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:
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Rosemarie
Christopher, Med Exec International
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John Clapham, Pharmaceutical Services Corporation
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Sharon C. Dalmage, Special
Projects Director, JDIF, NOCCCD School of Continuing Education
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David
Dyer, Ph.D., Director, PABS-PSM Degree Program
CSU PABS Consortium
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Robert Hall,
Director of Training, Advanced Bionics Corp.
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Kimberly Hlaing,
LA City Workforce Investment Board
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Kristin Houser,
Ph.D., College of the Canyon
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Marty
Ikkanda, Director
Amgen Bruce Wallace Biotechnology Lab Program, Pierce College
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Wendie Johnston,
Ph.D., LA/Oramge County Biotechnology Center & Pasadena
City College
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Jill Kastner,
MannKind
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Bruce
Kimble, McDermot & Bull
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Uriel
Malyankar, MannKind Corp.
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Alan Muchlinski,
Cal State Los Angeles
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Diane M. Palumbo,
MannKind Corp
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Frances Richmond,
Ph.D., Regulatory Science Masters Program at USC
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Rogelio
Rodriguez, UCI
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Debora Roland,
Osmetech Molecular Diagnostics
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Sandra Sharp,
Ph.D., Cal State Los Angeles
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Kent A. Smith, Coastal Marine Biolabs
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Christine Swinburne, MannKind
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Jeff Thompson,
Ph.D., Cal State San Bernardino
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