Our Leaders
Vice President & Chief Ventures Officer
Executive Director, Baylor Licensing
Executive Director, Program Development & Strategic Operations
Business Lead, Marketing, Communications & Education Strategy
Our Team
Nayla Benyamine
Business Lead, Strategic Initiatives & Development
Brenda Kissack
Senior Financial Analyst
Jessica Phillips
Office Manager/Project Coordinator
Fauzia Chaudhary, Ph.D.
Senior Licensing Associate
Departments/Centers: Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Molecular & Cellular Biology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Surgery
Mercy Chen, Ph.D.
Senior Commercialization Associate, IP Federal and State Reporting and Compliance
Valerie Jordan, Ph.D.
Senior Sponsored Programs Analyst, Academic and Sponsor Agreements
Brad Kairdolf, Ph.D.
Senior Licensing Associate
Departments/Centers: Center for Drug Discovery, Dermatology, Family & Community Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics, Pharmacology, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Masters in Orthotics and Prosthetics Program
Dylan Laug, Ph.D.
Senior Licensing Associate
Departments/Centers: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Center for Cell & Gene Therapy, Center for Comparative Medicine, Center for Educational Outreach, Center for Medical Ethics & Health Policy, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Huffington Center on Aging, Molecular Virology & Microbiology
Terese Rakow, Ph.D.
Senior Licensing Manager
Departments/Centers: Molecular & Human Genetics, Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology
Institutional Advisory Board for Commercialization
BCM Ventures has established an Institutional Advisory Board for Commercialization (IABC) to support BCMV in enabling a robust environment for innovation and commercialization at the College. The board is comprised of Baylor faculty with an experienced background in commercialization and entrepreneurship at Baylor.
Joseph Petrosino, Ph.D.
IABC Chair
Chair and Professor, Molecular Virology & Microbiology
Director, Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research
Eric M. Rohren, M.D., Ph.D.
IABC Co-Chair
Chair and Professor, Radiology
Interim Chair, Radiology-Oncology
Malcolm Brenner, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Center for Cell & Gene Therapy, Molecular & Human Genetics, Pediatrics, Medicine, Translational Biology & Molecular Medicine
Maria Elena Bottazzi, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine
Professor, Pediatrics – Tropical Medicine, Molecular Virology & Microbiology
Todd Rosengart, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery
Trey Westbrook, Ph.D.
Professor, Molecular & Human Genetics, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Director, Therapeutic Innovation Center (THINC)
