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News
Female CFO a Resource for Women-run Biotechs
Washingtong Business Journal, June 27, 2008
Phyllis Dillinger, a chief financial officer with 23 years of experience,
is used to being one of the only women in the room. That's especially true for a female who works
in biotechnology, which Dillinger does as CFO for KPL Inc., a Gaithersburg life sciences company.
"Many times I've been one woman with 30 men" in a meeting, she says. Dillinger is not alone
anymore. She has found good sisterly company in biotechnology as a board member of Women in Bio,
founded in October 2001 to bring together female entrepreneurs and executives in the life sciences.
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WIB Board Announces President-Elect
January, 2008
The Women In Bio Board of Directors is proud to announce Gianna Arnold as the 2008 President-elect. Gianna has been an active member in WIB for many years, serving on the Program Committee planning events for the Entrepreneur & Executive Forum and Baltimore. She has been instrumental in recruiting sponsors for WIB. We look forward to her serving on the board in her new leadership role. Please join us in congratulating Gianna.
Thank you to all who participated in the election.
WIB Board of Directors
Robbie Melton
Cynthia Wong
Debra Bowes
Phyllis Dillinger
Sue Hendrickson
Shira Kramer
Sue Mack
Carol Nacy
Loleta Robinson
Lyn Rossano
Springboard Launches Female Entrepreneurs into Their Calling
USA Today, October 25, 2006
Amy Millman heads Springboard Enterprises, a non-profit that helps female entrepreneurs raise venture capital.
The group's mission is born of a glaring disparity. Women are majority owners of about 30% of U.S. businesses, but they head just 3.75% of venture-capital-backed firms.
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In Maryland Biotech, a Band of Female Entrepreneurs Forms
The Daily Record, June 23, 2006
When Shira Kramer founded Sterilex Corp. more than a decade ago, she found that being a woman entrepreneur
in biotechnology came with challenges.
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'Women In Bio' Networking Event Planned for Baltimore
The Daily Record, June 15, 2006
The women of Baltimore's biotechnology community tonight get the same opportunity to network
and trade ideas that women in the Washington suburbs' bioscience corridor have been enjoying for five years.
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Missing: Entrepreneurial Women in Biotech
Bioentrepreneur, January 26, 2006
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Group Promotes Careers for Women in Science
Washington Post, October 3, 2005
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