MassBioEd Foundation
Ligia Del Bianco serves as a Board Member at MassBioEd Foundation since January 2024 and has held the position of Executive Director of Patient Advocacy, Corporate Responsibility & Community Engagement at Biogen since 2012, focusing on health equity initiatives through the Biogen Foundation. Ligia has a robust background in healthcare communications, previously leading patient advocacy and external communications across various therapeutic areas and managing global brand communications for multiple Biogen portfolios. Prior experience includes roles as Senior Account Manager at WeissComm Partners and Account Manager at Red Door Communications, along with early career positions at Edelman. Ligia's academic credentials include a Communications Program from Harvard Extension School, a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing from CIM, a degree in Economics and International Relations from Boston University, and participation in an Economics Exchange Programme at Università Bocconi.
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MassBioEd Foundation
Our mission is to build a sustainable life sciences workforce in the region through educational programs that inspire and propel students, engage and excite teachers, and illuminate the pathway from the classroom to careers. In 2001, the Massachusetts Biotechnology Education Foundation (MassBioEd), a non-profit 501(c)(3) education foundation, was founded by the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council (MassBio), a business association that now has more than one thousand organization members. MassBio had identified a separate need for educational programming to cultivate talent in the workforce. MassBioEd continues to serve the region through programs focused on training high school educators, exposing students to the college and career opportunities within the life sciences, providing industry and higher education with job trends analysis, and advancing the discussion between community colleges, universities, and employers to better align training with industry needs and reduce the skills gap to meet and fulfill demand for talent.