Feb 26, 2021
Today we welcome Jeanne Cunicelli, Executive Vice President - UPMC Enterprises. Jeanne, who led Enterprises’ Translational Sciences focus area since 2017, took over as Executive VP this past January. She is a veteran venture capitalist in the life sciences industry, having been a managing director at Bay City Capital in San Francisco before joining UPMC. Under Jeanne's leadership, the Translational Sciences team grew to more than 20 scientific and investment professionals working to accelerate the transfer of scientific discoveries into life-changing medicines, diagnostics and devices. The team formed five startup companies based on University of Pittsburgh research and is expanding its focus nationally and internationally to deploy $1 billion by 2024 in life sciences to grow their portfolio of syndicated investments alongside their company formation efforts.