Board of Directors
Chair
![Paul Laur](https://www.nmbioscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Paul-Laur_scaled.jpg)
Paul Laur
Chief Operating Officer (COO), Mercury Bio
Vice Chair
![Tanner Schaub, PhD](https://www.nmbioscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/TannerSchaub-scaled.jpg)
Tanner Schaub, PhD
Director, Research Core Program, Office of the Vice President for Research, NM State University (NMSU)
President Vice President Secretary
![David L. Perkins, MD, PhD](https://www.nmbioscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/David_Perkins.jpg)
David L. Perkins, MD, PhD
Prof. of Medicine, Director of Center for Personalized Medicine, UNM HSC
![Christos Christodoulou, PhD](https://www.nmbioscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Christos-Christodoulou.jpg)
Christos Christodoulou, PhD
Dean of the School of Engineering at The University of New Mexico
![Francisco Pallares, Doctor of Econ Dev.](https://www.nmbioscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Francisco-Pallares_cropped.jpg)
Francisco Pallares, Doctor of Econ Dev.
Director of Business Development at Spaceport America
![Greg Byrnes](https://www.nmbioscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Greg-Byrnes.jpg)
Greg Byrnes
Executive Director of the NM Biotechnology & Biomedical Assoc.
![Dana Catron](https://www.nmbioscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_4811-1.jpg)
Dana Catron
Deputy Director, Arrowhead Center, New Mexico State University
![Dale Dekker, AIA](https://www.nmbioscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Dale-Dekker-portrait.jpg)
Dale Dekker, AIA
Architect and planner, business leader, and founder of Dekker/Perich/Sabatini
![Tom Kieft, PhD](https://www.nmbioscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Tom-Kieft.jpg)
Tom Kieft, PhD
Microbiologist in Biology Dept. at NM Institute of Mining & Tech (NM Tech)
![Nora Sackett](https://www.nmbioscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/NSackett_condensed.jpg)
Nora Sackett
NM EDD Director of Office of Strategy, Science & Technology
![Prisca Tiasse, PhD](https://www.nmbioscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/priscaLab_hi-res-6crop-e1683051143516.jpg)
Prisca Tiasse, PhD
Microbiologist & CEO and Founder of The Community Lab