Thomas C. Tubon, Jr., PhD, is the Chief Workforce Development Officer for BioMADE. He leads a multidisciplinary program to drive national workforce education and training initiatives in bioindustrial manufacturing for the U.S. Dept. of Defense and the private sector through public-private partnerships. He has more than 20 years of experience in developing workforce programs in biotechnology and biomanufacturing and in national leadership positions with the National Science Foundation (NSF), InnovATEBIO Biotechnology Education Center, and the NSF ARIS Center, focused on broad societal impacts. He holds a BS in molecular biology from San Diego State Univ. and a PhD in molecular genetics from Stonybrook Univ. and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.