Information Network Systems

Mary Alexander is the Chief Executive Officer of the Infusion Nurses Society (INS) and the Infusion Nurses Certification Corporation (INCC). As CEO, she also serves as the Editor of the Journal of Infusion Nursing. Ms. Alexander has served the organization in a wide variety of roles at the local and national levels, including terms on the INS Board of Directors and several committees. The INS Board of Directors appointed Ms. Alexander to her current position as CEO in 1997.

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A negotiation consultant with practical negotiation experience as well as expertise in development and coaching since 1996. Annie has provided high-level negotiation and influencing skills coaching throughout the UK and Europe . Clients include major multi-national organisations and smaller specialised, niche companies. A professional in both management and consultancy, Annie's career has progressed through senior management in Local Government (Regional Director of Housing), business consultancy in IT (business consultant for ICL/Fujitsu), and Training and Development consultancy. Annie's corporate career in Local Government and IT has given her first-hand experience of negotiating and influencing with elected members and committees, through to "virtual team" management and negotiation in sales. Annie's experience and interpersonal skills make her a professional negotiator who is able to facilitate skills transfer at all levels. Her substantial coaching experience and expertise supports interventions at one to one and group level.

Michaelle is responsible for all activities related to finance and human resources at INS, INCC, and the Gardner Foundation. She maintains procedures and control over revenue and expenditures, assists in preparing the annual budget, prepares financial reports, and administers employee benefit programs.

Paul M. Heller, an acclaimed immigration attorney with law offices located in the heart of San Francisco's Financial District and near Silicon Valley, is an expert in employment-based immigration law and labor certification. He is principal and founder of Heller Immigration Law Group, LLP. Well-known and highly respected, not only by his peers in the immigration bar, but also by high-level INS, State Department, and Department of Labor officials, and sought after by the media for commentary, Mr. Heller's practice at HILG deals almost exclusively with obtaining work permits and green cards for foreign executives, investors, entrepreneurs as well as professionals seeking employment in Science, Accounting, Business, Finance, Computer Science, Engineering, Architecture, and many other academic fields. In his capacity as principle of HILG, Mr.

William L. Robbins, M.B.A. has more than 23 years of experience as a seed-stage venture investor, entrepreneur, start-up executive and manager in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical technology industries. Mr. Robbins is a founder and Managing Member of Convergent Investors, LLC, President of Convergent Management, Inc., and a founder and Managing Director of Calisra Ventures, LP. He serves as Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of Neurion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He is also a co-founder and director of ORFID Corporation and Encode Bio, Inc. Mr. Robbins' international business experience includes Europe, Canada and Israel. In 1997, Mr. Robbins founded Convergent Management, Inc., a consulting firm focused on early-stage life science companies. From 1992 to 1997, he served as Director, and then VP, Business Development, at Bio-Imaging Technologies, a medical imaging and clinical research company that went public during his tenure. Previously, he held marketing and new product development positions at Warner-Lambert Company, and account management positions at the healthcare division of Grey Advertising in New York. In the not-for-profit sector, Mr. Robbins is Chairman of the Board of Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF) - Los Angeles Chapter, a member of ICRF's International Board of Trustees, and a Director of the American Technion Society Southern California Chapter. Mr. Robbins is an occasional guest lecturer and panelist at industry conferences and in academic programs, and a frequent mentor to undergraduate and graduate students. He served as President of the Columbia Business School Club of Southern California and is a Director of the Dartmouth Club of Los Angeles. Mr. Robbins earned his M.B.A. at Columbia Business School and his A.B. in psychology, modified with biology, at Dartmouth College.

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