Who We Are
Who We Are
Who we bring together sets us apart.

Leadership Team
Leadership at the BBH draws on strategic vision, deep expertise, and limitless enthusiasm to create and foster an innovative environment for entrepreneurs to develop and thrive.
David Schaffer
Director of BBH
David Schaffer is Director of BBH and a faculty member in the College of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. With degrees in both physical and life sciences, he’s perfectly positioned to co-lead an incubator designed specifically for bioconvergence startups. As a serial entrepreneur who has co-founded 8 companies and whose technology is being used in 9 human clinical trials, with 4 to date showing efficacy, he’s experienced and enthusiastic about helping startups thrive.
Susan Jenkins
BBH Managing Director
Susan Jenkins is managing director of the BioEnginuity Hub, and oversees Campus Programs at BBH. With extensive experience in academic research, management of interdisciplinary research institutes, and involvement with entrepreneurship programs, she’s involved with strategic planning and administration for BBH.
Regis Kelly
Director of Bakar Labs at BBH and QB3 Executive Director
Regis Kelly is director of Bakar Labs at BBH and executive director of QB3. Drawing from his experience at QB3 helping to launch two companies, a life sciences startup incubator and a venture fund, he has strategically positioned the Bakar Labs to be the world-class comprehensive incubator for life science and bioconvergence startups.
Gino Segrè
Managing Director of Bakar Labs at BBH
Gino Segrè is managing director of Bakar Labs at BBH, overseeing all administrative operations of the incubator and selection and integration of startup companies. As a former incubator director with QB3 and more than 15 years experience working at established life science companies, he provides strategic and funding advice to startup companies.
Board of Directors
The BBH Board is comprised of big thinkers with a track record of solving daunting problems in business, nonprofits, and academia.
Lisa Alvarez-Cohen
Vice Provost for Academic Planning, UC Berkeley
Brook Byers
Founding Partner, Kleiner Perkins
Rich Lyons
Chief Innovation and Entrepreneurship Officer, UC Berkeley
Rosemarie Rae
Vice Chancellor of Finance and CFO, UC Berkeley
Sue Siegel
Board Member, CEO & Venture Capitalist
Robert Tjian
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UC Berkeley
Kathy Yelick
Vice Chancellor for Research, UC Berkeley