Board Members

Christopher Benham is a businessman who was trained as an engineer. He has been in leadership positions in various companies in his business career, serving as CEO, president, CFO, and chief of marketing in numerous firms, oftentimes in “turn-around†situations. Currently, Mr. Benham is the CEO of ComCom Systems Inc., a software development and services…

Mr. Koert is an experienced businessman in the biomedical arena. He is one of the founders of Benecor Heart Systems Inc., serving as its president for many years. He has served in various high-level management positions at several large, publicly-traded biomedical companies. Mr. Koert served as senior vice president of Abiomed, Inc., the developer of…

Dr. Zalesky is an entrepreneur in the biomedical arena. He is a founder and served as CEO and president of LumexRx, a development stage company focused on light-based therapy in gastroenterology. In that role, Dr. Zalesky raised private equity financing; recruited and managed key technical staff and consultants; directed efforts to meet the Clinical, Regulatory,…

Ms. Callaghan holds a BBA degree in accounting from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and a Juris Doctor in tax law from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. She is a CPA and has worked on the staff of two of the Big Four accounting firms. Ms. Callaghan currently serves as the tax director…

Ms. Katz-Pek has an extensive background and experience in the start-up environment. She is a founder and (retired) principal of Biotechnology Business Consultants, LLC (renamed BBCetc), advisors and managers to start-up and development stage companies. Mickey is a co-founder of the Michigan Biotechnology Association (now MichBio) and served as the chairperson of the Michigan Center for High…

An attorney by training, Mr. O’Neill is a highly successful businessman who founded and serves as CEO of the NSI Group of Huntington Woods, Michigan. In that capacity, Mr. O’Neill is the CEO or controlling shareholder of several companies. Mr. O’Neill holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from the U.S. Military Academy and a…

Chairman and chief scientific officer, he is also the medical director of the Structural Heart Disease Center, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI. Prior to returning to Michigan and Henry Ford Hospital, Dr. O’Neill was the chief medical officer, the Executive Dean for Clinical Affairs, and a professor of medicine at the University of Miami Health…