Amie Borgstrom - Administrative and Inter-School Relations Chair

Prior to the GSB, Amie spent 6 years at DePuy Spine, a Johnson & Johnson company, as a Senior Product Development Engineer and Project Leader where she launched several novel implant systems for the treatment of patients with back injuries and received the J&J Standards of Leadership Award.  Amie completed a summer internship in Strategic Marketing at Abbott Vascular and a GMIX in Business Development at MicroPort Medical in Shanghai. Amie is an aspiring entrepreneur in the medical device field and has filed more than 25 patents.  She received her B.S.E. in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania and her M.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University.

Joy Goor - Organization and Special Events Chair

Joy worked for 5 years at Medtronic, Heart Valves as a Manufacturing Engineer where she focused on process improvements and product transfer from Development to Manufacturing.  Last summer, she worked at PRTM, a management consulting firm focusing on Operations, and worked on two projects – one at a small medical device company and the second at a large high tech company.  After graduation, she will return to PRTM, in their Life Science group.

Reshma Karipineni - CFO and Corporate Relations Chair

Prior to coming to the GSB, Reshma worked for 3 years at a hedge fund as a biotech analyst and 1 year as a biotech equity research analyst at a botique biotech-focused bank. She did her summer internship at Gilead, where she worked in Corporate Development to analyze early-stage biotechnologies for potential licensing or acquisition. Following graduation, Reshma plans to pursue a biotech startup or to work in venture capital.

Jeffrey Landau - Alumni Relations, Membership, and Entrepreneurship Chair

From 2000-2003 Jeff worked in Eli Lilly’s Neuroscience Specialty Field Sales Division and also participated in several strategic and tactical marketing campaigns for Lilly’s top selling product, Zyprexa. From 2003-2006 Jeff worked for Jazz Pharmaceuticals developing Jazz’s New Jersey and New York sales territories while also contributing to Xyrem’s sNDA marketing team.  He interned this past summer at Genentech in the Managed Care Organization where he developed a joint  tactical and strategic plan for the Managed Care Marketing, Account Management, and Medical Liason teams.  He has a BS Biochemistry/Biotechnology from Virginia Tech and is currently exploring biopharma entrepreneurial opportunities after the GSB.

Rose Roll - Communications Chair

Rose graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. in Biology.  She then spent 3 years as a consultant at McKinsey & Co in the San Francisco and London offices.  At McKinsey, Rose focused on the healthcare industry, serving pharmaceutical companies, biotechs, and hospitals on a variety of projects, including the launch of a new cardiovascular drug and an in-licensing due diligence.  This past summer Rose interned in Genentech’s Contract Strategy group.  After graduation, Rose will be returning to McKinsey's healthcare practice.

Heather McCullough - Student Relations
and Social Chair

Heather received her B.A. in Molecular and Cell Biology with a minor in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley.  She began her career as a scientist in Professor Michael Eisen’s lab at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory studying how differences in gene expression contribute to phenotypic variation using microarrays.  Heather is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Genetics with Professor Patrick Brown.  She is conducting research to develop a novel technique to study eukaryotic translation regulation.

Jerome Ku