Steve Whitaker Email Address

Assistant Football and Track and Field Coach School District 20

Omeros is a biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and commercializing both small-molecule and protein therapeutics for large-market as well as orphan indications targeting inflammation, coagulopathies and disorders of the central nervous system. Part of its proprietary PharmacoSurgery platform, the company's first drug product, OMIDRIA (phenylephrine and ketorolac injection) 1% / 0.3%, was broadly launched in the U.S. in April 2015. OMIDRIA is the first and only FDA-approved drug (1) for use during cataract surgery or intraocular lens (IOL) replacement to maintain pupil size by preventing intraoperative miosis (pupil constriction) and to reduce postoperative ocular pain and (2) that contains an NSAID for intraocular use. In the European Union, the European Commission has approved OMIDRIA for use in cataract surgery and lens replacement procedures to maintain mydriasis (pupil dilation), prevent miosis (pupil constriction), and to reduce postoperative eye pain. Omeros has clinical-stage development programs focused on: complement-associated thrombotic microangiopathies| complement-mediated glomerulonephropathies| Huntington's disease and cognitive impairment| and addictive and compulsive disorders. In addition, Omeros has a proprietary G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) platform, which is making available an unprecedented number of new GPCR drug targets and corresponding compounds to the pharmaceutical industry for drug development, and a platform used to generate antibodies.

30 years of coaching experience. First and most important I have improved the graduation rates at the college programs I have coached to above 90% ( some had rates as low as 36% before my arrival). Many programs have been 100% graduation rate for consecutive years. Second, I have developed many athletes into Olympic, All Americans on the college, high school, Division I and Division II levels. I have recruited and signed some of the nation’s and world’s best student. Finally, I am especially proud of successfully spearheading the hosting of the mid-eastern regional cross country championships. This was an initiative I had been pursuing since 2003. In 2009 it came to fruition. This was the 1st NCAA regional cross country championship held at an HBCU (historically black college / University). Most colleges thought an HBCU could not pull this off!The event was so well received that the NCAA awarded the meet again to the same site for following two years. The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is now on target to host the Division 1 National championship. Every program I have been with, I have been involved in community service and fundraising activities. Many activities I have created and supervised myself. I am proficient in coaching every track and field event and I have coached several top cross-country programs to the national level. Finally, I am personally responsible for helping 50 high school athletes get athletic scholarships to colleges... 46 have graduated.