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8 WORCESTER HOMECOMING 2022 ALUMNI BIOS ALUMNI JAMES J. COLLINS A 1987 Holy Cross grad and MacArthur ``Genius" award winner, Jim is MIT's Teemer Professor of Bioengineering in the Department of Biological Engineering and Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, and is director of the Collins Lab. He's a leader in the emerging field of synthetic biology and systems biology, where his work has produced breakthroughs in diagnostics for Zika and Ebola viruses, therapeutics to detect-and- treat infections, rare genetic metabolic disorders and inflammatory bowel disease. He has also been awarded the NIH Directors Pioneering Award and a Sanofi-Institute Pasteur Award. JUDY NITSCH Founder of Nitsch Engineering, Judy's 40+ year civil engineering career has focused on the design and management of site development and infrastructure-related projects with a focus on sustainability. Now retired, she's vice chair of the board at Boston Architectural College, and has received honorary doctorate degrees from WPI, where she graduated, as well as the Mass Maritime Academy. Judy has received numerous awards throughout her career and is also an Emeritus Trustee at WPI. ROB SKINNER A founding Partner and Co- CEO of IEQ Capital, a CA based financial advisory firm where Rob helps manage more than $12 billion in assets. His early career included stints at Fidelity Investments, Merrill Lynch and Luminous Capital. Rob's been named several times to the Forbes "America's Top Wealth Advisors" list, as well as Barron's "Top 100 Financial Advisors". He serves on several boards, including the Pebble Beach Company Foundation, the UCONN Foundation, and PGA REACH, a charitable foundation associated with PGA of America. "Over the last 10 years we have worked together to build a city that is not just a place people want to visit, but a place where people want to live." — Mayor Joseph Petty — WORCESTER POPULATION 206,518 That's up 14% from 2010!