Aimee Edwards named executive director of Utah's life sciences/healthcare organization

BioHive, a Utah association of life sciences and healthcare innovation companies, has announced the appointment of Aimee Edwards as the executive director. Edwards will succeed Katelin Roberts, who has served as in the position since its launch in 2020.

“On behalf of the BioHive board of directors, I would like to thank Katelin for her leadership and contributions to BioHive.{mprestriction ids="1,3"} She has been instrumental in building Utah’s life science and healthcare innovation ecosystem and establishing a strong brand identity for our industry over the past two years,” said Chris Gibson, co-founder and CEO of Recursion and chair of BioHive’s board. “We are also thrilled to welcome Aimee Edwards to BioHive to continue building our ecosystem and leading us into our next stage of growth.”

Edwards brings a broad range of leadership experience in building community, branding and public policy, most recently serving as external affairs director at Western Governors University. In this role, she launched the university’s first community affairs department which was vital in securing national partnerships, expanding social impact and advancing education and workforce development programs. She previously held multiple positions at the Utah governor’s office and Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity, including leading strategic outreach, communications and marketing and legislative strategy.

“I am humbled and honored to build upon BioHive’s legacy,” said Edwards. “Utah has become one of the fastestgrowing life science and health innovation communities in the nation. It is an exciting time in the state with increased investment, job growth, and rapidly expanding life science companies. I look forward to helping promote, connect and broaden opportunities for our industry and partners. Together we will accomplish great things for Utah.”

BioHive was formed to brand, build and bring together Utah’s life sciences industry, the organization said. One of the primary methods BioHive uses to build the life science community is to serve and educate communities across the state, including working closely with a variety of STEM groups and educational institutions. Its membership includes more than 1,300 life science and healthcare researchers, developers, and manufacturers of therapeutics, devices, and diagnostics, as well as laboratory facilities, healthcare delivery systems, digital health, health IT and supply-chain businesses that support these industries.{/mprestriction}