Dr. Manda is the marketing manager at Alabama Tissue Center (ATC), a leading cardiovascular homograft company providing heart valves for surgical implantation. Previous to ATC, she was a senior analyst for the immunology portfolio at Human Genome Sciences, where she conducted extensive primary and secondary market research in the area of biologicals in the treatment of autoimmune diseases. She also has field experience as a regional sales manager and marketing manager for the bone paste product line at Regeneration Technologies, Inc. (RTI), where she was instrumental in developing and implementing the product training program and launching the company's bone paste line into the dental market.

Dr. Manda earned her Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the College of Medicine at the University of Florida, and her MBA in Marketing from the University of Florida's Warrington College of Business Administration.