Title: Director, Commercialization Practice
Category: Managing Professional
Education: MS, Biology; MBA
Elaine White has extensive experience in technology transfer/commercialization, and has worked in this field from 1995-present. She began her technology transfer career at the National Institutes of Health, and subsequently worked at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston College, and the University of North Texas Health Science Center, managing intellectual property portfolios and negotiating a broad range of agreements at each. Elaine received her M.B.A. in Finance from New York University's Stern School of Business, with additional concentrations in Marketing and Business Strategy; she also holds a Master's degree in Biology from UCLA. Prior to her M.B.A. studies, Elaine conducted research in Drosophila genetics in the laboratory of Nobel laureate Dr. Edward B. Lewis and in molecular biology/immunology in the laboratory of Dr. Leroy Hood, both at the California Institute of Technology. Elaine is very active in the Licensing Executives Society, and recently completed a two-year term as Chair of the LES Industry-University-Government Interface Sector. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the LES Foundation and on the Editorial Board for LES Insights.