HudsonAlpha Celebrates 15th Anniversary

The HudsonAlpha Foundation’s annual Spring Benefit brought together members of the community, state and local officials, and HudsonAlpha leadership to celebrate the Institute’s 15th anniversary.

One of HudsonAlpha Foundation’s largest fundraisers, this year, the Spring Benefit introduced HudsonAlpha donors and supporters to the Innovation Fund, a new fund designed to drive the Institute’s most transformative programs, impactful breakthroughs, and pivotal opportunities. Donations raised exceeded the Foundation’s fundraising goal for the event.

After kicking the evening off with an introduction by emcee Payton Walker, a toast offered by Danny Windham, HudsonAlpha Chief Operations Officer, guests heard from Brian Pollock, Chairman of the Board of the Directors; Rick Myers, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer and M. A. Loya Chair in Genomics; and Neil Lamb, PhD, President. Pollock, Myers, and Lamb reflected on HudsonAlpha’s early days, provided updates about current scientific research, and shared a vision for the next fifteen years and beyond through support of the Innovation Fund. Sponsors were Intrepid, Adtran, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings.

Resources donated to the Innovation Fund are put to immediate use to support HudsonAlpha’s talent, improve and advance technology, seed promising new ideas, scale groundbreaking programs, and train the next generation of STEM leaders. n