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 Dave Barnes is CEO and Co-Founder of Velesco Pharmaceutical Services, which offers analytical method development and product formulation services to companies developing therapeutically active small molecule compounds.
Dave started his career in the Pfizer research center in Sandwich, England where his work focused on the development of dosage forms of new compounds and the transfer of the manufacturing processes into production plants in both Europe and the USA. He spent 19 years with Pfizer Global R & D, serving in a variety of scientific and managerial roles.
In 2001 when Pfizer acquired Parke-Davis, Dave relocated to Ann Arbor to work on the commissioning and validation of the new Technical Development Facility (TDF). After the completion of this project, Dave remained with Pfizer in Ann Arbor managing the global provision of supplies for clinical trials.
Following the 2007 closure of the Pfizer Ann Arbor site, Dave teamed up with Pfizer colleague Gerry Cox, to set up Velesco Pharmaceutical Services.
Dave is a graduate of The London School of Pharmacy, where he obtained a pharmacy degree and a PhD in pharmaceutical sciences.
Dave is also a member of the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering, the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of GB.
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 Melanie Maurice is an Associate General Counsel II for The Regence Group where she provides legal support for Provider Services, Health Care Services, Subrogation, and Government Programs. Her office is located in Portland, Oregon.
Ms. Maurice graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering. She received her juris doctor degree from Rutgers School of Law-Newark where she served as managing editor of the Rutgers Law Review. Upon graduating, Ms. Maurice served as a law clerk for the Honorable James H. Coleman, Jr. of the New Jersey Supreme Court. She then worked as an associate at Shearman & Sterling and Skadden Arps in the Bank Finance and Bankruptcy department and Litigation department, respectively. Prior to joining Regence, Ms. Maurice was corporate counsel at New York Life Insurance Company, where she supported the litigation and corporate governance areas.
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 Alton J. King is the youngest of four sons to Willie Mae King and the late William H. King and a native of Hendersonville, NC. He is a graduate from North Carolina State University with a BS degree in civil engineering and a minor in environmental science. He is also an MBA graduate from Wake Forest University.
Mr. King has been able to travel across the globe - many friends and family members have called him a world traveler. He spent three years working in Mexico, Venezuela, Aruba, and Panama for a marine construction/dredging firm. And while in graduate school, he went on a two-week immersion study to China. Such travels have served him well in understanding what it means to be a global citizen.
After grad school, Mr. King started his own professional services firm and worked mostly with biotechnology/life sciences companies. His passion for healthcare work is driven by the fact that his mother is an end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patient.
Recently wrapping up a two-year positing in Ethiopia working for the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, he along with diplomat wife Kimberly Wright-King will be headed off to Haiti with the US Government in January 2010.
Alton J. King received his B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from North Carolina State University. Having specialized in structural design and transportation systems, he later completed his Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Wake Forest University (WFU). While at WFU, Mr. King designed and implemented a new health care course and aided in the creation of a health sector focus within the MBA program. Additionally, Mr. King worked on an NIH study for early detection of myocardial injury in cancer patients.
Mr. King joined HHS/CDC in Ethiopia in September 2007. As Facilities Project Specialist, he oversaw all construction and renovation efforts in-country. Through his managerial leadership in infrastructural development for optimized HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment services, PEPFAR-funded health facilities are becoming more environmentally sustainable. Mr. King´s concurrent role as Associate Director of Operations has spurned innovative digital solutions for higher productivity and heightened monitoring efficiencies of foreign assistance expenditures over the past nine months.
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