Christiana DelloRusso, PhD

Dr. Christiana DelloRusso is a startup company advisor, founder mentor, investor and Board Director. She has 20+ years of experience in product, business, leadership and funding strategy of early-to-mid-stage for-profit and non-profit ventures in healthcare and life sciences. She spent eight years as a Partner in strategic healthcare venture capital with Boston-based LRVHealth, and Providence Ventures – formerly the strategic venture capital arm of the Providence health system (now Allumia Ventures). Prior to Providence, she was VP of Commercialization at state trade association Life Science Washington, and Managing Director of WINGS, a medical technology angel investor network. Locally Christiana serves on the boards of Ryther, a behavioral healthcare agency supporting children, youth and young adults, and the Seattle Public Library Foundation.