.Speaker Group: Lab Facilities 2023 Speakers

Rachel Watson

Rachel began their journey at EpiCypher as an RAI, steadily advancing through the ranks before transitioning into inventory and lab management. Over the years, they have played a key role in nurturing relationships with vendors, navigating the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, and adapting to the ever-evolving landscape of the biotech industry.

Keli Rodriguez

Keli graduated from the State University of New York at New Paltz with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology with focused minors in Chemistry and Evolutionary Biology. She joined EpiCypher in 2018 as a Research Associate I. Throughout her career at EpiCypher Keli gained experience with many assay platforms such as:… Read more »

Garth Steen

Garth is a passionate leader at MarathonLS where he serves as Director of Sales. Through years of experience as a Sales Manager, Consultant, and formerly the Director of Client Relations at MarathonLS, he specializes in team development and client relationship management, with a customer-centric mindset at the forefront of every decision. Garth is a firm… Read more »

Robin MacDougall

Rob is an accomplished leader with a history of delivering innovative distribution, service, and supply chain solutions to laboratories, hospitals, government agencies, and life science research institutions. As the founder and CEO of MarathonLS and a director at 2San, Rob brings over two decades of customer-focused business expertise that is deeply embedded in the culture… Read more »

Barbara Manley-Smith

Barbara has a master’s degree in healthcare leadership and has over 35 years’ experience in healthcare and research and is currently the Director, Research Facilities at Augusta University.  With extensive experience in research administration and laboratory management, Barbara plays a pivotal role at AU, collaborating with faculty, staff, central research administration, and partner offices. Barbara’s… Read more »

Marilee Lloyd

Marilee leads the lab planning practise at HED, one of the oldest and largest architecture and engineering firms in the country. An experienced architect and planner with over 35 years of experience managing and designing multifaceted projects for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, vivaria, clinical laboratories and hospitals, science education facilities, and product development laboratories, she… Read more »