Susan Windham-Bannister was appointed by the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center board of directors to be the center's first president and CEO, a position she has held since 2008. The center is a quasi-public entity created by the Massachusetts Legislature in 2006 to promote the state's life sciences and is fast becoming the hub of connectivity for all sectors of the life sciences community, encouraging unprecedented public-private collaboration among industry, research, academia and government. Windham-Bannister is former managing vice president of the Commercial Strategy Group for Abt Bio-Pharma Solutions Inc. and a founding member of the company. She has 35 years of consulting experience with such clients as Siemens Diagnostics, Roche, Pfizer, Genzyme, Eyetech, Sopherion, Sanofi, Novartis, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Tufts Medical Center, among others. Windham-Bannister holds a B.A. from Wellesley College and a Ph.D. in health policy and management from the Heller School at Brandeis University.

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