Meet Our Board Member: Louis P. Kassa, MPA

As Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center (PABC), Louis P. Kassa leads one of the nation's most successful life sciences incubators. The Doylestown-based PABC is a nonprofit that offers state-of-the-art laboratory and office space to early-stage biotech companies, the Hepatitis B Foundation, and Blumberg Institute.

With more than 80 member companies, the center is home to nearly 50 small to mid-size science, research, and biotechnology companies. In addition, PABC offers educational programs for university undergraduates, graduate students, and local high school students. Many take advantage of the opportunity for hands-on experience with researchers at PABC-member companies and in Blumberg Institute labs.

Kassa will become PABC's president in July 2022. He will succeed Timothy M. Block, Ph.D., who will become Executive Chair of the Hepatitis B Foundation Board of Directors, which governs the PABC and its two sister organizations, the Foundation and Blumberg Institute. Kassa joined PABC in 2014 and has since overseen the center's services-based approach to nurture and guide its member companies to success. Industry Era, a global technology outlet, named Kassa one of "The 10 Best COOs of 2020."

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