Jeffrey D. Alter. Mr. Alter has served as a member of our Board since
January 2019 and as the Chairman of our Board since November 2021. Mr. Alter served as the Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the board of directors of Summit Health, a healthcare network, from October 2021 to January 2023. Prior to
joining Summit Health, Mr. Alter served as the Executive Vice President of IngenioRX and Anthem Health Solutions, at Anthem, Inc. (NYSE: ANTM), a health benefits company, from September 2020 to October 2021. From July 2018 to September 2020,
Mr. Alter served as President of Arcturus One Consulting, LLC, a consulting company. From 2004 to June 2018, he served in various executive leadership positions at UnitedHealthcare Inc., a health plan business, including as Chief Executive
Officer of its commercial group from 2014 to June 2018, as Chief Executive Officer of its employer and individual business from 2011 to 2014, as Chief Executive Officer of the Northeast Region from 2008 to 2011, as Chief Operating Officer from 2005
to 2008 and as Chief Financial Officer of the Northeast Region from 2004 to 2005. Mr. Alter earned both his B.S. in Marketing and his M.B.A. in Finance from Saint Johns University, New York.
We believe Mr. Alter is qualified to serve on our Board because of his extensive leadership experience in the healthcare industry and
finance experience.
Jeffrey A. Ferrell. Mr. Ferrell has served as a member of our Board since June 2014.
Mr. Ferrell has served as the Managing Partner of Athyrium Capital Management, LP, a life sciences focused investment and advisory company, since 2008. Prior to Athyrium Capital, Mr. Ferrell served in a number of roles at Lehman Brothers
Holdings Inc., a former financial services firm, including as Senior Vice President from 2005 to 2008 and as Vice President in its private equity division from 2002 to 2005. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Ferrell served as a principal at Schroder
Ventures Life Sciences, a healthcare fund. Mr. Ferrell previously served as a director of Lpath, Inc., a biotechnology company, from 2007 to 2016. Mr. Ferrell earned his A.B. in Biochemical Sciences from Harvard University.
We believe Mr. Ferrell is qualified to serve on our Board because of his extensive experience investing in and guiding early stage life
sciences companies.
Jill Howe. Ms. Howe has served as a member of our Board since November 2021. Ms. Howe has
served as the Chief Financial Officer of Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (NYSE: LCTX), a biotechnology company, since November 2022. Prior to joining Lineage Cell Therapeutics, she served as Chief Financial Officer at DTx Pharma, Inc., a
biotechnology company, from June 2021 to July 2022. Previously, Ms. Howe served as Treasurer and Vice President of Finance at Gossamer Bio, Inc. (Nasdaq: GOSS), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, from January 2018 to June 2021, where
she was the internal project lead for the companys initial public offering, follow-on offering and debt offerings, and oversaw finance for 18 subsidiaries across the U.S. and Ireland. Prior to Gossamer
Bio, she served as Controller of Amplyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, from 2016 to December 2017. She previously held positions, including as Controller and Director of Finance, at Receptos, Inc., a biotechnology company, and
at Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company. Ms. Howe has served on the board of directors at Codagenix, Inc., a clinical stage synthetic biology company, since 2021. Ms. Howe earned a B.S. in Accountancy from San
Diego State University.
We believe Ms. Howe is qualified to serve on our Board because of her financial expertise in the
biotechnology industry.
Brian L. Kotzin, M.D. Dr. Kotzin has served as a member of our Board since June 2019.
Dr. Kotzin has served as Chief Medical Officer, Senior Vice President of Clinical Development and Head of Immunology at Nektar Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NKTR), a biopharmaceutical company, since April 2022, and has previously held various other
leadership positions at Nektar, including serving as Senior Vice President of Clinical Development and Head of Immunology from September 2021 to April 2022, as Chief Medical Officer and Head of Clinical Development from January 2021 to September
2021 and as Senior Vice President of Clinical Development since April 2017. Prior to Nektar, from 2004 to 2015, Dr. Kotzin served as Vice President of Global Clinical Development and Head of the Inflammation Therapeutic Area at Amgen Inc.
(Nasdaq: AMGN), a
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