News and Events

Congratulations to Aeras Global Vaccine Foundation on the expansion of their manufacturing facility in Rockville.

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett, Mayor of Rockville Susan Hoffmann,                                   Mayor of Rockville Susan Hoffmann, REDI's Lynne Benzion and other attendees observed the liquid
President and CEO of the Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation Jerald Sadoff, Congressman                   filler machine in action.
Chris Van Hollen and Senior Program Officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Jan Gheuens cut the ribbon to celebrate the launch of Aeras' newly expanded TB vaccine                       (Photos courtesy Aeras)
manufacturing facility in Rockville, MD, USA.

Welcome to the newest sponsor of the 2009 StartRight! Women's Business Competition, Comcast Spotlight, which is providing a $10,000 advertising campaign to the first place winner. More than forty women entered this year's competition. The semi-finalists are:

Lori Bernstein, Pregmama
Jodi A. Cook, Thesia Medical LLC
Carol Covin, Sky Blue Pharmaceuticals
Sheila Gregg, Sol Aqua Terra, Inc.
Kathy Griffin, Griffin Enterprises, LLC
Jessica Hsu, Clairvoyant Technologies, Inc.
Lisa Martin, Wellness Evolution, LLC
Pamela Norris Norwood and Lorraine T. Jones, ICE Buddy Systems, Inc.

One of them will win $10,000, plus a $10,000 ad campaign. Winners will be announced at the SmartCEO Brava! Women Business Achievement Awards on July 16, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Tower Companies, 2000 Tower Oaks Blvd, Rockville. For more information on this gala event, click here.

Thank you to our sponsors:

REDI visited more than 50 businesses for Rockville Business Appreciation Week, March 16-20, 2009. Here are some of them:

Fluke Networks Matthew Tucker, REDI's Lynne Benzion, and City of Rockville                   REDI's Amanda Irvin, Mike Cannon, HealthCare IT's Greg Moore, REDI Board Member Larry
Director of Information and Technology Mike Cannon                                                             Cunnick of BIOCON, Inc., Lynne Benzion, and HealthCare IT's Anthony Hess
Lynne Benzion, Jacqueline and Emilio Borro of Lola's Cafe and Bakery, and Larry Cunnick         Rockville City Councilmember John Britten, Orizon's Romero van Bochove, REDI
                                                                                                                                                                    Board Member Judy Ackerman of Montgomery College, and Orizon's Michael McLean


Rockville Innovation Center Sponsors:

Connecting With Postdocs... Nearly 600 Postdocs and 60 exhibitors in the science, technology, engineering, and math (S.T.E.M.) fields gathered at the National Institutes of Health in October for S.T.E.M. Talent 2008: A Symposium and Career Fair for Postdocs in the Capital Region. Rockville Economic Development, Inc. (REDI) in partnership with more than a dozen organizations and federal agencies produced the event to retain the brightest scientific minds in the DC area's workforce.

(left to right) Sandra Miller, Senior Fellow, The Kauffman Foundation; Sean Sanders, PhD., Worldwide Commercial Editor, AAAS; Dr. Chad Womack, Founder, President and Executive Director, Philadelphia Biotechnology and Life Sciences Institute and Conference Keynote Speaker; Sally Sternbach, Executive Director, Rockville Economic Development, Inc.; and John Wasilisin, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, TEDCO.

The 2009 Postdoc Conference will be on July 22 at the North Bethesda Marriott. Click here for more information

Contact REDI at Info@RockvilleREDI.org for further information on the exciting developments taking place in Rockville.