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Amanda Medcalf Conerty
Exec. Director Analytical and Process Development and Manufacturing,
Artiva Biotherapeutics
Amanda is the Executive Director of Process, Analytical Development and Manufacturing at Artiva Biotherapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company dedicated to developing off-the-shelf, allogeneic, NK cell therapies. Amanda is an ASCP-certified clinical laboratory scientist with more than 20 years of in cell therapy development and manufacturing. Currently, she leads PD, AD, manufacturing, and supply chain operations for cell products across all development programs. Prior to Artiva, Amanda spent more than 8 years at Fate Therapeutics, where she held positions of increasing responsibilities in the CMC group, culminating in her position as Senior Director of Manufacturing and Quality Control. Amanda holds a BS in Clinical Laboratory Science and a Graduate Certificate in Reproductive Laboratory Science from the University of Kentucky.