Danny Pakulski, second from right, directs a scene from "Alexander the Brain," a 20-minute film he shot with equipment borrowed from Penn State Behrend.
MWRI Erie was launched in the fall of 2019 with funding by a number of organizations, represented here at the summer lab opening event by (from left): Charles “Boo” Hagerty, chief development officer, Hamot Health Foundation; Michael Batchelor, then president, Erie Community Foundation; Dr. Ralph Ford, chancellor, Behrend; Dr. Ivor Knight, associate dean for research and graduate studies, Behrend; Dr. Halina Zyczynski, medical director, MWRI Erie; Dr. Robert Edwards, chair, obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital; David Gibbons, president, UPMC Hamot; and Michael Annichine, chief executive officer, Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation.
Jeremy O'Mard, a managing consultant at IBM Global Business Services, is serving as an executive in residence at Penn State Behrend's Black School of Business.
Jeff Stempka, senior associate marketing manager at the Campbell Soup company, is serving as an executive in residence at Penn State Behrend's Black School of Business. He leads product innovation across the Campbell Condensed Soup and Swanson Broth & Stock portfolios.
