June 2021

Kelly Chavez Rose joined the Burroughs Wellcome Fund in January 2019 and oversees the Interfaces in Science and Regulatory Science programs, which invest a combined $10 million a year in biomedical research.  Prior to BWF, Dr. Rose was Executive Director for the Research Triangle Material Research Science and Engineering Center (RT-MRSEC), and coordinated research, education, and outreach activities between four partner universities in the Research Triangle (Duke, UNC-CH, NC State and NC Central). Before moving to North Carolina, Dr. Rose was the program coordinator for the California...Read more

Alexander Lapanowski received his Ph.D. in statistics from Texas A&M University, where his research focused on machine learning methods for non-linear sparse feature selection and data compression within the discriminant analysis framework. He has presented his work at leading conferences, such as the Joint Statistical Meeting (JSM) and Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTAT). He joined SABIC full-time in August 2020, and has brought his machine learning expertise to a number of projects. He is the author of four research papers focusing on applied mathematics and machine...Read more

Kari Armbruster leads the strategic direction and execution of Kroger’s moonshot Zero Hunger | Zero Waste social impact plan. In this role, she works closely with key internal and external stakeholders to launch, manage and measure initiatives that create meaningful progress toward Kroger’s goal to end hunger in our communities and eliminate waste across the company by 2025.

Kari joined Kroger in 2013 as the company’s corporate affairs and communications manager. In this role, she led strategic communications for key corporate initiatives, coordinated crisis communications...Read more