Our Team

A group of people brought together by a single purpose…delivering high-quality, low-cost medication to those in need.

Jonathan Prather, Ph.D.

Executive Director & President

Bend Biomedical

Bend, Oregon

Tolu Oyewumi, M.D., M.P.H.

Chairperson, Board of Directors

Physician Scientist,

Live Love Lead Consulting

Denver, Colorado

Kei Inoue, M.S.

Board of Directors & Vice President

Scientist III, Serán Bioscience
Bend, Oregon

Ryan Dunlap, C.P.A.

Board of Directors & Treasurer

CFO, Gurobi Optimization
Portland, Oregon

Amanda Swick

Outreach Coordinator & Secretary

Bend Biomedical

Bend, Oregon

Ravinder Abraham, B.S.Pharm

Board of Advisors

Former Pharmacist in Charge,

Moi’s Bridge Health Center

Eldoret, Kenya

Tameem Bakkar

Board of Directors

CEO, Ensemble Technical Services
Orlando, Florida

Kajari Bandyopadhyay, M.D.

Board of Advisors

Asst Professor, Community Medicine, College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital
Kolkata, India

Sitikantha Banerjee, M.D.

Board of Advisors

Asst Professor, Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jammu

Jammu and Kashmir, India

Jason Barron, J.D., Ph.D.

Board of Directors

Senior Counsel, Acer Therapeutics

Bend, Oregon

Steve Becker

Board of Directors

Principal Security Consultant, FireEye, Inc.
Bellevue, Washington

Kim Cummings, M.D.

Board of Advisors

Pediatrician, Virgina Garcia Wellness Center
Beaverton, Oregon

Neil Dial, J.D.

Board of Directors

Corporate Attorney, Eisenhower Carlson PLLC

Auburn, Washington

Valerie Fauvelle, M.S.

Board of Advisors

SVP for Regulatory Affairs, Chinook Therapeutics, Inc.

Seattle, Washington

Alyson (Aly) Fuller, J.D., Ph.D.

Board of Directors

VP Intellectual Property & Government Affairs, Prolacta Bioscience
Bend, Oregon

Bedan Gichanga, M.D., M.B.A.

Board of Advisors

Chief Medical Officer, Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation in Tanzania

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Linda Goodwin, R.N., Ph.D.

Board of Advisors

Retired Professor and IRB Member, Duke University

Klamath Falls, Oregon

Suni Kanna, Ph.D.

Board of Directors

Professor and Chair, Global Health, Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon

Jane Latin-Mackey, M.S.

Board of Directors

CEO, Mindego, Inc.

San Francisco, California

Enrique Leon, M.D.

Board of Advisors

Family Medicine, MultiCare Tacoma Family Medicine and Family Birth Center

Tacoma, Washington

Bob Mackey, M.B.A.

Board of Advisors

SVP Global Commercial Development and Planning, Jazz Pharmaceuticals

Palo Alto, California

Cindy Lee Riesen, R.N.

Board of Directors

Research Biologist, Case Western Reserve University
Bay Village, Ohio

RuthAnn Sapinsky, B.S.N.

Board of Advisors

Emergency Department Nurse, Southwest Washington Medical Center
Vancouver, Washington

Ward Smith

Board of Directors

Director, Marketing & Business Development, Keystone Folding Box Company

Cincinnati, OH

Melissa Wilson

Board of Advisors

Payroll Manager/ADP
Guardian Fall Protection

Mukilteo, Washington

Stuart Wilson

Board of Advisors

Software Engineer, S5 Solutions

Mukilteo, Washington

Charley Rowe, Ph.D.

Editorial Advisor

Bend Biomedical
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Raven Hollister, CNA

Intern

Bend Biomedical
Bend, Oregon