WARF - Key Persons


Adam Lindquist

Job Titles:
  • Intellectual Property Coordinator
  • Intellectual Property Coordinator / Department: Intellectual Property

Alex Schemm

Job Titles:
  • Applications Developer
  • Applications Developer / Department: Information Technology

Alex Shima

Job Titles:
  • Senior Manager, Accounting

Amanda Naas

Job Titles:
  • Intellectual Property Coordinator

Amber Hansen

Job Titles:
  • Human Resources Manager

Andy DeTienne - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Member of the Executive Leadership Team
  • Director of Licensing / Health Care, Research

Antonio Rauti

Job Titles:
  • Licensing Analyst

Asha S. Collins

Job Titles:
  • General Manager, BioBanks Data Analysis Platforms, DNAnexus

Beth (Werner) Fischer

Job Titles:
  • Director of IP, Life Sciences

Brian Dyck

Job Titles:
  • Director, Head of Chemistry

Brian Frushour

Job Titles:
  • Intellectual Property Manager

Chris Haugen

Job Titles:
  • IT Technical Manager

Chris Najdowski

Job Titles:
  • Digital Communications Coordinator

David Smukowski

Job Titles:
  • President, SIMCO Holdings

David Stilwell

Job Titles:
  • Dock Clerk

Deborah Keller

Job Titles:
  • Retired CEO, Covance

Doris Meissner

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair
  • Vice Chair BA '63, MA ‘69 Senior Fellow, Migration Policy Institute

Emily Bauer

Job Titles:
  • Benefits and Payroll Manager
  • Benefits and Payroll Manager / Department: Human Resources
  • Director of Licensing
Responsibilities: Executes, enhances and communicates group benefits programs. Conducts new employee orientations to ensure employee understanding of the organization, benefits and related policies. Advises and assists management and employees with benefit questions. Processes and administers payroll including payroll journal entries and changes to employee records.

Erik Iverson - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Member of the Executive Leadership Team

Erin Ennis

Job Titles:
  • Environmental, Health and Safety Specialist

Gabby Bloedel

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Coordinator
  • Administrative Coordinator / Department: Licensing

Greg Keenan

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director, Ventures & Accelerator

Helen Blackwell

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Chemistry / College of Letters & Science / Research Area Devising Novel Chemical Tools to Decode and Interfere With Bacterial Communication Pathways

Holly Adams

Job Titles:
  • Contract Manager

Hongmin Chen

Job Titles:
  • Director, Head of Biology

Jeanan Yasiri Moe

Job Titles:
  • Director of Strategic Communications and Public Affairs
  • Director of Strategic Communications and Public Affairs / Department: Strategic Communications and Public Affairs

Jeanine Burmania

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director, IP and Licensing
  • Senior Director, IP and Licensing / Department: Intellectual Property, Licensing

Jennifer Gottwald

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Leadership Team
  • Chief Intellectual Property and Licensing Officer
  • Director of Licensing

Jennifer Mnookin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Trustees
  • Chancellor, UW - Madison

Jeri Buckingham

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant - Contracts & Accounting

Jessica McAdams

Job Titles:
  • Staff Accountant

Jim Berbee - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board
  • Board Chairman BS '85, MS '87, MBA ‘89 Clinical Assistant Professor Emergency Medicine, UW Health

Jim Mayfield

Job Titles:
  • Graphic and Visual Assets Designer

John Nagel

Job Titles:
  • Director, WARF Therapeutics Business Development

Jonathan Young

Job Titles:
  • Head of WARF Therapeutics

Joshua Carson

Job Titles:
  • Venture Manager

Justin Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Senior Intellectual Property Manager

Katie Rice

Job Titles:
  • Venture Relations Manager

Kevin Walters

Job Titles:
  • Public Affairs Analyst

Kristin Brown

Job Titles:
  • Facilities Services Manager

Leah Haman

Job Titles:
  • Senior Intellectual Property Manager

Lesli Mark

Job Titles:
  • Accelerator Associate

Lisa Owens

Job Titles:
  • Accounts Payable / Accounting Specialist

Lori Allen

Job Titles:
  • Program Specialist

Luann Soule

Job Titles:
  • Investment Operations Analyst

Mandy Checkai

Job Titles:
  • Applications Development Manager
  • Applications Development Manager / Department: Information Technology

Maria DiMare

Job Titles:
  • Contract Manager

Mary Haak-Frendscho - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • 91 CEO, Spotlight Therapeutics

Mei Baker

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Meredith Noriega

Job Titles:
  • Intellectual Property Reporting Coordinator

Michael Carey

Job Titles:
  • Licensing Manager

Michael J Partsch

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Leadership Team
  • Chief Venture Officer
  • Chief Venture Officer / Department:

Michele Helland

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Mike Arnold

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Materials Science and Engineering / College of Engineering

Mike Wagner - Chief Investment Officer

Job Titles:
  • Investment Director

Morgan Tice

Job Titles:
  • Senior Event Coordinator

Nicole Koplin

Job Titles:
  • Paralegal

Patricia Lipton

Job Titles:
  • Retired Executive Director, State of Wisconsin Investment Board

Patrick Cooney

Job Titles:
  • Associate General Counsel
  • Deputy Chief
  • Investment Officer
  • Deputy Chief Investment Officer / Department: Investment

Rafael Diaz

Job Titles:
  • Licensing Manager / Health Care

Rebecca House

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President, Chief People & Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary, Rockwell Automation

Staci Howe Skoglund

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Stephanie Adamany - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • General Counsel
  • Member of the Executive Leadership Team
  • General Counsel / Department: Legal

Stephanie Whitehorse

Job Titles:
  • Director of IP, Physical Sciences

Steven Andrzejewski

Job Titles:
  • Senior Venture Analyst

Susan Langbehn

Job Titles:
  • Contract Manager ( WiCell )

Thomas Tefft

Job Titles:
  • Retired Senior Vice President, Medtronic Inc

Toby Briggs

Job Titles:
  • Facilities Administrative Coordinator

Victoria Sutton

Job Titles:
  • Director of Human Resources and Culture Advancement
  • Senior Intellectual Property Manager / Food and Ag, Research Tools

Will Temby

Job Titles:
  • Senior Intellectual Property Coordinator

Winslow L. Sargeant

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Trustees
  • Senior Advisor, Genaesis Managing Director, S & T LLC