Marcos Milla Comitre, President

Maria Angélica Goñi Morgan, Vicepresident and Secretary

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Marcos graduated with a BS degree from Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (Lima, Peru) in 1985, and a PhD degree in Cell & Molecular Biology from Saint Louis University in 1990. He did post-doctoral training at MIT as a Jane Coffin Childs Fellow (1990-1993), and at Duke (1993-1995).

He is currently a Venture Partner with Samsara BioCapital. Before then, he was the Chief Scientific Officer of Synthorx until January of 2020, when Sanofi acquired it; then, he became the Head of Synthorx – A Sanofi Company until January of 2021. Prior to joining Synthorx in the Summer of 2017, he has held industry or faculty appointments at GlaxoSmithKline (1995-1998), the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania (1998-2005), Roche Palo Alto (2005-2009), Janssen R&D (2009-2106), and Adaptive Biotechnologies (2016-2017). Since 2018, he also holds a Faculty Affiliate appointment at the Skaags School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences of University of California – San Diego, and was appointed to the Board of Patrons of Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in February of 2023.

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María Angélica (Mari) graduated with a BS in Biology from Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (Lima, Peru) in 1987 and an MS in biomedical sciences from University of Massachusetts Medical Center (Worcester, Massachusetts) in 1992. She then worked as a research associate at the Whitehead Institute in Cambridge Massachusetts, at Duke University and Becton Dickinson in North Carolina. From 1997 to 2016, while raising her kids, she was self-employed as a medical and scientific freelance translator sub-contracting for various translation agencies. In 2016, she went back to school and in 2019 obtained a dual master’s degree in public health and Latin American Studies at San Diego State University (San Diego, California).

She worked at San Diego State University Research Foundation doing health promotion research, first as a student employee and then as a Community Health Education Specialist. Her research involved cancer prevention, intimate partner violence and later, during the COVID pandemic, contact tracing and COVID testing in underserved communities in San Diego county. Since May 2021, she has been dedicated to the Foundation work full time.

Sebastián Milla Goñi, Director

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Operations and Corp/BizDev leader with 3 years of experience as an executive at a crypto unicorn & 10+ years of experience in non-profit project management. I’ve been described as “a force of nature” in driving end-to-end execution of the audacious and impossible. Passionate about the intersection of technology, labor, and social equity.

Alexandre graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 2017, where they obtained a BA in Liberal Arts; concentrating in media & performing arts, as well as Russian studies. They have 10+ years of experience in customer service and retail operations, which they are now applying in the field of healthcare and insurance advocacy. As a proud trans nonbinary individual, Alexandre is passionate about the furthering of LGBTQ+ rights; particularly in regards to the expansion of gender affirming care (options + accessibility). Additionally, they are a vocal supporter of sex worker rights and police & prison abolition. Alexandre envisions a world in which we break cycles of violence and oppression by investing in communal resources; creating a culture of abundance and mutual compassion.

Olga Timoteo Pedroso

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Master in Innovation from the TEC DE MONTERREY of Mexico. Expert in Research, Development, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (R + D + i + e), with more than 15 years of experience in the public and private sector, occupying senior positions of leadership and management.  She is currently an International Consultant for the World Bank and other government  entities. International Jury for entities such as PROCIENCIA and PROINNOVATE (Peru), Procolombia, PROINNOVA and CONACYT (Paraguay), Business Mentor in several countries, Postgraduate Professor and Director of the International Diploma in Technology and Innovation Management of the Peruvian University Cayetano Heredia – UPCH that is part of the ERASMUS project with the European Community, which involves teachers of countries in Latin America and Europe. Passionate about science and the power of triple impact entrepreneurship to change people’s lives.