Women in Innovation - Sherri Oberg, CEO & Co-Founder - Science Industry

4 Currier Place,Hanover NH 03755

14 October, 2021

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Sherri Oberg D'82, TU'86, CEO & Co-founder Particles for Humanity PBC Women in Innovation, a program of the Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship at Dartmouth, Presents Sherri Oberg D'82, TU'86, CEO & Co-founder Particles for Humanity PBC speaks about her experiences in the life sciences industry and about her experience heading a company. Thursday October 14th at 7 pm In-Person at the Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship at Dartmouth, 4 Currier Place, Hanover, NH 03755 Sherri Oberg D'82, TU'86 is CEO and co-founder of Particles for Humanity PBC, which is developing nutrition and vaccine technologies that are designed to meet the specific needs of low- and middle-income countries with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She has more than 25 years of experience leading private as well as public, NASDAQ listed companies. Particles for Humanity is the third life sciences companies she has co-founded. The first was acquired in a successful exit for its venture capital investors. The second company grew to >100 employees, invented four drug candidates that entered human clinical trials, one of which completed all three phases of human testing, commercial manufacturing scale-up and regulatory submissions for approval in the US and Europe. She raised over $300 million, including venture capital, an initial public offering, various public equity transactions, international partnerships and joint ventures. Sherri is a recognized leader in entrepreneurship and innovation - gave the graduation speech in 2014 at the Tuck School of Business (top 10 ranked U.S. business school by US News and World Report), finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award and Mass High Tech All-Star. For eight years, she served on the Board of Trustees at Dartmouth College, where she was Chair of the Audit Committee with oversight responsibility for over $1 billion in operations and a $4.5 billion endowment. She received a BA from Dartmouth College and MBA from the Tuck School of Business. Contact us at [email protected] if you have any questions. Follow WiIN on Instagram @ dartmouth.wiin Women in Innovation (WiiN) is a program of the Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship at Dartmouth. Women in Innovation believes that a space for women to foster creativity and entrepreneurship is crucial for our community. WiIN is committed to developing soft skills and providing mentorship in order to foster an innovative mindset for self-identifying women in the Dartmouth community. The mission of the Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship is to serve Dartmouth students, faculty and alumni along all points of the entrepreneurial journey. We do this by providing co-curricular education and experiences, funding opportunities, and connection to our world class alumni network.