Meet our Board of Directors!
Jeremy Houser, PhD
Co-Founder &
Board President
Jeremy is a graduate of Concordia College and received his PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
He has held a variety of positions the biotech industry, covering drug discovery, pre-clinical/IND enabling research, and platform/process development.
Madelyn Clancy
Co-Founder &
Board Secretary
Madelyln graduated from Concordia College with a degree in Business and Marketing. She held positions in sales and marketing in the Fargo area before coming to the biotech industry.
Since coming to science, she has specialized in project management, procurement, supply chain logistics, and other business operations for biotech research.
Brandon Taylor, CPA, CVA
Board Treasurer
Brandon Taylor is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Valuation Analyst with over seven years of experience at Haga Kommer. He earned degrees in Accounting and Economics from the University of North Dakota and is also a licensed financial advisor.
He enjoys playing hockey, golfing, hunting, fishing, and spending time with friends and family. He is proud to contribute his time and expertise to Houser Labs and is passionate about making a positive impact in the community.
Wyatt Warkenthien
Board Member
Wyatt holds a degree in Biotechnology from North Dakota State University where he held leadership positions in a variety of related organizations.
He is an accomplished entrepreneur in the Ag-Tech space, and is an emerging local leader in the effort to grow research output in the region. He is the co-founder of Frontier Bioforge LLC, now Lilac Agriculture.
Jim Cooper - Unfinished Ventures
Jim Cooper builds and interrogates the machinery of startups, innovation ecosystems, policy, and capital. He's Australian, so don't hold that against him, but splits time between California and Sydney, working across venture, commercialization, and ecosystem design. He teaches innovation at the University of California, works with several US-based accelerators including LARTA and StartBlue, is Senior Board Advisor to Software Australia, External Industry Advisor to the California State University Biotech program, and currently works as Cofounder & Director of Unfinished Ventures, an innovation advisory firm based in Sydney.
Three decades in, he's lost count of the 300+ startups advised, has mentored across a dozen accelerators (and ran one), and still serves as senior footy coach to the Orange County Giants AFC. Lucky for us, he has a bias toward being useful, trying to understand why sensible things don’t happen, and why the opposite usually does.
