Beckman receives Innsbrook Rotary Business Leader Award

Matt Beckman, director of laboratory services for GENETWORx, is this year’s winner of the Innsbrook Rotary Club Business Leader Award.   He was honored at a recent Innsbrook Rotary ceremony, accompanied by his family and business associates.

For more than 25 years, Innsbrook Rotarians have honored a deserving community member with this award recognizing commitment to the community and business leadership.  The Rotary chose Beckman, who is also winner of Franciscan University’s Egan Career Award for Science and Technology, for his service during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Beckman was recognized for his leadership of GENETWORx – a national and regional laboratory headquartered in Glen Allen – which built molecular testing infrastructure and hired hundreds of workers at the onset of the Coronavirus outbreak, to provide much needed testing and support to millions of people nationwide.

“We have molecular testing for anything from gastro health to pharmacogenomics and ear, nose and throat, but when COVID struck we took a hard line and really pivoted in order to help keep the country tested and safe,” Beckman said. ”That our company was able to change direction and serve this great need makes me very proud.”