About us
Our Story
Leveraging 17 years of experience in the life sciences recruiting industry & marketing, our founder, Chris Frew, saw a paradigm shift happening in the talent market that was fundamentally changing how employers needed to attract and hire their employees. As the biotech industry continued to grow, skills gaps widened, and the demand for talent increased, employers were faced with more workforce challenges than ever before, and traditional sales, marketing and community-based principles were becoming more important for talent acquisition teams to adopt in order to compete in the market.
Workforce Genetics was founded in 2018 as a unique recruiting and talent solutions firm on a mission to help employers address this changing world of work and win the war for talent. The executive and scientific search division provides unparalleled recruiting services to venture-backed and growth stage biotechnology companies, and our BioBuzz Media division has become the industry’s leading employer branding platform for companies who want to stand out as an employer of choice and access a highly targeted audience of biotech job seekers.
We’re not stopping there. Stay tuned for more impactful solutions on the horizon for 2022.
Our team, at your service.

Chris Frew
CEO

Adam Van Bavel
Head of Business Development

Cat Thoreson
Marketing Director

Ezekiel Kelley
Director of Operations & Workforce Solutions

Heather Mudrick
Clinical Practice Director

Laura Frew
Life Science Recruiter

Rick Faint
CFO
Because one person can
change the world!
We’re a team who is dedicated to making an impact on the lives of those we work with.
Made in Maryland & Making a National Impact
Deeply Engrained in the Communities We Serve
As a Baltimore-based company that was founded in Maryland, we have fifteen years of experience serving the BioHealth Capital Region. While we work closely with our local communities, we are also proud to serve clients, candidates, employees and stakeholders up and down the East Coast. We look forward to expanding our services in Philadelphia, The Research Triangle, and beyond!
Hear directly from our CEO, Chris Frew, as he explains who we are and what we do.
TEDCO TALKS
BioTalk with Chris Frew
DNA Valley
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Hear directly from our team as the describe the Workforce Genetics culture in their own words.
The right talent is out there, it just might not look exactly like you’d expect, or it might not be in the places you usually search.
We Find and Develop the Best Talent to Enhance Your Culture.
The right talent is out there, it just might not look exactly like you’d expect, or it might not be in the places you usually search.