The AWIS-SD Academia 2 Industry (A2i) Coffee Club is an informal gathering for women in academia who are interested in transitioning to an industry career.

We are honored to have Dr. Kathryn Zavala, COO of Medtech Innovator as our May speaker.

Kathryn Zavala, PhD, is Chief Operating Officer of MedTech Innovator, the largest accelerator of medical devices in the world. In 2016, she helped spin the nonprofit entity out of the venture capital firm where it was founded and has been instrumental in expanding the organization. To date, MedTech Innovator has supported 509 alumni that have gone on to raise over $6 billion in follow-on equity funding and achieved 35 acquisitions. In 2021, Kathryn launched and now serves as Managing Director of BioTools Innovator, a new program powered by MedTech Innovator to support life science tools.Kathryn previously held positions at the UCLA Technology Development Group, where she assisted with the commercialization of university technologies, and at Campbell Alliance (now Syneos Health), where she developed launch strategies for biopharma clients. Kathryn received a Bachelor's degree in Molecular and Cell Biology and Rhetoric from UC Berkeley and a PhD in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology from UCLA. She served as the co-President of the AWIS LA/VC chapter from January 2017 to May 2019.

Join us on Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023 at 5 pm PDT and come with questions for Kathryn!

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