Leadership
Sol J. Barer, Ph.D.
Chairman of the Board, Chair of the Board of Directors, Teva Pharmaceuticals; Managing Partner, SJ Barer Consulting
David S. Perlin, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer and Executive Vice President, CDI
Professor of Medical Sciences, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Deputy Director, Consortium Integration and Strategic Initiatives, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University
Board of Directors
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Richard Byrd
Executive Vice President & President
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Frank Fekete, CPA
Jay Galeota
President and Chief Executive Officer, Inheris BioPharma, Inc.
Robert C. Garrett, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer, Hackensack Meridian Health
Daria Hazuda, Ph.D.
Vice President of Infectious Disease and Vaccines, Chief
Scientific Officer (Merck Cambridge Research site), Generate
Biomedicines
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Roger D. Kornberg, Ph.D.
Winzer Professor of Medicine, Stanford University; Nobel Laureate
Garry A. Neil, M.D.
Chief Executive Officer, Avalo Therapeutics
Andrew L. Pecora, M.D., F.A.C.P.,C.P.E.
Chief Executive Officer, Outcomes Matter Innovations; Professor of Medicine and Oncology, Georgetown University SOM; Associate Dean, Technology and Innovation, Hackensack Meridian SOM
Tom Polen
Chief Executive Officer and President, BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company)
Harlan F. Weisman, M.D.
Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board, Flame Biosciences Managing Director, And-One Consulting, LLC
David S. Siegel, M.D., Ph.D.
Founding Director of the Institute for Multiple Myeloma, Hackensack Meridian Health Center for Discovery and Innovation; Chief of the Multiple Myeloma Division, John Theurer Cancer Center; Professor of Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center
Andre Goy, M.D., M.S.
Chair and Executive Director, John Theurer Cancer Center; Lydia Pfund Chair of Lymphoma, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine; Professor of Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center
Louis M. Weiner, M.D.
Director, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center Director, MedStar Georgetown Cancer Institute, MedStar Health Chairman, Department of Oncology, Georgetown University School of Medicine Francis L. and Charlotte G. Gragnani Chair, Georgetown University Medical Center
Ihor Sawczuk, M.D., FACS
President of Academics, Research and Innovation, HMH Founding Chair, HMH Research Institute, Associate Dean of Clinical Integration and Professor, Chair Emeritus of Urology at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine