Whitsell Innovations, (WI), Inc., is pleased to announce a leadership role of WI President and Founder, Robin Whitsell, in Diversity Alliance for Science (DA4S). Robin has been selected to serve on the Board of Directors for a two year period.
[quotes class=”quoteleft”]”I’m excited to serve on the Diversity Alliance for Science board and work more closely with DA4S members,” says Ms Whitsell. “DA4S is a wonderful organization that is committed to creating relationships between life science corporations and small diverse suppliers. These partnerships are aimed at advancing the development of pharmaceuticals, biologics, and devices for the patients that need them. Small diverse suppliers often bring innovations to their corporate partners, a win-win for the healthcare industry.”[/quotes]
Diversity Alliance for Science is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting, mentoring, and developing minority, women, disabled, small disadvantaged-, HUBZone-, veteran/service-disabled, and LGBT-owned businesses in the Life Sciences. DA4S was created to provide an intimate setting for certified-diverse life sciences focused suppliers to meet with procurement professionals and stake-holders within pharmaceutical, bio-tech, healthcare and government organizations. The goal is to support, mentor and develop these diverse suppliers so that they can win against their larger competitors and provide value-added goods and services to end clients with the mission of improving the healthcare industry as a whole.