Kaethe Beck

Kaethe Ann Beck, MS, is a leader in strategic leadership, research institute coordination, commercialization, fundraising, and alliance management in life sciences. She has extensive experience building and managing collaborative teams, defining strategic goals, and delivering measurable results. Kaethe currently serves as Associate Vice President for Strategic Impact in Life Sciences at Purdue University, focusing on strategy and coordination of the Life Sciences Institutes. She has also served as Associate Vice President for Operations at the University of Cincinnati’s Office of Innovation and was Director of Operations for Life Sciences at Purdue, where she coordinated six life science institutes and managed a $52M research partnership with Eli Lilly. Earlier in her career, she directed a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence and worked in microscopy analysis software sales.