Women of Hopkins Dinner with a Leader: A Roundtable Discussion Series

Sponsored by the Women of Hopkins Boston

Join fellow alum and Nina Urban ’84 for the first Women of Hopkins Dinner with a Leader. Enjoy a delicious three course dinner including red and white wine pairings at MIDA’s Chef’s Table while engaging in a dynamic roundtable discussion.

Our guest speaker will share her experiences, professional journey, and leadership best practices followed by open conversation. The evening is a wonderful opportunity to make new connections and share professional insights in a small group setting.

Seating is limited. All alum are welcome to join!

A portion of this registration fee will serve as a donation in support of future programming and events. If you wish to not have a portion of your registration support such initiatives, you may contact the Office of Annual Giving: oag@jhu.edu.

While participating in off-campus events and meetings sponsored by the JHAA/JHM/JHHS participants must follow all public health guidelines mandated by the local jurisdiction and venue at the time of the event. Johns Hopkins strongly suggests that attendees who join in person receive at least one dose of an FDA- or WHO-authorized COVID-19 vaccine before attending This is subject to change.

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ABOUT Nina Urban

Nina has more than 20 years of experience founding and running biotechnology startup companies to develop University intellectual property into drug discovery and patient solutions, believing that world-class research is the foundation for transformational medicines and commercial success. Currently Urban is Managing Director of Grandview Advisory providing strategic advice to research driven organizations on innovation and commercialization. Previously she was CEO of Valted Seq and VP, Innovation R&D Alliance for Neuraly, both Johns Hopkins spin-out companies developing AI drug discovery technology and clinical therapies for neurodegenerative diseases. As VP, she was responsible for setting up three newcos (including ValtedSeq) and management of University licensing and sponsored research. Prior to Neuraly Urban spent a decade at three premier research universities (Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory, and Johns Hopkins) where she played a university wide leadership role overseeing their startup activity, including identification of commercial opportunities, translational funding, and mentoring. While leading GaTech’s Advanced Technology Development Corporation (ATDC) she was responsible for supporting technology entrepreneurship for the state of Georgia. At Johns Hopkins she joined the leadership team of the university President-led initiative to promote and support entrepreneurship, including the formation of FastForward. Urban’s early “cradle to grave” biotech entrepreneur experience as Founder and CEO of Zygogen, LLC, a platform technology company, provided her with the strategic and operational challenges and insights that inform her institutional and enterprise work. Her industry career began at the bench in drug discovery research at Genetics Institute (now Pfizer). Urban received a master’s degree from Harvard Medical School’s PhD program in Cellular and Molecular Biology and an MBA from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business. Her undergraduate degree was in social and behavioral sciences from Johns Hopkins University

Event Date
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Start Time: 5:30pm EST

Location
Mida South End

782 Tremont St
Boston, MA 02118

Contact
Office of Alumni Relations
6673068977
affinity@jhu.edu

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Women of Hopkins Dinner with a Leader: A Roundtable Discussion Series

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