Case Study: Richard Kerri

Kerri and I were colleagues at the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) for nearly six years. In my role at BIO, as Senior Manager, Board Operations and Administration, Office of the General Counsel, Legal Department, I managed the Board Operations and Administration for BIO’s Legal Department. In that role, I worked and collaborated with Kerri on Board-related matters, specifically, managing BIO’s 114-120-member Board of Directors, and the eight Board-level Committees, of which in Kerri managed the Public Awareness Board-level Committee for the Communications Department in her role as senior-level Executive Assistant.

Kerri and I both managed the Budget for our respective departments. I managed the Legal Department Budget and

Kerri managed the Communications Department Budget. Often (based on guidance from the Finance Department) we would collaborate on best practices for drafting and submitting our annual budgets and forecasts.

From time to time, I also worked with Kerri to coordinate meeting schedules on behalf of my General Counsel and the Senior Vice President/Communications.

My title at BIO (when I left the organization in November 2017) was Senior Manager, Board Operations and Administration, Office of the General Counsel, Legal Department.
Kerri is a very polished, outgoing, and bright professional--and some of her strengths, I have witnessed first-hand are described below.