MEET OUR TEAM

TINA OLSON
CHIEF FOUNDATION OFFICER

As the Chief of CTC's rapidly developing Foundation, Tina Olson is a driving influence in both CTC's Southern California presence and it's long-term outlook. As a leader in both marketing and nonprofit industries, she plays a vital role in CTC's efforts to bring innovators together from all industries.

Ms. Olson’s career has been focused on providing strategic expertise for the development and management of client programs. These activities include assessment, market evaluation, financial evaluation, customer needs assessment and analysis. While identifying and evaluating opportunities for new and existing systems, processes, and products, she defines the program roadmap in the long, mid, and short term. Olson delivers tangible and sustainable competitive advantages for businesses, strategic planning, and integrated marketing and branding communications. She has held senior positions at several major media marketing companies.

DANIEL LEVINE
DIRECTOR OF MEDIA

Daniel S. Levine is an award-winning business journalist who has reported on the life sciences, economic development, and business policy issues throughout his 25-year career. He founded Levine Media Group in 2013 to provide strategic communications to life sciences companies. He is also host of the weekly podcasts The Bio Report and RARECast. Levine most recently served as managing director of publications for Burrill & Company, a global financial services firm focused exclusively on the life sciences. There he headed corporate communications, served as editor of The Burrill Report, a monthly digital publication focused on the business of the life sciences, and hosted the publication’s weekly podcast. Since 2011, he’s served as the lead editor and writer of Burrill & Company’s acclaimed annual book on the biotech industry. His work with Burrill & Company began through the firm’s joint venture magazine startup The Journal of Life Sciences, where he led the creation of the publication’s website and served as web editor before advancing to editor. Click here for Daniel's biography.

MIchael pacholec
clean acres director

Michael is the Director of the Clean Acres Program, an initiative bringing together members and stakeholders focused on best practices in facilities management and operations.  From facilities design to security, and from energy efficiency to project finance, the Clean Acres Program provides insights into the challenges faced by innovative companies every day. Previously, Michael was key in the successful launch of ProspectSV, an Urban Innovation Center, which delivered solutions in Transportation, Energy, and Built Environment projects, providing support to entrepreneurs and startup companies.  Prior to joining ProspectSV, Michael worked in Environmental Policy at the Bay Area Council, developing membership in the Cleantech sector as well as performing a feasibility study for a technical assistance training program in water resource management for farming in the Mekong River Delta of SE Asia.  He has a degree in Environmental Science from the University of Portland.  On the weekends, Michael enjoys mountain biking, running, winemaking, and scuba diving‎.

CAREY KOPAY
Director of Member services

Carey Kopay is an established nonprofit leader in the California science community. Prior to the CTC, Carey served as Executive Director of the Edward Teller Education Center. She has also served as a board member and chair of the Bay Area Biotechnology Education Consortium. In other experience, Carey served as chair of a Chabot College Student Learning Outcomes initiative, and the Health Science Advisory Committee of Las Positas College.