Joanne Kamens, PhD, Executive Director, Addgene
Joanne received her PhD in Genetics from Harvard University, where she studied signaling pathways. She spent 15 years in the pharmaceutical industry at Abbott Research Center and moved into the biotechnology sector as Senior Director of Research Collaborations at RXi Pharmaceuticals. Joanne also has extensive experience with leadership of nonprofit organizations. She founded the Massachusetts chapter of the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) and has helped organizations create group mentoring programs around the world. Joanne serves on a number of other nonprofit boards and speaks widely on career development, mentoring, and workplace diversity topics in person and via webinar.