Has founded and run private and public Life Sciences companies for 30 years. CEO, Thorne Diagnostics; President/COO, Hamilton Thorne Biosciences; Founder/Exec Chairman of MEDTOX Scientific (acquired by LabCorp, $241 million, Nasdaq:MTOX)& Editek (AMEX:EDI); Chairman, North Shore InnoVentures; Director of Attogen (drug discovery) & AppTec (biopharma)purchased by WuXi PharmaTech(Nasdaq:WX). BA(Biology) UCSD; Pharm.D. UCSF; post-doc U of MN.

25 years of experience with human fertilization and author of > 100 studies. Created 2 well-known tests at the Jones Institute. After Life Technologies, Inc., established the Andrology Laboratory, School of Medicine, Dept Gyn/Ob, SUNY at Buffalo. Expert in nicotine, marijuana and drug effects on sperm. State certified. Featured in New York Times, USA Today, and CNN. Patent is issued. M.S. (Animal Science) and Ph.D. (Physiology) from UC Davis.

Management consulting. Public Relations. Thirty years of experience in the healthcare field including management positions in medical centers, managed care, hospitals and outpatient services. President of Success Stories, Inc., a healthcare marketing and management firm in New York.

Dr. Burkman holds the Certificate of Qualification from CLEP in New York State. She has been certified since 1996, in the specialty of Andrology. Dr. Burkman has supervised advanced semen analysis for > 3000 semen samples. Patent issured in March, 2013, for remote semen analysis. Two other NY state certified directors are available as this company ramps up.

Partner at Capital Partners Development Company in California. Advisor to LifeCell Dx since 2008.
Expertise includes:

- entitlements
- complex deal structures with investors and clients
- extensive project management experience
- particular skill in negotiations with government entities as tenants/buyers of commercial property