Our Team
Many Backgrounds. Different Perspectives. Persistently Curious.
MEET THE TEAM
MACKENZIE KLINE
Executive Assistant
DAWEI ZHANG, PhD
Associate
SARA PACHECO
Director of Finance
KATRINA BOGAN-BROWN, PHD
Advisor
KEVIN GROSSELIN, PhD
RA Ventures Associate
REBECCA SILBERMAN, PhD
Investment Director
MACKENZIE KLINE
Executive Assistant
Mackenzie Kline is an Executive Assistant at RA Capital Management. Mackenzie’s primary responsibilities are to coordinate calendars, events, and company meetings. Prior to RA, Mackenzie worked as an Executive Assistant at Casana, Iterative Health, and PathAI supporting C-Suite executives. Mackenzie holds a BA in Business Studies from Stockton University and is currently pursuing her MBA in Organizational Psychology at Johnson & Wales University.
DAWEI ZHANG, PhD
Associate
Dawei Zhang is an Associate with the TechAtlas division of RA Capital Management. Dawei's primary responsibilities are to work closely with members of the investment team and portfolio companies to deeply understand competitive landscapes, evaluate investment opportunities in a variety of therapeutic areas across all stages from discovery and new company creation through commercialization, and advise portfolio companies on program and pipeline strategy. Prior to RA, Dawei gained experience in commercial functions at Amgen and was a Business Development Fellow at Harvard University Office of Technology Development. Dawei holds a BS in Applied Bioscience from Zhejiang University and a PhD in Neuroscience from Harvard University.
SARA PACHECO
Director of Finance
Sara Pacheco is the Director of Finance at Raven, focusing on providing strategic finance support to newco's from incubation through formation and beyond. Before this role, Sara was a Director of Accounting and Finance at van den Boom & Associates where she worked as a Controller consultant with companies of various sizes in the life sciences sector. Her primary responsibilities included overseeing day-to-day accounting, monitoring budget performance, preparing financial analyses, and providing SOX compliance support. Before entering the life science space, Sara held various accounting roles in the retail industry and started her career at Deloitte. Sara has a BA in Economics and Accounting from the University of California at Santa Barbara. She is a CPA.
KATRINA BOGAN-BROWN, PHD
Advisor
Katrina Bogan-Brown is an Advisor at Raven. Prior to joining Raven, Katrina was founder of Brownian Consulting, a firm dedicated to securing nondilutive funding for clients. In this position, Katrina provided grant writing and scientific consulting services to clients from colleges, universities, research centers, start-up and established science and technology companies, and non-profits. She secured funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Energy (DOE), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Economic Development Administration (EDA), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and numerous private foundations. To date, Katrina has designed and executed funding strategies that led to acquisition of more than $150 million in nondilutive funds for clients. Katrina received a BS in Biology from Providence College and a PhD in Biochemistry from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College.
KEVIN GROSSELIN, PhD
RA Ventures Associate
Kevin Grosselin is Raven Ventures Associate. Kevin's primary responsibilities is to research early-stage projects in collaboration with Raven team members, Venture Partners, and Entrepreneurs-in-Residence. Prior to Raven, Kevin was a postdoctoral associate at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and an EMBO fellow. Kevin has a ME in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from Chimie ParisTech in France, a MS in Biotechnology from the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, and a PhD in Physics and Chemistry from Paris Sciences et Lettres Research University in France.
REBECCA SILBERMAN, PhD
Investment Director
Rebecca Silberman is an Investment Director on the Venture Team at RA Capital Management. Rebecca's primary responsibilities include identifying compelling opportunities for new company creation and investments in early-stage companies, as well as advising RA's portfolio companies. Rebecca holds a BA in Biology from Colgate University and a PhD in Biology from MIT.