InnovatioNews: "Finalists announced for Dec. 6 'Rising Star of the Year' award"

Quoting from the Nov 14th posting:

"The Colorado BioScience Association announced the four finalists selected for the 'Rising Star of the Year' award to be revealed Dec. 6 at CBSA’s Annual Awards Dinner Celebration.

The companies are:

 •InDevR Inc., Boulder
 •Mosaic Biosciences, Aurora and Boulder
•Sophono Inc., Boulder
•Surefire Medical Inc., Westminster

'Our Rising Star award is designated for an emerging company that has announced a major achievement during the year,' said April Giles, CBSA president and CEO."

Link to InnovatioNews

CBSA Releases Finalists for 'Rising Star of the Year' Company at its Annual Awards Celebration in December

The CBSA has released the finalists for the 'Rising Star of the Year' company award at its Annual Awards Dinner Celebration -- Thursday, December 6, at the Hyatt Convention Center, 650 15th Street, Denver.

The announcement is made by April Giles, CBSA President and CEO, who says finalists for this year's outstanding emerging company, 'Rising Star of the Year,' include:

1) InDevR, Inc. - Boulder - http://www.indevr.net  

2) Mosaic Biosciences - Aurora and Boulder - http://www.mosaicbio.com

3) Sophono, Inc. - Boulder - http://www.sophono.com

4) Surefire Medical Inc. - Westminster - http://www.surefiremedical.com

"Our Rising Star award is designated for an emerging company that has announced a major achievement during the year," Giles explains. "We're so very proud of our younger bioscience companies in the state and feel it's particularly important to showcase those companies experiencing an outstanding year. We had a number of amazing nominees this year to consider in selecting the finalists, but only one company will win."

Additional awards announced at the dinner include: Lifetime Achievement, Company of the Year, Business Partner of the Year, Educator of the Year, Volunteer of the Year and Chairman’s Award.

Tickets and Tables are on sale now: Individual Tickets: $150 each; Reserved Table for Eight: $1,250 (member)/$1,500 (non-member). Register at http://www.cobioscience.com/events-calendar/annual-awards-dinner.

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NCBR: 'Giles named CEO of Colorado BioScience Association'

Quoting from today's posting:

"April Giles, executive vice president of the Colorado BioScience Association, has been named president and CEO following a national executive search, the nonprofit said Thursday.

Giles replaces Holli Riebel, who resigned in June to accept a position as chief operating officer for the Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce. Meantime, Giles had been responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Denver-based life science industry association, which has 350 members.

'I'm passionate about what the bioscience industry has to offer our state," Giles said in a statement. "I value and look forward to growing and strengthening the longstanding relationships I've already developed with our bioscience companies, research institutions, economic development agencies, and other local, regional and national associations in my new and expanded role.'"

Link to the Northern Colorado Business Report

Denver Business Journal: 'Colorado BioScience Association names Giles CEO'

Quoting today's Denver Business Journal posting:

"The Colorado BioScience Association has named April Giles its new president and CEO.

Giles has been the CBSA’s executive vice president for the last 2½ years. She joined the trade group as director of operations in 2006 and later became VP/administration and operations and later EVP.

She succeeds Holli Riebel, who resigned after two years in the post to become COO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce."

Link to the Denver Business Journal

Denver Post: 'April Giles named CEO of Colorado BioScience Association'

Breaking News posted today:

"April Giles has been named president and chief executive officer of the Colorado BioScience Association, succeeding former CEO Holli Riebel.

Giles had served as executive vice president of the CBSA for the past two and a half years."

Link to the Denver Post website

April Giles Named President and CEO of the Colorado BioScience Association

April Giles, Executive Vice President of the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) for the past two and a half years, has been named President and CEO following an extensive national executive search conducted by an ad hoc committee of the CBSA Board of Directors.
The announcement is made by Steve Orndorff, CBSA Board Chairperson and President/CEO of Ariel Pharmaceuticals.

"Our search committee worked very hard to find the best qualified person to lead the CBSA into its next phase of growth. In testament to April's tremendous talent and extensive experience in the association management and bioscience industry, we learned the best person for the job was already part of the CBSA leadership team," Orndorff explains.

Giles replaces Holli Riebel, who resigned in June to accept the Chief Operations Officer position at the Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce. In the interim, Giles had been responsible for the day-to-day operations of the association.

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