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. |