corp.; (661) 775-5305; dpalumbo@mannkindcorp.com

Members: Frances Richmond (USC), Debora Roland (Osmetech Molecular Diagnostics), Kristin House (College of the Canyons), Christine Swinburne (MannKind), Wendie Johnston (LA/Orange County Biotechnology Center), Rogelio Rodriguez (UCI), Sharon C. Dalmage, NOCCCD School of Continuing Education, Sandra Sharp, CSU Los Angeles

Committee Purpose: To design, organize, and run the annual HR conference.  And, to increase membership on the Workforce Training/Education Committee specifically in the area of Human Resource professionals within the life-science industry.

Workforce Development Members:

  • Rosemarie Christopher, Med Exec International

  • John Clapham, Pharmaceutical Services Corporation

  • Sharon C. Dalmage, Special Projects Director, JDIF, NOCCCD School of Continuing Education

  • David Dyer, Ph.D., Director, PABS-PSM Degree Program
    CSU PABS Consortium

  • Robert Hall, Director of Training, Advanced Bionics Corp.

  • Kimberly Hlaing, LA City Workforce Investment Board

  • Kristin Houser, Ph.D., College of the Canyon

  • Marty Ikkanda, Director Amgen Bruce Wallace Biotechnology Lab Program, Pierce College

  • Wendie Johnston, Ph.D., LA/Oramge County Biotechnology Center & Pasadena City College

  • Jill Kastner, MannKind

  • Bruce Kimble, McDermot & Bull

  • Uriel Malyankar, MannKind Corp.

  • Alan Muchlinski, Cal State Los Angeles

  • Diane M. Palumbo, MannKind Corp

  • Frances Richmond, Ph.D., Regulatory Science Masters Program at USC 

  • Rogelio Rodriguez, UCI

  • Debora Roland, Osmetech Molecular Diagnostics

  • Sandra Sharp, Ph.D., Cal State Los Angeles

  • Kent A. Smith, Coastal Marine Biolabs

  • Christine Swinburne, MannKind

  • Jeff Thompson, Ph.D., Cal State San Bernardino

 

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