Bonnie Bertolaet

A biochemist who received her B.A. from Amherst College and her Ph.D. from Harvard University and trained as an NIH post-doctoral fellow at the University of California San Diego and The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, CA). During her work in academia and in biotech, her areas of research covered enzymology, yeast genetics, oncology (the cell cycle), and inflammation (signal transduction). Bonnie has been involved with educational organizations in public and private schools in a variety of roles, including supporting an equity-based educational program focused on raising awareness of physical and intellectual disabilities for children K-6th grade. Currently serves as Board Chair of Science Club for Girls, a renowned 24-year-old institution that creates opportunities for girls from...