Life sciences 3/2/23 webinar supplemental information

Dennis Carlone, a city planner, architect, and urban design consultant with 10+ years of experience, is serving his fifth term on the Cambridge City Council. His firm, Carlone & Associates, has advised several municipalities, including Boston, Chelsea, Plymouth, Winchester, and Cambridge. Known for his advocacy for social justice, he specializes in citywide planning, transit policy, and sustainability initiatives, earning him multiple awards in urban design, architecture, landscape architecture, planning, and implementation strategies. 

Vanessa Cook, a Biosafety professional with 17+ years of research experience and expertise in Medical Microbiology, is an Associate Biosafety Officer at UC San Diego and Secretary of BioNet, a not-for-profit network for Biosafety Professionals in Southern California. She started her career in Biosafety in 2018 at University of Southern California after moving to the USA in 2007 for her PhD in Virology. 

Sam Lipson is Senior Director of Environmental Health at the Cambridge Public Health Department and Chair of the Cambridge Biosafety Committee. He is responsible for conducting hazard assessments, permitting for lab biosafety and other activities, promoting COVID safety and providing consultation on exposure risks and hazards to City of Cambridge departments. He is in demand as a speaker and is called on to be an advisor to many cities on biosafety and public health.  

Paul Magginetti, a citizen advocate with 40+ years of experience in Life Sciences, brings expertise in Manufacturing, R&D, Scale-up, Transfer, and QA Engineering. He has witnessed the evolution of biosafety practices since the AIDS epidemic and is now focused on his neighborhood's transformation due to new Life Science labs replacing brownfields left by the semiconductor industry.