SCB Staff

Executive Director

Justin Barch, CAE

Before joining SCB, Justin was a Director at the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP), a 501(c)6 organization where he oversaw revenue-generating programs in certification, training, events, and membership. Justin’s prior experience also includes having served as Executive Vice President for Pharmagen Inc., a publicly traded healthcare company that operated in three verticals: compounded pharmaceuticals, wholesale distribution, and over-the-counter products.

Justin began his career at the investment bank Johnston, Lemon & Co., where he served as an advisor in the investment management practice. He received an MBA from Louisiana State University at Shreveport and a BS in Finance from the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University. He also holds the Certified Association Executive designation.

Additionally, Justin is an advocate for blood clot awareness and has served on the board of directors for the National Blood Clot Alliance.

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM MANAGERS

Dawn Henke, PhD

Senior Scientific Program Manager

Dawn holds a PhD in Genetics and Genomic Sciences from University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Prior to joining SCB, she worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Health in the National Eye Institute performing stem cell research developing retinal organoids for testing and therapeutic purposes from stem cells.

Catherine (Katie) Zander, PhD

Scientific Program Manager

Katie holds a PhD in Chemistry from Binghamton University, where she studied the kinetics of neurotransmitters. Her past experience includes researching rare blood clotting diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, founding a patient education program, working in the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce as an American Society of Hematology & American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science & Technology Policy Fellow, and co-chairing the National Postdoctoral Association’s Advocacy Committee.