John Russell

• Corporate
• Food, Drugs, Medical Devices and Cosmetics
• Life Sciences
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Privacy, Data Protection and Information Management

• Securities

Bar of North Carolina

North Carolina

K&L Gates

Current

Harvard Law School

J.D.

1985

cum laude

Columbia University

M.A.

1978

with honors

University of North Carolina

B.A.

1977

with highest honors, Phi Beta Kappa

Current

Activities: North Carolina Bioscience (Director and Executive Board, 2006-present)

Current

Activities: Healthy Kids Campaign (Orange County Corporate Co-Chair, 2007)

Current

Activities: Opera Company of North Carolina (Chair, Board of Directors, 2001-2006; Member, 1997-present)

Current

Activities: UNC School of Public Health (Board of Advisors, 2004-present)

Current

Activities: Center for the Study of the American South, UNC-Chapel Hill (Board of Trustees, 2006-present)

Current

Activities: University  Center for International Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill (Board of Directors, 2005-present)

Current

Activities: Association of Clinical Research Organizations (Founding Secretary; Chair, Policy & Practices Committee, 2002)

Current

Activities: Council for Entrepreneurial Development (Chairman, Venture Fair, 1993)

Current

Activities: North Carolina Railroad Company (Director of OTC-traded company, 1993-1999)

Current

Activities: North Carolinians  Against Gun Violence (Founding Secretary and Director, 1990)