We are a multidisciplinary team from diverse backgrounds.

Our expertise comes from decades of experience in scaling businesses, industrial design, operations and finances, commercialization, regulatory pathways and everything in between.

OUR LEADERSHIP

Aidan Petrie, MID

CoFounder + Board of Directors
Chief Innovation Officer Emeritus, Ximedica
Adjunct Professor, Rhode Island School of Design

Lydia Shin Schroter, CPA, MBA

CoFounder + Board of Directors
Serial Entrepreneur + Investor

OUR TEAM

Jenny Hoffmann, PhD

President

Andrew Williamson

Business + Engagement Manager

Emily Curtis

Program Manager

Maey Petrie-Healey

Business Development + Executive Director Emeritus

Meet Our Advisors

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Anne Schmults

Board Member

Peter Traianou

Board Member

Townsend Goddard

Board Member

Bharat Ramratnam, MD

Board Member

Michael Pereira

Board Member

Aurora Pryor, MD, MBA, FACS, FASMBS

Board Member

Greg Licholai, MD

Board Member

NEMIC EXPERT NETWORK

  • Anne Morriseey

    Women’s Health + Executive Leadership

  • Anshul Parkar

    Clinical Validation

  • Ayan Bhandari

    Industrial Designer

  • Bill Foulkes

    Startup Leadership

  • Brian Demers

    Executive Leadership

  • Brian Morley

    Go-to-Market Strategy

  • Brian Mullen

    Product + Leadership Coaching

  • Chris Dimatteo

    Clinical Trials

  • Christopher Ahern

    Merges + Aquisitions

  • Cyrus Etemad-Moghadam

    Product Design + Development

  • Dan Gertrudes

    Financial Services

  • Daniel Holmander

    Law Expertise

  • Dave Morrow

    Exits, Mergers, + Acquisitions

  • David Durfee

    Regulated Software

  • David Joesphs

    IP Strategy

  • David Mok

    Pricing Strategy

  • Denise Clarke

    Reimbursement + Go-to-Market Strategy

  • Dom Messerli

    Entrepreneur in Residence + Executive Leadership

  • Douglas Gray

    Corporate Law

  • Elizabeth Roche

    Human Factors

  • Ella Hood

    Investor Perspectives

  • Eric Bannon

    Regulatory + Clinical

  • Eugenio Fernandez

    Community Health

  • Frank Tan

    Mergers + Acquisitions, Executive Leadership

  • Glen Robertelli

    Strategic Operations

  • Jeanette Numbers

    Product Design + Development

  • Jeff Jefferson

    Governance and Legal

  • Jenna Marchal

    Strategy, OPs planning, PM

  • Jennet Toyjanova

    Combination Products

  • Jennifer Reich

    HR, Payroll, Benefits + Administrative Assistance

  • Jess McCarthy

    Marketing, PR, Communications

  • Joe Dobkin

    Product Design + Development

  • Joe Gordon

    Product Development

  • John Bates

    Presentation Coaching

  • Josh Feldstein

    Go-to-Market Strategy

  • Joshua Kemp

    Clinical Validation

  • Justin Sirotin

    Connected Systems + Product Development

  • Karen Drexler

    Executive Leadership + MedTech Coaching

  • Karen Miller Gillis

    Go-to-Market Strategy

  • Katie Gordon

    Biologics + Pharmaceuticals

  • Kevin Benoit

    Investor Perspective

  • Kevin Papa

    Business Valuation

  • Kim Norton

    Reimbursement

  • Kristen Carlson

    Market Access, Digital Health, Biologics + Pharmaceuticals

  • Leo Waterston

    Coaching

  • Lisa Marceau

    Grants + SBIRs

  • Margaux Boyaval

    UX Industrial Designer

  • Maria Shepherd

    Marketing + Business Strategy

  • Melissa Simon

    Technology Transfer

  • Micheal Harman

    IP, Legal, + Business Transactions

  • Mari Anne Snow

    Team Strategy, HR + Operations

  • Michelle Wu

    Manufacturing + Quality

  • Mustafa Mazlumoglu

    Healthcare Executive

  • Nate Alexander

    Product Development, Manufacturing

  • Pete Lucas

    Marketing + Communications

  • Peter Hinchliffe

    Executive Leadership

  • Robert Cooper

    Entrepreneur in Residence + Executive Leadership

  • Sean Monaghan

    Clinical Validation

  • Stephanie Chamberlin

    HR + Operations

  • Stephen Gianelis

    Launch + Development

  • Susan McDonald

    Human Factors

  • Thomas Bergamo

    Market Access + Reimbursement

  • Thomas Moore

    Regulatory + Quality, Product Development Expert

  • Thorne Sparkman

    Investor Perspectives

  • Tom Hutchinson

    Regulatory + Quality

  • Tom Lutzow

    Product Design

  • Zach Konsin

    Product Engineer

Expert Advisors: Deep Experience, When It Matters Most

Building a MedTech, HealthTech, or life sciences company means facing decisions that don't come with a playbook. What are the right regulatory pathway, reimbursement strategy, or clinical validation steps for this specific device or therapy? That's where NEMIC's Expert Advisory Network comes in.

Our advisors are seasoned professionals with deep roots in the health innovation industry, bringing hands-on expertise in areas like regulatory affairs, clinical strategy, reimbursement, manufacturing, commercialization, and business strategy. They pair that expertise with our companies at the moments when guidance matters most.

This isn't generic mentorship. It's targeted, experience-based problem-solving from people who have already navigated the challenges our founders are facing right now. Having this caliber of advisor embedded in our ecosystem means founders don't have to learn every lesson the hard way, and it means New England's health innovation companies compete on a level playing field with hubs that have decades more infrastructure behind them.

Interested in Becoming an Advisor?

If you've spent your career in medtech, healthtech, or life sciences and want to give back to the next generation of health innovators, we'd love to hear from you. NEMIC's advisors help shape the companies that will define the future of healthcare, sharing their expertise where it counts most and building relationships with founders tackling problems they know firsthand. Reach out to learn more about joining our Expert Advisory Team.

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