SentrX Board of Directors
Richard K. Koehn, Ph.D.Chairman, President and CEO
A consultant to the venture capital business for over 12 year, he was Entrepeneur of the Year in 1991. As CEO of Salus Therapeutics, he negotiated it's acquisition by Genta, Inc. In 2005, he negotiated a $7.5M investment in Sentrx Surgical leading to the creation of Carbylan BioSurgery and Sentrx Animal Care. Founding Director of the Center for Advanced Biomedical Technology in NY, VP for Research at the University of Utah (1992-2000), in 2005, Koehn was awarded the Governor's Medal in Science and Technology.
Stephen H. Blose, Ph.D., V.M.D.
Director
Steve is the CEO of the Mill Valley Summit Group, LLC. advising start-up companies, and venture capital firms on investments/acquisitions in life sciences. MVSG has raised more than $35M of venture financing. Steve was the Division General Manager, Imaging Products Division, at Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. He was president and CEO of Protein Databases, Inc. (PDI), a global proteomic products company. Steve was one pf the founders of the proteomics industry while at the Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory working with Dr. James D. Watson. Steve held joint academic appointments at the Schools of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.
Bill Mott
Director
Bill was the 1995 Trainer of the Year when his star horse, Cigar, won 10 of 10 races earning over $4.5M and continuing his winning streak. Besides Cigar, in 1995, he won 35 stakes races with 22 different horses, and he ranked 2nd in earnings with $11.7M. Mott has also won nine training titles at the historic Churchill Downs. Besides Cigar, he has trained two other eclipse award winning horses, including Theatrical in 1987 and Arlington million winner Paradise Creek in 1984.
Nathaniel A. White, II, D.V.M., M.S., Diplomate ACVS
Director
Dr. White is the Jean Ellen Shehan Professor and Director of the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland. His education encompassed Cornell (DVM '71), Internshipo and Residency in Surgery at UC Davis ('71-'73) and MS in pathology at Kansas State University ('76). Dr. White served as president of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons and the ACVS Research and Education Foundation. He is past Director at Large and currently Chair of the AAEP Foundation Advisory Committee as well as Director of the ACVS Veterinary Symposium. Dr. White has authored or co-authored 147 journal articles and 35 book chapters and is the editor and author of The Equine Acute Abdomen, Current Techniques in Equine Surgery and Lameness and Handbook of Equine Colic.
Hugh B. Lewis, BVMS, MRCVS, Dipl., ACVP
Director
Dr. Lewis is a Senior Vice President of Practice Development and President of DataSavant, LLC., at Banfield, The Pet Hospital. Banfield is one of the largest small animal HMOs in the US with more than 620 small animal clinics nation-wide and additional clinics in the UK and Mexico. Dr. Lewis has been a member of the faculty in the School of Veterinary MEdicine at the University of Pennsylvania and is former Dean of Veterinary Medicine at Purdue University.
Jeffrey M. Brant, DVM
Director
While an active member of both the American Veterinary Medical Association and the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, Dr. Brant was a co-founder of Banfield, The Pet Hospital where he held a series of important leadership positions. As Vice President for Operations, he led the openings and development of the first 240 hospitals, including the acquisition of PetsMart Veterinary Services. Dr. Brant was also Vice Presdent for Strategic Initiatives, President of Banfield International, and Senior Vice President of Veterinary Selection, all at Banfield, The Pet Hospital.
Todd F. Brashear, MIM, CPA
Director
Todd brings extensive experience to the board in areas such as financial management, tax, auditing and corporate control. He has held the position of Chief Financial Officer in the L.S. Skaggs family office, Wasatch Interactive Learning Corrporation and currently the McCarthey family office, where he is responsible for account management, fixed assets, tax matters, business investments, cash flow analyses, charitable foundations, limited liability companies and trusts.
