Leadership 2026-2028
MDG Boston Officers and Board of Directors
All-Volunteer Board of Directors
MDG Boston has 9 members on its all-volunteer Board of Directors, composed of 3 Officers and 6 Directors. These individuals are elected by the MDG Boston Members for a 2-year term.
Former volunteers, officers or directors who have provided extraordinary service to MDG Boston and embody the operating principles, day in and day out, may be honored with Director Emeritus status.
Geoff Moodie, PhD | MDG Boston President
Director, Biocompatibility at Eurofins
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Geoff has over twenty years of experience evaluating the safety and efficacy of medical device products, including combination products and absorbable materials. Currently he is Director of Biocompatibility at Eurofins Medical Device Testing. He also serves on biocompatibility working groups at AAMI for new standards development.
Geoff has been involved with MDG for fifteen years, running the Programming group for most of that time. He has also served on its board of directors.
Peter Corash, MBA | MDG Boston Treasurer
Director of Marketing and Product Management, Alimed Medical
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Peter hails from the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, and has resided in Massachusetts for the last fifteen years. Peter has worked with both start-up and established businesses as a medical device marketer for over 25 years and has managed surgical businesses in the fields of; Cardiovascular, Orthopedics, Cardiothoracic, General & Plastic Surgery, among others. Peter holds an MBA from Ithaca College and a Bachelors Degree in Marketing from Rowan University. After realizing the tremendous value MDG brings to the Medical device community, has agreed to join the MDG Boston team as Treasurer.
Ibraheem Badejo, PhD, MLS
Sr. R&D Director, External Front End Innovation, Johnson & Johnson
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Ibraheem (Ib) leverages his expertise in smart materials and biomaterials to support the medical device sector. From 2010 to 2013, he was a Research Fellow at Global Surgery Group of Johnson & Johnson, where he was responsible for external and front-end innovations and intellectual property for Ethicon Biosurgery.
From 2006 to 2010, he was the Director of Applied Research & New Technology Assessment of novel biomaterials. Prior to that, he was the Chief Scientist of Closure Medical Corp (acquired by J&J in 2005). Prior to joining Closure, he held various positions at Bayer, North Carolina State University, College of Charleston. He currently serves as an Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Drexel University.
During his career, Ib has led teams in the development of commercialized biomaterials based products and new technology / products licensed or acquired.
Roger LaBrecque, MS
Innovative Medical Device Leader | Technical Visionary | Mentor & Inventor
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Roger is an accomplished and award-winning leader known for steering teams through complex projects crucial to the business product pipeline.
He is adept at cultivating customer relationships to advance business strategy and has contributed as an inventor and collaborator to secure 20+ patents.
Tracy Mason
Division Manager, Biomedical Search, A Division of FLSS
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Tracy has a background in life sciences research as well as the hospitality and events industry. She has led the building up of MDG Boston’s Alliance outreach and leveraged her versatile skillset in other significant ways. At Biomedical Search, she has been credited with single handedly growing the biomedical search division by building and maintaining quality relationships in the community.
Judy DeGraff, MBA
Director of Marketing, Hamilton, Brook, Smith, Reynolds
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Judy joined the BOD in 2022 as a Sponsor Advocate. She has experience in strategic market planning, communications, public relations, product and brand management, and lead generation. Her leadership contributions on the BOD include overall Programming, in-person events, as well as organizational strategy and execution. Judy has a B.S. in Marketing and Communication from Babson College and an M.B.A. in Marketing and Communications from Bentley University’s McCallum Graduate School of Business.
Jack O’Callaghan
Director of Business Development, Northeast Biomedical, Inc
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I have been part of the medical device community in Massachusetts for 26 years now. During that time, I have been in Sales, Sales Training, Marketing, Marketing and Sales Management and Business Development. I have worked with products as simple as sharps containers and products as complex as a diagnostic catheter designed to determine pressure gradients on either side of coronary lesions in the arteries of the heart. In the vast majority of the positions I have held, I have been involved in product development as a representative of the voice of the customer.
Joseph Ramadei, JD
Partner at Gennari Aronson
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Joe is a seasoned corporate and transactional lawyer whose work with companies spans the entire corporate life-cycle, including entity selection, general corporate representation and counseling, licensing, venture capital financings, initial public offerings, securities compliance, and mergers and acquisitions.
He advises both public and private companies in a wide range of industries, including enterprise software and Saas, medical devices, healthcare and information technology, outdoor advertising and surety insurance, professional services, media, and other industries. He has substantial experience in structuring and negotiating venture capital financings, ranging from seed stage to later series rounds, and also mergers & acquisitions, including both buy-side and sell-side transactions.
Bill Schick, eMBA, FCMO
MESH Interactive, Founder
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Bill’s first experience in life sciences was at LeMaitre Vascular, where he helped with 2 rounds of funding, doubled device sales, and helped take them public. He later founded Mesh Interactive, a brand and marketing firm that specializes in life sciences, which has helped numerous med-tech startups and established companies across the world to amplify their impact. Along with his deep knowledge of medical technology development and its marketing, he has built a robust network of professionals across healthcare, biotech, and tech sectors, which he believes could be invaluable in growing MDG Boston’s reach and influence.
Director Emeritus
Lisa Sasso, MBA, CPCC, PCC
Certified Executive Coach for Medical Development Partners, LLC.
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Lisa was the first MDG Board Emeritus honoree in 2020. Her past MDG Positions over 18 years include President, Vice President, Programs Co-chair and Board Member. She has served in an advisory capacity for almost every MDG subcommittee including marketing, programs, sponsorship, and nomination. She also ran the “Transitioning into the Medical Device Industry” program for MDG Boston for over a dozen years.
Lisa has 18+ years as a certified Executive Coach for Medical Development Partners, LLC as a Medical Device Coach, and she was past President/CEO of Radi Medical Systems, Inc. where she grew revenue from $0 to $28M in less than 6 years with profitability from year 1.
She has an MBA in management from Bentley University and BBA in marketing and BA in Economics from UMASS Amherst.