Our team
Just as Mayo Clinic uses a team of specialists to provide the best care for our patients, the Department of Business Development has employed its own robust group of experts to ensure the successful evaluation and development of ideas, inventions and know-how, along with the analysis of strategic business transactions to include partnerships, strategic collaborations, equity investments, mergers and acquisitions.
Executive Leadership
Commercialization, Partnerships & Technology Development
Sydney Allison
Associate – Business Development
Roman Alvarado, PhD
Associate – Business Development
Nickolas Anderson, PhD
Associate – Business Development
Eric Arndt
Patent Liaison – Business Development
Aslie Asberom
Associate – Business Development
Benjamin Berni, PhD
Associate – Business Development
Kalpana Betageri, PhD
Associate – Business Development
Mike Boguszewski
Senior Director – Business Development
Kyle Brandy, MS
Senior Associate – Business Development
Heather Brown
Specialist
Lisa Carlson, PhD
Senior Associate – Business Development
Darren Carney, PhD
Senior Director – Business Development
Leah Corson
Senior Associate – Business Development
Heaibert Diamond
Associate – Business Development
Ryan Downing
Senior Manager – Business Development
Seth Eisenman
Director – Business Development
Mary Fan
Manager – Business Development
Andy Farmer, JD, MBA, CFA
Senior Manager – Business Development
Will Flood, PhD
Associate – Business Development
Sebastien Founta, PhD, MS
Senior Patent Liaison – Business Development
Joshua Francis, MBA
Director – Business Development
Jodi Fritcher
Specialist
Karla Frohmader Hilsaca, PhD
Director – Business Development
Harrison Fuchs, PhD
Associate – Business Development
Alyssa Ghuman, MS
Senior Associate – Business Development
Nir Goldenberg
Senior Director – Business Development
Alex Hafez, PhD
Associate – Business Development
Lena Haidous, JD
Patent Liaison – Business Development
Michael Harris, MA
Executive Director – Business Development
Sunny Hegde, JD
Contract Manager
Valerie Ho, MBA
Senior Associate – Business Development
Grant Johnson, JD
Patent Liaison – Business Development
Jen Kapfer, MBA
Associate – Business Development
Eva Kathmann, PhD
Senior Patent Liaison – Business Development
Kyle Korshavn, PhD
Manager – Business Development
Alexandra Koziel, PhD
Associate – Business Development
Raja Krishnan
Senior Manager – Business Development
Jen LaNasa, MBA
Senior Manager – Business Development
Muddassir Laique, MA, CFA
Director – Business Development
Chelsea Lassiter, PhD
Supervisor Patent Liaison – Business Development
Chris Lawrence
Director – Business Development
Nolan Lawrence
Associate – Business Development
Kathryn Lenn
Senior Manager – Business Development
Scott LeSieur
Associate – Business Development
Jess Lewis
Senior Director – Business Development
Alex Lin, PhD
Senior Associate – Business Development
Kenneth Long
Associate – Business Development
Kevin Loutherback, PhD
Associate – Business Development
Stefan Madansingh, PhD
Manager – Business Development
John Maragos, MBA
Senior Manager – Business Development
Susan Mikell
Director – Business Development
Spencer Mocarski
Senior Associate – Business Development
Kien Nguyen, PhD, MBA
Manager – Business Development
Alexandra Norton
Manager – Business Development
Rich Pelzel, MBA
Senior Associate – Business Development
Craig Pike, MBA
Director – Business Development
Nadia Poluhina, MBA, CFA
Senior Manager – Business Development
Shai Ran Sapir, PhD, MBA
Manager – Business Development
Morgan Rea, PhD
Senior Associate – Business Development
Anantha Santhanam, PhD, MBA
Director – Business Development
Lauren Seidenschmidt, MHA
Senior Associate – Business Development
Abinaya Selvakumar, MS
Associate – Business Development
Prathib Skandakumaran, MBA
Senior Director – Business Development
Anna Song, JD, MS
Patent Liaison – Business Development
Matthew Steinmetz III, MBA
Manager – Business Development
Mallory Thomas, PhD
Associate – Business Development
Beth Tointon, MBA
Senior Associate – Business Development
Emily Wampfler, MBA
Senior Director – Business Development
Andrew Westmuckett, PhD
Director – Business Development
Bharath Wootla, PhD
Senior Associate – Business Development
Operations
Denali Blom
Operations Data Associate II
Nathan Branigan
Operations Data Associate II
Elise Diesslin
Content and Service Specialist
Brice Eggert
Operations Data Coordinator
Andrea Emond
Operations Data Associate II
Colleen Herzog
Senior Director – Business Development
Connie Hofschulte
Senior Manager – Data Operations
Nick Ihrke
Equity Holdings Specialist
Carter Jensen
Operations Data Associate
Andrea Johnson
Senior Manager – Data Operations
Bradley Leathers
Equity Holdings Specialist
Katie Lee-Idso
Operations Data Associate II
Kelsey Macken
Operations Data Associate II
Nicole Miller
Operations Data Associate II
Danah Morey
Manager – Data Operations
Tom Pankratz
Content and Service Specialist
Lisa Plank
Senior Manager – Data Operations
Renee Roeder
Operations Data Associate
Peter Rohling
Content and Service Specialist
Annette Schulz
Operations Data Associate
James Sheppard, MBA
Director – Business Development Operations
Colleen Tagtow
Analyst – Business Development Operations
Wade Tollefson
Operations Data Associate II
Gabriel Tonon Rodrigues
Operations Data Associate II
Melissa Underhill
Operations Data Associate II
Lynn Westergaard
Office Assistant
Administrative Support
Carrie Bartsh
Executive Assistant – Enterprise
Rachael Bauer
Lead – Administrative Assistant
Heather Borst
Supervisor – Administrative Assistants (NE)
Kaylee Coble
Assistant Supervisor – Admin Assistants
Heidi Evenson
Assistant Supervisor – Admin Assistants
Celena Goodman
Administrative Assistant
Michael Hastings Ereth
Administrative Assistant
Michelle Henslin
Administrative Assistant
Sarah Hodgman
Receptionist
Jack Jefferson
Lead – Administrative Assistant
Megan Klinnert
Administrative Assistant
Cat Kurtz
Senior Manager – Data Operations
Carmen Livingood
Administrative Assistant
Cherie Lun
Administrative Assistant
Mark Markham
Executive Assistant
Lisa Marx
Receptionist
Justin Mlinar
Assistant Supervisor – Admin Assistants
Terri Mossyge
Administrative Assistant
Melissa Pearson
Administrative Assistant
Taylor Rahnenfuehrer
Lead – Administrative Assistant
Nicole Sell
Administrative Assistant
Patty Stricke
Administrative Assistant
Sarah Tan
Administrative Assistant
Emily Theis
Administrative Assistant
Samantha Williams
Administrative Assistant
