Tia Lyles-Williams

As an African-American Queer Woman, Tia Lyles-Williams is the 1st to own & lead a Biotechnology / Biopharmaceutical Large-Scale Manufacturing Company.

Tia is a facilitative leader that is highly knowledgeable about the biotechnology / biopharmaceutical industries & its impact on patients, the middle-class workforce, and economic development in underserved communities. She has twenty (20) years of experience within the industry formerly working for the U.S. Federal Government, Big Pharma and Small Biotech Companies.

LucasPye BIO will be the 2nd African-American owned/lead biotech manufacturing company in the commercial — 65 years after Dr. Percy Lavon Julian and his company, Julian Laboratories, Inc. (1953) in Oak Park, IL — the 1st African-American to own & lead a biotech/biopharma company.