NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BRANCH, AALAS 

Keynote Speaker: Stephen Keeney, BS., TH.M., LATG, CMAR (Manager, Regeneron Phamaceuticals)

Stephen Keeney is manager of a genetically-modified mouse production facility with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals in Tarrytown, New York.  He joined Regeneron in 2009 as an animal care technician, with seven years of prior animal experience.  He is RLATG and CMAR certified, with a Th.M.  Other vocational experience includes 17 years in church ministry and 27 years licensed as an armed guard.

His life hobbies have been motorcycles, martial arts, rock climbing, knife collecting, and guitar.  He resides with his wife, stepson, and a menagerie of pythons, other snakes, lizards, cats, and a tarantula.

Steve finds his greatest satisfaction by helping other people in their life skills and careers, sharing lessons from his eclectic personal journey.  He has experienced the joy of success, but also the pain of recovering from catastrophic failure.  He believes that good people are the most important assets of any business, crucial to the desired final product.  A working principle of his team is “Bosses give orders, but leaders build leaders.” 

Evelyn Ordones Sanchez, Ph.D.

Technical Information Scientist, The Jackson Laboratory

Dr. Evelyn (Evie) Ordones Sanchez earned her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Temple University in 2021 where she studied how decision-making behaviors were affected by early life adversity. Evie has worked at The Jackson Laboratory for many years under various roles, such as In Vivo Laboratory Technician to Research Associate, but in 2023, became a Technical Information Scientist. Evie is excited to use her experience in research and project management to educate and help the global research community.

TENTATIVE PROGRAM

11:00 am- Registration, Trade Show & Snacks

12:15 pm- Luncheon, Membership Meeting & Raffle

1:00 pm-  Gold Sponsor Presentation

1:15 pm- Keynote Speaker: "The Motivational Menagerie:  Coping with Challenging Change"

2:15 pm-  Trade Show & Break

2:30 pm-  Behavioral Assessment Using Home Cage Monitoring Technology- Evelyn Ordones Sanchez, Ph.D.

3:30 pm-  Gold Sponsor Presentation

3:45 pm- Recognition Awards Ceremony & Raffle

4:00 pm- Closing Remarks

4:05 - 6 pm- Wine and Cheese Social & Final Raffle

SPONSOR: NCB-AALAS

AWARD: Certificate, Plaque and $

ELIGIBILITY

• The nominee must be a current member of NCB-AALAS.
  
• The nominee must be an employee at a biomedical or educational center that uses and care for laboratory animals.

DUE BY August 1, 2025

Submit Online

SPONSOR: NCB-AALAS

AWARD: Certificate, Plaque and $

ELIGIBILITY:

• The nominee must be a current member of NCB-AALAS.
  
• The nominee must be an employee at a biomedical or educational center that uses and care for laboratory animals.

DUE BY August 1, 2025

Submit Online 

SPONSOR: NCB-AALAS

AWARD: Certificate, Plaque and $

ELIGIBILITY:

• The nominee must be a current member of NCB-AALAS.
  
• The nominee must be an employee at a biomedical or educational center that uses and care for laboratory animals.
• Demonstrate leadership in the field of laboratory animal science and employed in a technical or managerial position.

Submit Online

SPONSOR: NCB-AALAS

AWARD: Certificate, Plaque and $ 

ELIGIBILITY:

• The nominee must be a current member of NCB-AALAS.
  
• The nominee must be an employee at a biomedical or educational center that uses and care for laboratory animals.
• Includes the following: SRAs, Research Assistants, Specialists etc.

DUE BY August 1, 2025 

Submit Online