Dr. Elizabeth Iorns is the Co-Founder & CEO of Science Exchange. Elizabeth has a Ph.D. in Cancer Biology from the Institute of Cancer Research (UK) and was an Assistant Professor at University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine where she investigated breast cancer development and progression.

Dr. Lisa LaCross graduated from Michigan State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine in 1993. After working in emergency medicine for 4 years, she decided to move north and opened Long Lake Animal Hospital in Traverse City, Michigan. Dr. LaCross has a passion for encouraging personal growth. As a lifelong learner she became a Certified Canine Rehabilitation Therapist and Certified Veterinary Medical Acupuncturist. 

Dr. Post is the Chief Medical Officer for FidoCure and has 30 years of veterinary oncology practice experience. He is the founder of the Veterinary Cancer Center, participated in 20 clinical trials, and has published close to 40 peer reviewed papers.

Dr. Dara Kraitchman is a Professor in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Radiology and Radiological Science. Her research focuses on non-invasive imaging and minimally invasive treatment of cardiovascular disease. Dr. Kraitchman serves as the Cardiovascular Interventional Section Head within the department. Dr. Kraitchman is also the Director of the Center for Image-Guided Animal Therapy (CIGAT).

Mr. Masterson has served as President of Ardent Animal Health since 2018 with a decade of experience in animal health. Mr. Masterson joined Ardent Animal Health to create profit with a purpose by serving pets through innovation. He is an author of numerous articles and publications with extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions. He is a certified RACE speaker on the topics of regenerative medicine and immunotherapy.

Dr. Cofone is a 1985 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. He went on to complete an internship and surgical residency at Penn, becoming a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 1995. Dr. Cofone has been in private specialty practice for most of the past 30 years. He has been performing Stem Cell Treatments for over 6 years, primarily treating dogs and cats with osteoarthritis and other orthopedic related diseases.

Jerry started BreakthrU and co-founded BreakthrU Coaching to follow his passion of helping small businesses grow by giving back to entrepreneurs. He does this by telling the story of how he grew his company, EMTEQ, from a basement start-up to an international 100M business and the lessons he learned along the journey. Along with advising his companies, he is an active member of the entrepreneurship community. Jerry is a co-chair of Scale Up Milwaukee, an advisory member for the UWM Lubar Center for Entrepreneurship’s Entrepreneurship in Residence Program and a mogul on Milwaukee’s own TV program, Project Pitch It. He was the Co-Founder, majority owner, Chairman, CEO and President at EMTEQ for 18 years.