Duane J. Roth

Duane J. Roth, a graduate of Iowa Wesleyan College, is Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of CONNECT.^[1]

Career

Before working with CONNECT, Roth founded Alliance Pharmaceutical Corp, where he currently serves as CEO and Chairman of the Board. Before a founder of Alliance Pharmaceutical, Roth held management positions at Wyeth and Johnson & Johnson.^[2]

Service on Advisory Committees and Boards

Roth has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Biotechnology Industry Organization, BIOCOM, the California Healthcare Institute,^[3] and SAIC-Frederick, Inc. Roth currently serves on boards of the University of California, including the President’s Board on Science and Innovation, the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, the UCSD Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, the UCSD Foundation Board of Directors, the UCSD Heath Sciences Advisory Board, and the Industry Dean’s Advisory Board of the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Roth is Chairman of the Founders Circle of the UC San Diego Preuss Charter School. He also serves on the Board of SDSU College of Business as well as the advisory boards of SDSU Sciences & Engineering.^[4]

Governmental Appointments and Participation

In 2006 Roth was appointed to the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee for the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger,^[5] and was elected Vice Chairman in 2009. Roth is also a member on the Governor’s Commission for Jobs and Economic Growth,^[2] and is co-Chair of the Affordable Housing Working Group.^[6]

Awards

Roth has received awards including:

• The Economic Opportunity Award from LEAD San Diego.^[7]
• The Lifetime Achievement Award from the San Diego Business Journal.^[8]

Notes

1. ^ "Duane Roth". [1] Retrieved 2010-07-19.
2. ^ ^{a b} "Duane Roth accelerates innovation with Connect". [2] Retrieved 2010-07-19.
3. ^ "Duane J. Roth". [3] Retrieved 2010-07-19.
4. ^ "Iowa Venture Capital & Entrepreneur Conference", page 11. [4] Retrieved 2010-07-19.
5. ^ "The James Hartline Report". [5] Retrieved 2010-07-19.
6. ^ "UCSD CONNECT Recruits Top High-Tech Talent". [6] Retrieved 2010-07-19.
7. ^ "The 2010 LEAD San Diego Visionary Awards". [7] Retrieved 2010-07-19.
8. ^ "Ken Kuang Named Most Admired CEO By San Diego Business Journal". [8] Retrieved 2010-07-19.

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