As Head of Company Sourcing for JLabs, Kara leads the company recruitment and selection process for JLabs including JLabs San Diego, JLabs @QB3 in San Francisco and JLabs @LabCentral in Cambridge/Boston. In this role, Kara is actively building a pipeline of prospects and driving licensee companies through diligence, selection, and joining JLabs. Kara coordinates opportunities to grow relationships between JLabs companies and Johnson & Johnson Innovation and other potential strategic partners.

Kara joins JLabs through Prescience International, where she was Director of Corporate Ventures, primarily focusing on JLabs. She has over 10 years experience in the European and the U.S. biotech sector. Prior to joining Prescience, Kara led the scientific communications and marketing for Belgian-based Galapagos NV at a period when the company grew from 60 to over 800 employees and completed its initial public offering on Euronext. She holds a BS in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina and a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Texas.