About WVBIC

The Willamette Valley Bioscience Consortium (WVBIC) was created through a local effort to affiliate with the state-wide Oregon Bioscience Association (OBA).

WVBIC's Mission is to address and represent the common concerns of bioscience-related organizations and to help focus the interests of the consortium as a prominent industry in the Willamette Valley.

We do this by extending the reach of the OBA in Community, Collaboration and Commercialization and by:

• Growing the member base and staging events that help to provide collaborative development and marketing opportunities for our members.
• Providing industry-specific workforce training and education programs to ensure the steady supply of skilled workers.
• Strengthening connections between research organizations and industry members to accelerate both industry R&D and successful commercialization of new products and technologies.
• Helping to “brand” the Willamette Valley as a desirable location for new companies and for top-tier scientific and management talent.

WVBIC Founding Members

WVBIC News

• OBA Board Liaison — Greg Hahn, Synthetech
• WV Chapter Chair — Len Blackstone, Blackstone Strategic Marketing
• Treasurer — Tom Fleischmann, Bioanalytical Systems, Inc
• Research Linkages — Mary Foley Phillips, Oregon State University Office of Technology Transfer
• Employee Development — Fred Vetter, Oregon Freeze Dry Foods
• Events Planning — Steve Smith, Tec Laboratories
• Commercialization — Steve Dunfield, Life Microsystems, Inc
• Government Affairs — Walt Pebley, Oregon Freeze Dry Foods and Mary Foley Phillips, OSU Tech Transfer

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