President Exits Life Science Industry Council
Ann Rozelle is stepping down after 15 months as president of the Irvine-based Life Science Industry Council. Taking her place as interim president is John C. Anderson, a council co-chairman and the director of corporate technology investment and of advanced technology program management at Fullerton-based Beckman Coulter Inc.
“We’re changing from a service background president to a manufacturing background president,” Anderson said. “Going forward, the president will be from hard-core industry on the medical side and represent that segment.”
Anderson said that the 15-member board will have some seats coming open and will also add some seats. As soon as this is settled later this year, he expects the new board will decide whether the president’s position will be full-time or part-time.
Rozelle had planned to stay in the position only a short while and the timing of her departure was up to her, Anderson said. He credited Rozelle with helping to reshape the industry group’s board of directors and adding new programs and 40 new member companies.
“As part of our development plan, it’s time for the organization to recruit from the executive ranks of the industry,” Rozelle said.
The council has 200 member companies ranging from medical device makers, to biotechnology, biomedical, pharmaceutical, and healthcare companies, as well as outsource companies involved in R & D;, manufacturing, and distribution. Besides Beckman Coulter, member firms include Carrier Johnson, KPMG, Cortex Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Silicon Valley Bank.
