Combined Jewish Philanthropies invites you to the

Healthcare Innovations Team Spring Networking Breakfast

Meet the VCs: Venture Capital Outlook on Healthcare
Featuring Mark Levin of Third Rock Ventures and Darren Black of SV Life Sciences

Thursday, March 11
7:15 - 9:30 a.m.
Networking 7:15 a.m. | Program 8:00 a.m.
British Consulate, One Broadway, Cambridge

$18 in advance | $25 at the door

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Breakfast will be served and dietary laws will be observed. Attendees must bring a photo ID.

Parking is available at One Broadway ($13 for three hours or less). Additional parking is available on Main Street and at the Boston Marriott Cambridge, which at Two Cambridge Center, 50 Broadway. Access is also available via the MBTA Red Line at the Kendall/MIT station.

For more information, please contact Kendra at kendrac@cjp.org or 617-457-8781. 
 
Mark Levin is an industry visionary with more than 35 years of experience in building and operating leading biotech companies. Mark co-founded Third Rock Ventures in 2007 and focuses on the formation, development and business strategy of their portfolio companies, and actively identifies and evaluates new investments. He also assumes active leadership roles in Third Rock Venture portfolio companies, functioning as CEO for the first 12-18 months after their launch. Mark was co-founder of Mayfield Fund's life sciences effort, where he was also the founding CEO of Turalik, Cell Genesys/Abgenix, Focal, Stem Cells and Millennium Pharmaceuticals. He served as CEO of Millennium Pharmaceuticals for 12 years. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and a founder of UpStart, a non-profit organization that develops young adults into entrepreneurs. Earlier in his career, Mark was a scientist at Lilly and Genentech.
 
Darren Black joined SV Life Sciences in 2003, became a Partner in 2008 and is focused on healthcare service, pharmaceutical service and healthcare technology investments. Darren currently serves on the boards of Ricerca, Vitalize Consulting Solutions, CRI Worldwide, CR and Spectrum Professional Services, and also holds several active board observer roles. He co-chairs the CJP Commission on Caring and Social Justice. Prior to joining SV Life Sciences, Darren was co-founder and president of two companies: ClinCare, a site management organization and PharmStar (sold to United BioSource Corporation), a central nervous system education services company. Earlier, he was a healthcare consultant for Accenture, assisting managed care and provider-based clients on strategy formulation and implementation.

CJP’s Healthcare Innovations Team (HIT) enhances connections between professionals working on the business side of healthcare and life sciences by extending partnerships developed in the workplace to the Jewish community. HIT gathers members from biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device, information technology and other healthcare organizations, as well as law and finance firms who want to connect and support Jewish culture and values.
 
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In case of bad weather, please call 617-457-8888 or visit www.cjp.org for event updates.