Di­rec­tor of di­ver­si­ty and in­clu­sion ar­rives at Mass­Bio; Jerome Jab­bour takes the helm at Mati­nas; Ex-Eli Lil­ly CFO be­comes pres­i­dent of PBM busi­ness

→ In a first, the Mass­a­chu­setts Biotech­nol­o­gy Coun­cil has brought on Edie Stringfel­low as its di­rec­tor of di­ver­si­ty and in­clu­sion, bol­ster­ing its ini­tia­tive to im­prove in­clu­sion and di­ver­si­ty in the life sci­ences in­dus­try. Her main man­date is to “serve as a re­source and li­aise” with the com­mu­ni­ty, help­ing mem­bers change mind­sets through ed­u­ca­tion, out­reach and ad­vo­ca­cy. Com­ing from the Cam­bridge biotech hub, the move was wide­ly ap­plaud­ed. “Mass­Bio is al­ways at the fore­front of change, and Edie is not afraid to have tough con­ver­sa­tions and to ed­u­cate our mem­bers and the in­dus­try at large that di­ver­si­ty and in­clu­sion is not just the right thing to do, but is a good busi­ness de­ci­sion,” said Mass­Bio CEO Robert Cough­lin in a state­ment.

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