Together, we are shaping the future of biotech in South Florida
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Biotech companies
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C-level and founder-level execs
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Investor companies
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About Us
The Miami Biotech Collective is a close-knit community of influential operators, researchers, and investors who have come together with one goal: to unleash the full potential of our region’s life sciences ecosystem. The Miami Biotech Collective exists to build the connective tissue of South Florida’s biotech ecosystem.
Here’s how:
Build Social Capital
We convene South Florida’s biotech leaders to foster meaningful relationships, collaboration, and a strong sense of community among operators, founders, investors, and industry partners.
Build Reputational Capital
We elevate the voice and visibility of Miami’s life sciences ecosystem through thought leadership, national engagement, and platforms that showcase the region’s expertise and momentum.
Build Economic Capital
We strengthen the region’s biotech ecosystem by connecting companies with talent, capital, and partners needed to grow and scale in South Florida.
Are you a good fit for the Collective?
Building a biotech or life sciences company in South Florida?
Exploring moving your headquarters to South Florida?
Looking for what’s next in biotech in our local area?
Want to help build the region’s biotech economy?
Looking for talent, capital, or great ideas?
Have good vibes and want to meet high energy, innovative peers?
Building Community
Engagement
Build lasting relationships at high-value events, exclusive roundtables, and our annual Summit, where a curated network of biotech CEOs, founders, operators, investors, academic leaders, and public sector champions come together.
Access to Resources
Tap into a trusted network to access seasoned expertise, strategic capital, and local insights to support company growth and career development. Through the MBC Think Tank members gain access to perspectives, research, and ecosystem data.
Influence
Engage in strategic initiatives that raise the visibility of South Florida’s dynamic biotech environment and drive its growth as a biotech hub.
Events
Join us as we continue to craft a bright future for biotech in South Florida—together.
The Team
Raquel Cabo
Founder and President
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Raquel Cabo is a biopharma executive with more than 20 years of experience across biotech and medtech, with a focus on commercial strategy and operational leadership. She currently serves as Chief Strategy Officer at Orsini Rare Disease Pharmacy Solutions. Prior to Orsini, Raquel was part of the founding team at Ovid Therapeutics, where she spent nearly a decade in commercial, strategy, and external affairs roles, ultimately serving as Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs & Strategy. Earlier in her career, she held leadership roles at GE Healthcare, Medtronic, and Columbia University Medical Center.
Raquel serves on Baptist Health’s Al and Jane Nahmad Women’s Cancer Center Committee, the Board of Directors of the Society for Hispanic Rare Diseases, and the Ambassador Council of the University of Pennsylvania’s College of Arts and Sciences. She holds a BA in Psychology with honors from the University of Pennsylvania and an MSc in International Health Policy and Health Economics from The London School of Economics.
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Fernanda Gamero
Operations and Membership Manager
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Ola Umeh
MBC Intern | University of Miami
Community Liaison
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Caoimhe Ashmore
MBC Summer Intern | Northeastern University
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Jacob Starr
Strategic Communications Fellow | Northeastern University (PPE & Business)
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Malini Gupta
Strategic Communications Fellow |Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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Board of Advisors
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Raquel Cabo, MSc
Chair & Founder of Miami Biotech Collective
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Rich Daly, MBA
CEO of Catalyst Pharmaceuticals
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Daniel Teper, PharmD, MBA
CEO of Naya Therapeutics
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James Sapirstein, MBA
Biotech Founder and CEO
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Scott Braunstein, MD
Independent Director and former CEO of Marinus Pharmaceuticals
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Sean Ryan, MD
CBO of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma
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Carolina Alarco
Co-Founder of Latinos in Bio and Founder of Bio Strategy Advisors
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David Schull, JD
President, Russo Partners
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Ignacio Guerrero-Ros, PhD
SVP, Russo Partners
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David Moss, MBA
CEO and Co-Founder of INmune Bio
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Women’s Leadership Council
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Courtney Miller, PhD
Co-Founder and CEO of Myosin Therapeutics
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Julie Kampf
Founder and CEO of JBK Associates
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Christina Trojel-Hansen, PhD
Co-Founder and CEO of CNS2
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Rose Satz
CEO of AIP
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Cantillon Endara, MA
Account Specialist at Pfizer
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Cecilia Gonzalo, MBA
Partner at Oberland Capital
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Partners & Supporters
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