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People Briefs: CEO At LifeScience Alley; Orthofix, Exact Sciences Appoint Board Chairs

LifeScience Alley CEO Dale Wahlstrom retires and Shaye Mandle named successor. Orthofix International and Exact Sciences name new board chairs. Wound Management appoints new CFO, director of R&D and chief medical officer. Other people news.

LifeScience Alley, a Minnesota-based organization that promotes local and global life science businesses, announced CEO Dale Wahlstrom’sretirement on March 19. He will be replaced by Shaye Mandle, now serving as executive VP and chief operating officer of the organization, who will become president and CEO on May 1. Walstrom plans to aid the leadership transition process between May and August 15.

Wahlstrom founded the BioBusiness Alliance of Minnesota in 2004, before retiring from Medtronic in 2006. He and Mandle created the...

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