Board of Directors Announced for New Bio-Research & Development Growth (BRDG) Park at the Danforth Plant Science Center
St. Louis, September 22, 2008 – The Bio-Research & Development Growth (BRDG) Park at the Danforth Plant Science Center, a new bio-park for plant and life sciences research and commercial development, has appointed 11 individuals to serve on its Board of Directors.
Located in St. Louis County, Missouri, across from Monsanto world headquarters, BRDG Park is expected to open in April 2009 its first 118,000 sq. ft. multi-tenant facility featuring wet laboratories and offices, as well as a prominent incubator.
Newly appointed Board members include Jim Berens, President, Wexford Science+Technology, LLC; Dan Burkhardt, Partner, Oakwood Medical Investors; Denny Coleman, President and CEO, St. Louis County Economic Council; Jerry Glover, Vice President-External Affairs, Monsanto Company; Vicki Gonzalez, President and CEO, Nidus Center; Dr. Jan Jaworski, Vice President for Research, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center; Linda Martinez, Partner, Bryan Cave LLP; Richard Roloff, Vice Chancellor for Capital Projects, Washington University in St. Louis; Dr. Richard Sayre, Director of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Institute for Renewable Fuels, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center; Jacqueline Davis-Wellington, Executive Vice President, Real Estate and Community Development Division of the St. Louis County Economic Council, and Sam Fiorello, President of BRDG Park and Chief Operating Officer of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center.
About BRDG Park at the Danforth Center
Bio-Research & Development Growth (BRDG) Park at the Danforth Plant Science Center helps life sciences companies bridge research, resources and relationships to achieve commercial success. In addition to providing world-class wet laboratories, office space and a prominent incubator, BRDG Park’s location on the Danforth Center’s campus facilitates access to the intellectual capital of top scientists, as well as to greenhouse, growth chambers, microscopy and proteomics facilities and other vital resources. Located in suburban St. Louis County, Missouri, BRDG Park is being developed by Wexford Science+Technology LLC.