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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 repro

MWRI Lab Opening

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.

A portrait of Jeremy O'Mard, an executive in residence at Penn State Behrend.

Jeremy O'Mard (header photo)

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. 

A portrait of Matthew MacBeth, an executive in residence at Penn State Behrend's Black School of Business.

Matthew MacBeth

Matthew MacBeth, chief innovation officer of the Brookfield Group, is serving as an executive in residence at Penn State Behrend's Black School of Business. He has founded several start-up ventures and mentors entrepreneurs through his Guidant Venture Studio.