Innovation Night

San Diego’s premier arts and sciences networking event

Monday, October 21, 2024
5:30pm

La Jolla Playhouse’s Innovation Night is San Diego’s premier networking event for the arts and sciences industries. An elegant cocktail reception for 500+ C-level executives, innovators, and guests with delicious cuisine and an open bar. Plus, an Innovation Night gallery featuring interactive exhibits from leading San Diego companies and delightful Without Walls-inspired theatre to enjoy.

La Jolla Playhouse takes great pride in celebrating 100 Years of Scripps Research at this year’s Innovation Night. Under the leadership of Peter Schultz, President and CEO of Scripps Research, they continue to build on this remarkable record to push the frontiers of science and medicine over the next century and beyond.

Innovation Night 2024 - Celebrating 100 years of Scripps Research

About Scripps Research

Scripps Research was founded in 1924 as the Scripps Metabolic Clinic in La Jolla with a gift from local philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps. Inspired, in part, by the discovery of insulin in 1921 to treat diabetes, she believed that science would transform the field of medicine. The tremendous impact of Scripps Research over the past century has proven her right and today we carry on that tradition, continuing the institute’s rich history and achievements to push the frontiers of science and medicine over the next century and beyond.

The institute sets the standard for excellence in a number of research fields, evidenced by the steady stream of groundbreaking discoveries that emerge from the institute’s labs in chemistry, neuroscience, immunology and structural biology, to name a few. Building upon this foundation of scientific excellence, we’ve established a remarkable track record of generating new medicines. Discoveries made in the institute’s labs have enabled 15 FDA-approved therapies…with many more on the horizon.

Under the leadership of Peter Schultz, President and CEO of Scripps Research, we have begun to build on this remarkable record to establish a new paradigm for the institute and for the field of science more broadly.

Tickets are $250.
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La Jolla Playhouse is a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. The benefits associated with your contribution are valued at $100. Federal Tax ID: 95‐1941117.
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List as of September 12, 2024

2024 Innovation Night Co-Chairs:
Denise Bevers, Adam Jacobs and Tim Scott

Denise Bevers
President and CEO, VETmAb Biosciences

Adam Jacobs
Co-founder, The Jacobs Scheriff Group

Tim Scott
President and CEO, AustinPx

Host Committee

Travis Alegria – Branch Sales Manager, Sharp Business Systems
Michalyn Andrews – CEO/Co-founder, Provenance Bio
Andrew Biros – Senior Director, Center for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost, University of San Diego
Dan Bradbury – Managing Member, BioBrit, LLC
David A. Brenner, M.D. – President and Chief Executive Officer, Sanford Burnham Prebys
Jennifer Cayer – Chief Business Officer, Pulmocide
Ann Chaplin – General Counsel, Qualcomm
Stephan Coleman – Market Managing Director, Institutional Asset Management, PNC Bank
David Crean – Managing Partner, Cardiff Advisory, LLC
Matt D’Alessandro – Senior Vice President, Corporate Banking, PNC Bank
Brett D’Arcy- Managing Partner, D’Arcy Capital
Ed Dennis – Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, and the Graduate Division Chancellor I Endowed Chair School of Medicine, UCSD
Susan Dubé – Board Member, La Jolla Playhouse
Ray Flores – Military and Veterans Affairs Officer, County of San Diego
Jeff Friedman – Managing Partner, Friedman Bioventure
Jenni Friedman – Managing Partner, Friedman Bioventure
Deb Hart – Head of Investor Relations, Maravai LifeSciences
Greg Horowitt – Director of Innovation & Design, UCSD
John Jarvis – Executive Vice President, Hughes Marino
Bryan Knox – General Manager, Catalent
Mike Krenn – President and CEO, Connect
Christopher Lee – Associate Vice Chancellor, University of California San Diego
Courtney Liddy – Managing Director – Wealth Management/Private Wealth Advisor, The Liddy Group
James Mackay – President and CEO, AristeaTX
Hala Madanat – Vice President of Research and Innovation, SDSU
David Marchesani – Founder and CEO, Iapetus Capital, Inc.
Chris Montgomery – Seamont Group Consulting
Juli Moran – San Diego Office Marketplace Leader, Deloitte
Tom Murphy – Partner, Calibre One
Joseph Panetta – President and CEO, Biocom California
Christina Romeo – Small Commercial Sales Manager – Los Angeles, The Hanover Insurance Group
Ivor Royston – President and CEO, Carson Royston Group
Tim Schoen – CEO, BioMed Realty
Trent Selbrede – General Manager, Marriott/Residence Inn La Jolla
Natalie Sherod – Risk Advisor, CPCU, CRM, CIC, Cavignac
Scott Stanton – Member, Mintz
Michael Sullivan – Partner, Latham & Watkins
Kelly Thomson – Regional Managing Director, Ascent Private Capital
Erin Trenda – Litigation Partner, Cooley
Mary Walshok – Co-Founder, Connect & UC San Diego Associate Vice Chancellor for Public Programs (Retired), UCSD
Nicola Wilkins-Miller – Director of Philanthropy, Scripps Research