Colorado Rep. Bernie Buescher Keynotes the CBSA Annual All-Member Meeting
Representative Bernie Buescher (D-Grand Junction), Chairman of the Colorado General Assembly’s Joint Budget Committee (JBC), provided the keynote address at the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) Annual All-Member Meeting yesterday at the University Club in Denver. In other action, 2008 association sponsors were announced, plus new and reappointed board members voted on by those in attendance.
Denver, CO, April 30, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Representative Bernie Buescher (D-Grand Junction), Chairman of the Colorado General Assembly’s Joint Budget Committee (JBC), provided the keynote address at the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) Annual All-Member Meeting yesterday at the University Club in Denver. The announcement is made by Jack Wheeler, Founder of MicroPhage, Inc., and chairperson of the CBSA Board of Directors, who says Rep. Buescher gave an overview of the Legislature’s 2008 session, including passing of HB 1001 which will put $26.5 million into Colorado bioscience initiatives over the next five years.
In other action, Wheeler announced the following 2008 association sponsors:
* Platinum – Amgen (also sponsor of the Annual All-Member Meeting); Cooley Godward Kronish, Forest City; CSU; CU; and Hogan and Hartson;
* Gold - Snell & Wilmer
* Silver - Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority, Gambro BCT, Faegre & Benson, Ernst & Young, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and Pfizer
* Bronze - Johnson & Johnson, Holland & Hart, Fairfield & Woods, PhRMA, OSI Pharmaceuticals, Baxa Corporation, Oracle/Solbourne (an Oracle Certified Advantage Partner), Dorsey & Whitney and VCFO
New CBSA board members voted on include: Jim Chrisman, Senior Vice President, Forest City -- http://www.fitzscience.com; John Dunning, President and CEO, Clarimedix; Leslie Leinwand, Director, Colorado Initiative in Molecular Biotechnology and Professor, MCD Biology Department, University of Colorado -- http://www.colorado.edu; Terry Opgenorth, Chief Operating Officer, MicroRx and NeoTREX, Colorado State University Research Foundation -- http://www.csurf.org; John Poate, Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer, Colorado School of Mines - http://www.mines.edu; Rae Reynolds, President, Kaleidoscope Group; Jim Skrine, Executive Director of Quality, Amgen -- http://www.amgen.com; Rulon Stacey, President and CEO, Poudre Valley Health System -- http://www.pvhs.org; Dan Stinchcomb, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Inviragen -- http://www.inviragen.com.
Nominations for new board members were taken from the CBSA membership and acted upon by the 2008 Nominating Committee. The CBSA Board of Directors is comprised of 40 members, based on the following breakdown:
* 20% from traditional biotechnology companies
* 20% from traditional medical device companies
* 10% from research organizations
* 10% from service providers
* 10% from emerging companies
* Remainder based on need and opportunity
Reappointments of board members for approval by the membership include: Sean Moriarty, QLT USA; Jack Wheeler, MicroPhage; Rick Jory, Sandhill Scientific; John Eckstein, Fairfield & Woods; Maggie Holben, Absolutely Public Relations; Tom Roach, Ernst & Young; and Lynn Taussig, University of Denver.
About Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA)
CBSA is a not-for-profit corporation providing services and support for Colorado's growing biosciences industry. With more than 400 members, CBSA actively works to promote the growth of the industry by working for a better business environment, grow the state's biotech workforce, fight for policies that support a strong bioscience industry in the state and speak with a single voice on behalf of the industry. Visit http://www.cobioscience.com.
About State Representative Bernie Buescher (D-Grand Junction)
Representative Buescher is serving his second term in House District 55 and is the chair of the Appropriations Committee and Vice-Chair of the Joint Budget Committee. A native of Mesa County, Rep. Buescher practiced law in Grand Junction for many years, representing small businesses; in 1986, he was named CEO of West Star Aviation and grew the business from 28 employees to over 220. In 1996, Governor Romer asked Buescher to reorganize the Colorado State Fair. This project was so successful that Romer appointed Buescher to his cabinet as Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Finance where he made his mark inaugurating the Colorado Children’s Basic Health Plan. Since 1996, Rep. Buescher has owned and managed two small businesses.
About The University Club
In 1891, Henry Rogers and others incorporated The University Club "to promote social intercourse among ourselves and... the encouragement of literature." It was understood that the intellectual riches of a university education were only the beginning of a truly good and satisfying life. Today, that vision has not changed. The spirit of The University Club is symbolized by its 1895 neoclassical home located at 1673 Sherman Street. The Capitol Hill Club House, now a haven in the shadows of high-rise office towers, is one of the few remaining historic buildings in downtown Denver.
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Contacts:
Christine Shapard, Deputy Director, Colorado BioScience Association, 303-592-4089, cshapard@cobioscience.com
Maggie Chamberlin Holben, APR, Absolutely Public Relations – http://www.absolutelypr.com – 303-984-9801, maggie@absolutelypr.com
In other action, Wheeler announced the following 2008 association sponsors:
* Platinum – Amgen (also sponsor of the Annual All-Member Meeting); Cooley Godward Kronish, Forest City; CSU; CU; and Hogan and Hartson;
* Gold - Snell & Wilmer
* Silver - Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority, Gambro BCT, Faegre & Benson, Ernst & Young, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and Pfizer
* Bronze - Johnson & Johnson, Holland & Hart, Fairfield & Woods, PhRMA, OSI Pharmaceuticals, Baxa Corporation, Oracle/Solbourne (an Oracle Certified Advantage Partner), Dorsey & Whitney and VCFO
New CBSA board members voted on include: Jim Chrisman, Senior Vice President, Forest City -- http://www.fitzscience.com; John Dunning, President and CEO, Clarimedix; Leslie Leinwand, Director, Colorado Initiative in Molecular Biotechnology and Professor, MCD Biology Department, University of Colorado -- http://www.colorado.edu; Terry Opgenorth, Chief Operating Officer, MicroRx and NeoTREX, Colorado State University Research Foundation -- http://www.csurf.org; John Poate, Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer, Colorado School of Mines - http://www.mines.edu; Rae Reynolds, President, Kaleidoscope Group; Jim Skrine, Executive Director of Quality, Amgen -- http://www.amgen.com; Rulon Stacey, President and CEO, Poudre Valley Health System -- http://www.pvhs.org; Dan Stinchcomb, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Inviragen -- http://www.inviragen.com.
Nominations for new board members were taken from the CBSA membership and acted upon by the 2008 Nominating Committee. The CBSA Board of Directors is comprised of 40 members, based on the following breakdown:
* 20% from traditional biotechnology companies
* 20% from traditional medical device companies
* 10% from research organizations
* 10% from service providers
* 10% from emerging companies
* Remainder based on need and opportunity
Reappointments of board members for approval by the membership include: Sean Moriarty, QLT USA; Jack Wheeler, MicroPhage; Rick Jory, Sandhill Scientific; John Eckstein, Fairfield & Woods; Maggie Holben, Absolutely Public Relations; Tom Roach, Ernst & Young; and Lynn Taussig, University of Denver.
About Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA)
CBSA is a not-for-profit corporation providing services and support for Colorado's growing biosciences industry. With more than 400 members, CBSA actively works to promote the growth of the industry by working for a better business environment, grow the state's biotech workforce, fight for policies that support a strong bioscience industry in the state and speak with a single voice on behalf of the industry. Visit http://www.cobioscience.com.
About State Representative Bernie Buescher (D-Grand Junction)
Representative Buescher is serving his second term in House District 55 and is the chair of the Appropriations Committee and Vice-Chair of the Joint Budget Committee. A native of Mesa County, Rep. Buescher practiced law in Grand Junction for many years, representing small businesses; in 1986, he was named CEO of West Star Aviation and grew the business from 28 employees to over 220. In 1996, Governor Romer asked Buescher to reorganize the Colorado State Fair. This project was so successful that Romer appointed Buescher to his cabinet as Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Finance where he made his mark inaugurating the Colorado Children’s Basic Health Plan. Since 1996, Rep. Buescher has owned and managed two small businesses.
About The University Club
In 1891, Henry Rogers and others incorporated The University Club "to promote social intercourse among ourselves and... the encouragement of literature." It was understood that the intellectual riches of a university education were only the beginning of a truly good and satisfying life. Today, that vision has not changed. The spirit of The University Club is symbolized by its 1895 neoclassical home located at 1673 Sherman Street. The Capitol Hill Club House, now a haven in the shadows of high-rise office towers, is one of the few remaining historic buildings in downtown Denver.
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Contacts:
Christine Shapard, Deputy Director, Colorado BioScience Association, 303-592-4089, cshapard@cobioscience.com
Maggie Chamberlin Holben, APR, Absolutely Public Relations – http://www.absolutelypr.com – 303-984-9801, maggie@absolutelypr.com
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303-984-9801
http://www.cobioscience.com
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