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BioSciences Advisory Board

The Las Positas College Biology program has an industry advisory board that meets once or twice a year to gather information from industry partners related to our Career & Technical Education (CTE) program. Our advisory board member’s knowledge and expertise in their field qualify them as highly valuable members of the advisory board and their participation is greatly appreciated.

If you are interested in joining the advisory board please contact the Program Coordinator, Dana Nakase, at dnakase@laspositascollege.edu and/or the Program Outreach Specialist, Jean O’Neil-Opipari, at joneilopipari@laspositascollege.edu

BioSciences Advisory Board Members
Name Organization
Tania Chakrabarty Core Diagnostics
Sulatha Dwarakanath Hemex Health Inc.
Sahar El-Etr Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
George Farquar Buzzkill Labs
Yolanda Fintschenko i-GATE Innovation Hub
Linnea Fletcher Austin Community College
Nicholas Heredia SafeTraces Inc.
Stevan Jovanovich S2 Genomics Inc.
Chandra Khantwal MuriGenics Inc.
Dianna Maar Anchorline Biolabs Inc.
Peter Mattei SafeTraces Inc.
Poornima Rao Bio-Rad Laboratories 
Robert Saul Aster BioScience
Josefina Sette California Community Colleges Chancellors Office
Nicole Shapiro Blackhawk Genomics
Vivek Sharma Asha Medical
Stephanie Sibert Ironclad Inc.
Kristen Wolslegal Bay Area Bioscience Education Community
Las Positas College Representatives
Kai Blaisdell Faculty, Las Positas College
Segal Boaz Faculty, Las Positas College
Jill Carbone Faculty, Las Positas College
Paula Checchi Academic Dean, Las Positas College
Jason Maxwell Lab Technician, Las Positas College
Dana Nakase Lead Faculty, Las Positas College
Jean O'Neil-Opipari CTE Outreach Specialist, Las Positas College
Vicki Shipman CTE Projects Manager, Las Positas College
Barbara Zingg Faculty, Las Positas College

Advisory Board Meeting Minutes:

  • Spring 2024 Minutes (Draft)
  • Fall 2023 Minutes
  • Spring 2023 Minutes
  • Fall 2022 Minutes
  • Spring 2022 Minutes
  • Fall 2021 Minutes
  • 2021 Spring Minutes
  • Fall 2020 Minutes
  • Spring 2020 Minutes
  • Fall 2019 Minutes
  • Spring 2019 Minutes 
  • Fall 2017 Minutes
  • Spring 2017 Minutes
  • Fall 2016 Minutes

For more information please contact:

Dana Nakase
Biology Coordinator
  925.424.1394
  dnakase@laspositascollege.edu

Angel Contreras Cardenas
  925.424.1388
acontrerascardenas@laspositascollege.edu

Jill Carbone
  925.424.1308
  jcarbone@laspositascollege.edu

Barbara Zingg
  925.424.1387
  bzingg@laspositascollege.edu

Ann Hight
  925.424.1307
  ahight@laspositascollege.edu

Kai Blaisdell
  925.424.1305
  kblaisdell@laspositascollege.edu

Segal Boaz
  925.424.1393
  sboaz@laspositascollege.edu

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The primary goal of the Biology Club is to bring lovers of biology together. The Club is open to all students excited about making a difference, building friendships, serving the community, and exploring many opportunities for leadership and fun activities.

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