Vicki Briggs

Vicki Briggs

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Vicki Briggs, CEO is a seasoned healthcare executive with over 30 years of C-Suite experience. She is the former CEO of Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and HCA Market President of Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Lafayette, Louisiana. She co-founded the Council of Women’s and Infants’ Hospitals, and served on the board of Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health She has served on the American Hospital Association Maternal Child Section and the board of the National Perinatal Information Center.

Jeff Myers

Jeff Myers

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Dr. Myers is an experienced healthcare and biotech executive. He has served as Chief Medical Officer for both Portola Pharmaceuticals and Revolo Biotherapeutics. He was a practicing congenital cardiac surgeon and served as the Chief of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at Tulane University and Massachusetts General Hospital. He is passionate about developing novel,first-in-class therapies that significantly improve the lives of patients.

Ben Cappiello

Benjamin Cappiello

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Principal inventor on Bioceptive's technologies. The platform device, a gentle suction-based device to replace the cervical tenaculum received FDA 510(k) clearance. The Bioceptive IUD Insertion System is in clinical testing currently.

Joe Lovett

Joe Lovett

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Managing Director of Louisiana Funds (LF I & II), two early stage venture capital funds (total $40 million) based in Louisiana with offices in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. LF’s focus is on forming early stage companies primarily based on research at the major Louisiana research universities (LSU, Tulane and Louisiana Tech University) in the areas of biotechnology, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, agri-technology, engineering, software, security and internet technologies.

Rick Babb

Rick Babb

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Partner and Chief Financial Officer at Louisiana Fund with a demonstrated history of working in the venture capital and private equity industry. Strong business development professional skilled in Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, IPO, Corporate Development, and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A).