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with his family, friends, and neighbors. James is married to the lovely Diane, and
they have children and grandchildren.

2017 – Dr. Judy Smith

We extend our condolences to The Smith Family in the loss of
their loved one in 2020.

Dr. Smith, a native of Stampley, MS, was born to Willie and Lillie
Bee Felton Smith. She was the eldest of eight children. She was
a member of Salem Baptist Church where she served as Sunday
School teacher, Coordinator of Studies in the Bible, President of
the Women Ministry, Coordinator of the Prayer Ministry and
administrative assistant. She was a graduate of Franklin High School, graduate
of Dillard University, graduate of LSU in Baton Rouge and held a Women’s
Ministry Degree, a B. A. in Christian Counseling, a Master’s in Theology, a
Doctorate in Christian Education and a Doctorate of Divinity.

Dr. Smith was the assistant dean of the newly formed Franklin County Bible
Institute, Corresponding Secretary of the Sunday School Association of Franklin
County, and a teacher of the Bachelor Students at Kingdom Theological
Seminary. She was a retired Spanish teacher from Alcorn State University.

2016 – R. Barry Holtz, Ph.D.

Dr. Holtz is the principal of Holtz Biopharma Consulting. He
consults for pharma and bio-pharma companies in biologic
therapeutics development, bioprocess design and facilities
design and engineering. Dr. Holtz was the co-founder and Chief
Science and Technology Officer for G-CON Manufacturing,
manufacturers of autonomous bioprocess facilities and Caliber
Biotherapeutics and manufacturer of protein therapeutics using
plants as bioreactors. Dr. Holtz recently served as President of iBio CDMO
(Caliber was sold to iBio in 2016).
Dr. Holtz was also a co-founder and CEO of InterveXion Therapeutics from 2004-
2015. InterveXion develops antibodies to combat drug abuse and its lead
candidate for methamphetamine abuse is in clinical trials.

Prior to the founding G-CON, LLC, Dr. Holtz was the Senior Vice President of
Biopharmaceutical Development for Large Scale Biology Corporation for 15 years
and was an integral member of the management team that took the company from
a start-up to a successful public company. Dr. Holtz was responsible for the
product development, manufacturing, and clinical trials of new protein
therapeutics.

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