We are thrilled to announce WIB has elected Dr. J. Dianne Keen-Kim, Ph.D., FACMG, HCLD(ABB) of the San Francisco Bay Area chapter as the 2024 National President-Elect. She will transition into the National President role in 2025. Dianne currently serves as the Chair of the Executive Women In Bio (EWIB) and Sponsorship committees for WIB San Francisco Bay Area, and is a member of the 2022 EWIB Boardroom Ready cohort. She has been an active member of Women In Bio for over 10 years.
Keen-Kim is a medical laboratory, genetics, and operational executive with over 20 years of strategic growth and resource optimization expertise in the medical device and diagnostics industries. Her varied experience includes scaling automation through AI/ML, R&D, quality, regulatory, and clinical trials within start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. As an operator, entrepreneur, and member of the board of directors of several companies, she has designed, built, validated, and launched more than 50 clinical tests for the diagnosis and treatment of patients and built/staffed five clinical laboratories from scratch. She currently serves as SVP of Laboratory Affairs and Corporate CLIA Director at Natera, Founder CEO of Arete Diagnostics, and Adjunct Clinical Professor of Pathology at Stanford University School of Medicine. She earned her BS from Carnegie Mellon University and her PhD from MIT and completed medical genetics fellowships at UCLA School of Medicine.
Keen-Kim is a medical laboratory, genetics, and operational executive with over 20 years of strategic growth and resource optimization expertise in the medical device and diagnostics industries. Her varied experience includes scaling automation through AI/ML, R&D, quality, regulatory, and clinical trials within start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. As an operator, entrepreneur, and member of the board of directors of several companies, she has designed, built, validated, and launched more than 50 clinical tests for the diagnosis and treatment of patients and built/staffed five clinical laboratories from scratch. She currently serves as SVP of Laboratory Affairs and Corporate CLIA Director at Natera, Founder CEO of Arete Diagnostics, and Adjunct Clinical Professor of Pathology at Stanford University School of Medicine. She earned her BS from Carnegie Mellon University and her PhD from MIT and completed medical genetics fellowships at UCLA School of Medicine.
Keen-Kim looks forward to applying her diverse professional background as well as her personal experience as a wife, mother, mentor, and teacher to further WIB’s mission of supporting women in the life sciences.
“I am thrilled to join the WIB national leadership team and look forward to growing this organization that supports women from the classroom to the boardroom. My focus is to help women of all backgrounds and career levels achieve their goals by sharing and leveraging the unique strengths of our over 4,000 members in the US and Canada. By elevating the impact and influence of our programs, WIB will continue to grow, retain, and engage our membership, as well as celebrate and honor our exceptional members, volunteers, donors, partners, and sponsors.”
Dianne Keen-Kim, WIB 2024 National President-Elect
Join us in congratulating and welcoming Dianne to WIB’s National Leadership team!
