Giving Tuesday 2025

Your Giving Tuesday Gift Builds Georgia’s Life Sciences Workforce


Dear friends and partners,

 

On this Giving Tuesday, we invite you to join us in building a strong, diverse, and innovation-ready life sciences workforce for Georgia.

 

The Georgia Life Sciences Institute (GLSI)—our nonprofit 501(c)(3) foundation—is dedicated to expanding hands-on STEM education, strengthening the educator pipeline, and connecting students to real opportunities across biotechnology, biomanufacturing, and scientific research.


Your support today helps us reach students and communities who need it most.

 

Your Giving Tuesday gift makes a direct impact:

  • $25 provides supplies for teacher training workshops
  • $50 supports teacher training stipends
  • $75 provides meals and refreshments during our Biotech Teacher Training Workshops
  • $100 funds lab materials and educational resources for classrooms across Georgia
  • $250 sustains GLS and GLSI programs, including conferences and workforce initiatives
  • $500 helps build Georgia’s life sciences talent pipeline


This year, we’re working to expand access to STEM experiences statewide, especially in underserved and rural communities where students often have limited exposure to real-world scientific careers. With your help, every student in Georgia can see themselves as a future scientist, innovator, or biotech leader. And if you scroll down, you’ll see a real example of how GLSI programs, like our Equipment Depot, are helping Georgia students achieve nationally recognized breakthroughs.

 

Make your Giving Tuesday gift today and invest in Georgia’s life sciences future:


  Donate Here

 

Thank you for your continued partnership and belief in the power of science, education, and opportunity.

 

With gratitude,
Maria Thacker Goethe
CEO, Georgia Life Sciences
Georgia Life Sciences Institute (501(c)(3))

Georgia Life Sciences Promotes Stacey Bowlin to Executive Vice President

June 3, 2026
June 3, 2026 - Georgia Life Sciences is pleased to announce the promotion of Stacey Bowlin to Executive Vice President . Since joining Georgia Life Sciences in 2024, Stacey has played a central role in advancing the organization’s strategic visibility, industry partnerships, membership growth, and statewide engagement. Her leadership has helped strengthen Georgia Life Sciences’ position as a leading voice for Georgia’s biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device, diagnostics, and digital health sectors. “Stacey has made an extraordinary impact on Georgia Life Sciences in a very short period of time,” said Maria Thacker Goethe, President & CEO of Georgia Life Sciences . “She successfully led our transformation from Georgia Bio to Georgia Life Sciences, helping modernize our brand and better reflect the full breadth of Georgia’s life sciences industry. She has also strengthened our member recruitment and retention strategy, deepened engagement across the ecosystem, and brought a level of operational discipline that has helped position the organization for continued growth. I am thrilled to recognize Stacey’s leadership and contributions with this well-deserved promotion to Executive Vice President.” In her expanded role, Stacey will continue to lead key areas of organizational strategy, operational execution, member engagement, and long-term growth. She will work closely with the CEO to support financial and organizational performance, oversee key initiatives, and help translate Georgia Life Sciences’ long-term vision into actionable strategies that strengthen the state’s life sciences ecosystem. With more than two decades of experience in strategic engagement, marketing, operations, and industry development, Stacey brings a collaborative, mission-driven approach to leadership that aligns closely with Georgia Life Sciences’ vision for the future.

GLS Highlights the Power of Collaboration at EBRC Annual Meeting

June 2, 2026
June 2, 2026, North Carolina - This week, Georgia Life Sciences' Phil Gibson joined leaders from across the engineering biology ecosystem at the Engineering Biology Research Consortium (EBRC) Annual Meeting at North Carolina State University, where he delivered a flash talk on "Advancing the Bioeconomy Industry Ecosystem." The future of the bioeconomy depends on more than breakthrough discoveries—it requires strong connections between academia, industry, and government to move innovation from the laboratory into real-world applications. At Georgia Life Sciences, we are committed to breaking down traditional silos and building pathways for collaboration among researchers, trainees, entrepreneurs, manufacturers, investors, and policymakers. By strengthening these connections, we help accelerate the translation of engineering biology innovations into new products, companies, manufacturing opportunities, and economic growth. Thank you to EBRC for convening this important conversation on the future of engineering biology and the bioeconomy.

Life Sciences Industry Partners Host Interns from Athens Community Career Academy Biomanufacturing Program.

June 1, 2026
Athens Bioscience, Inc. worked with an intern from the Biomanufacturing Program at ACCA developed by partnerships including local industry, county and State officials, educators, and Georgia Life Sciences. “We’ve got many large (biomanufacturing) corporations here in (Athens-Clarke) County,” ACCA Biotechnology Instructor Stan Harrison said. “They need skilled workers and they need them from all walks (of life).” As the program matures, students engage in internships at local industry sites to learn real-world applications for what they have learned through the Biomanufacturing pathway. Learning outcomes include not only the traditional biotechnology framework, but also automation and engineering fundamentals crucial in today’s biomanufacturing settings.
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