Alex Herzlinger - Co-President
Education:Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, AB US History, 2000

Work Experience: Upon graduation from Harvard, Alex entered the US Army as an Infantry Officer. He led three different infantry Platoons, and also served as Company Executive Officer and Battalion Logistics Officer through the end of 2005. His service included two combat tours in Iraq, and he continues to serve in the MA Army National Guard. In early 2006, Alex began working as a management consultant for Kurt Salmon Associates. He specialized in supply-chain management, leading successful performance-improvement initiatives for three major retailers. He will spend his summer in Minneapolis with Medtronic’s neurological business, and hopes to enter the medical device industry in a sales/marketing role upon graduation.

Extracurricular Activities: Entrepreneurship Panel Manager, Healthcare Conference; Healthcare Panel Manager, Entrepreneurship Conference. Alex enjoys football, basketball, hiking, and traveling with his wife.

Jenny Vandrovec- Co-President
Education: Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, AB Neurobiology, 2001

Work Experience: Prior to attending HBS, Jenny spent three years with Biogen Idec, a biotech firm based in Cambridge, MA. While at Biogen Idec, Jenny worked as a Senior Analyst in the Business Planning group enabling the commercial launch and relaunch of Tysabri, an
MS product. Additionally, Jenny performed extensive work with managed care and
reimbursement teams. Prior to Biogen Idec, Jenny spent three years working with top-five pharma companies as a Strategy Consultant with Trinity Partners in Waltham, MA.

Extracurriculars: Member, Healthcare Club; Member, Entrepreneurship Club; Member, Marketing Club; Member, Latin American Student Organization.

Jackie Morris - CFO / Treasurer
Education: Boston University, Boston, MA, BS Business Administration, 2002

Work Experience: Jackie completed two years with The Carlyle Group, a global private equity firm based in Washington, DC, where she focused on opportunities in the aerospace and defense sectors. Prior to joining Carlyle, Jackie spent three years as an Analyst in JPMorgan’s Leveraged Finance group where she helped leading companies in the medical device, acute care, rehabilitation, pharmaceutical, and managed care sectors raise debt
financing for acquisitions, recapitalizations, and refinancing purposes.

Extracurriculars: Member, HBS Healthcare Club; Member, HBS Venture Capital & Private Equity Club; Member, HBS Squash and Tennis Club; Member, HBS Outdoors Club; Member, Boston University Career Advisory Network.

Lukasz Babiarz - VP Careers
Education: John Hopkins, 2004. Current MD/MBA.

Work Experience: Pasteur Research Internship, medical devices. Investigated and proposed expansion of Massachusett General Hospital’s pre-surgical epilepsy monitoring unit.

Extracurricular Activities: Healthcare Club

Aiditya Julka - VP Careers
Education: Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India, BTech, MTech, Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology, 2004.

Work Experience: Prior to HBS, Aditya was the Technical Director of BioAtlantis, an Irish biotech start-up. In this role, he helped manage the company’s R&D portfolio, developed
its IP strategy, and coordinated its fundraising efforts. Before joining BioAtlantis, Aditya was a Consultant with McKinsey & Co. in India, where he served clients in the pharmaceutical, banking, and public sector spaces. Aditya currently serves on the board of both BioAtlantis and InBioPro, a biotech start-up based in Bangalore, India.

Extracurriculars: Panel Manager (Biotech), Healthcare Conference 2008; Member, Entrepreneurship Club; Member, VC & PE Club.

Vivek Taparia - VP External Affairs
Education: University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2003

Work Experience: Vivek worked for a year at SKS Microfinance, a financial services company in India, where he helped SKS procure an investment from Sequoia Capital to fund the organization’s growth throughout India. Previously, he worked for two years at JPMorgan in New York in various capital markets positions. He helped manage a portfolio of healthcare loans and also advised numerous healthcare companies on their capital structures. Vivek also previously pursued a Fulbright scholarship in Mexico City.

Extracurriculars: Member, Healthcare Club.

Christina LaMontagne - VP Community Development
Education: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, BA 2003

Work Experience: Prior to HBS, Christina worked as a Consultant at Oliver Wyman (formerly Mercer Management Consulting), where she consulted to clients in the healthcare, manufacturing, and aviation industries in North America and China. She also worked as an independent consultant, helping a major pharmaceutical company design an international growth strategy and advising the Chinese National Center for HIV/AIDS on its management of treatment programs and drug supply.

Extracurriculars: Panel Manager, Healthcare Conference.

Ryan Buck- VP Speakers
Education: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, BS Chemical Engineering, 2000; Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, MS Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance

Work Experience: Prior to HBS, Ryan worked at Merck & Co., Inc. in the External Manufacturing Organization where he managed operations and business relationships with pharmaceutical contract manufacturers. Prior to External Manufacturing, Ryan worked on the commercialization team for CORDAPTIVE, ARCOXIA, and FOSAMAX. Ryan also had various roles in Pharmaceutical Technical Operations and Sterile Process Technology.

Extracurricular Activities: Panel Manager, 2008 Healthcare Conference. Co-leader, Healthcare Club Fundraising Initiative. Section Representative, Healthcare Club. Co-President, Operations Management Club. Member, VC/PE Club, Entrepreneurship Club

Mohit Rawat - VP Speakers
Education: MIT, Boston, MA, MS Chemical Engineering, 2004; MIT Sloan, Cambridge, MA,
Certificate in Finance, 2004; Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), India, MTech, BTech
Chemical Engineering, 2002

Work Experience: Mohit spent the last three years working at the Novartis HQ in Switzerland where he held roles of increasing responsibility in global marketing and sales, strategic planning, and pharmaceutical development. Mohit was an Associate Director in
Global Marketing where he developed a strategic marketing process integrating Global HQ and country affiliates. Previously, Mohit was the Head of Strategy & Operations for Pharm. & Anal. Development. Before joining Novartis, he was an investment banker at Barclays.

Extracurriculars: Founding President, IIT Delhi Chapter of IAESTE; Vice President, MIT South Asian Alumni Association; General Secretary, Academics, IIT Delhi; Volunteer, Cancer Patients Aid Association.

Lily Bradley - VP Technology / CTO
Education: University of California, Berkeley, CA, BA Political Science, 2003

Work Experience: Lily joined ZS Associates, a healthcare focused consulting firm, the summer of 2008. Before coming to HBS, she spent three years collaborating with researchers at the RAND Corporation, a non-profit research institute. Her work focused on issues concerning healthcare quality including patient safety, healthcare reform, and pay-for-performance programs. Lily assisted the CMS proposal submitted to Congress in November 2007 to introduce Hospital Pay-for-Performance nationwide.

Extracurricular Activities: CTO/VP Technology, Healthcare Club; CFO/Treasurer, Social Enterprise Club; Volunteer Consulting Organization; Member, HBS Democrats, Management Consulting Club.

Joanne Chang - Conference Co-Chair
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, BS Electrical Engineering, 2003

Work Experience: Joanne spent the past three years as a Management Consultant for the life science industry with PRTM, an operations strategy consulting firm. Joanne’s project
experiences at PRTM spanned across all change management and strategy implementation issues including: portfolio, product lifecycle, and resource management issues specific to medical device and pharmaceutical companies. Prior to PRTM, Joanne worked as an Electrical Engineer at MicroCHIPS, a MIT medical device startup.

Extracurricular Activities: Conference Co-Chair, Healthcare Club; Member, Venture Capital and Private Equity; Women’s Student Association Rep, Section D.

Kristin Myers - Conference Co-Chair
Education: University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, BS Biomedical Engineering, 2002

Work Experience: Prior to HBS, Kristin spent five years working for Medtronic’s Cardiac Rhythm Management division in three roles: Product Development Engineer for pacemakers
and defibrillators; Global Education Manager supporting the launch for a line of defibrillators; and Technical Sales Representative supporting NYC hospitals and clinics. Prior to joining Medtronic, Kristin completed internships with Abiomed in Boston; Guidant’s Cardiac Division in Minneapolis; and Guidant’s Stent Division in Temecula.

Extracurriculars: Member, Healthcare Club.

Christine Henry- Philanthropy Chair
Education: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, AB Chemistry, 2005

Work Experience: Prior to HBS, Christine worked with CSC Consulting and Merck.

Extracurricular Activities: Member, Healthcare Club.