Our LEADERSHIP
guides the organization
OUR BOARD
of Directors
Nancy Stagliano, PhD
Executive Chair
Kathy Dong, PharmD, MBA
President and CEO
Beth Seidenberg, MD
Carl Gordon,
PhD, CFA
Director
Adam Rosenthal, PhD
Director
Matthew Fust, MBA
Director
Amrit Nagpal
Board Observer
Vijay Lathi
Kathy Dong PharmD, MBA
President and CEO
Kathy serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Electra Therapeutics. She brings broad experience in corporate development, business operations, portfolio management, and product commercialization. Previously, she was Chief Operating Officer of Star Therapeutics since 2019, where she held strategic and operational responsibilities across the Star portfolio, including building Electra Therapeutics and Vega Therapeutics from discovery stage into the clinic.
Prior to joining Star Therapeutics, Kathy served as Vice President of Commercial Development at True North Therapeutics where she played a key role in building the market for the first approved therapy for the rare autoimmune disorder, cold agglutinin disease. Following True North’s acquisition by Bioverativ/Sanofi, she advanced numerous programs through preclinical and clinical development as Head of New Product Planning for the complement franchise. Kathy spent nine years of her career at Gilead Sciences, where she led the launch and market development of numerous products in Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C, including SOVALDI and HARVONI, two of the most successful launches in biopharmaceutical history as measured by first-year revenue.
Kathy also currently serves as an independent director on the board of Neuron23.
She earned her PharmD and MBA at the University of New Mexico, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship through Rutgers University.
NANCY STAGLIANO PHD
Executive Chair
Nancy is CEO and Chair of the Board of Neuron23, Inc., a South San Francisco–based precision neurology and immunology therapeutics company. An experienced CEO, Nancy has led True North Therapeutics (acquired by Bioverativ in 2017), iPierian (acquired by BMS in 2014), and CytomX Therapeutics (CTMX). With more than 20 years of experience in the biotechnology industry, Nancy’s career path has always stayed close to the science, beginning with 7+ years at Millennium Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, MA, in the discovery organization.
Nancy is Chair of the Board of Latigo Bio, a Thousand Oaks–based biotech focused on non-opioid pain medicines. Nancy also serves as a director on the not-for-profit board of PanCAN, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. In the past, Nancy has also advised venture capital firms Westlake Village BioPartners and New Leaf Ventures.
Nancy has a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Miami School of Medicine, an MS in Biomedical Engineering, and a BS in Electrical Engineering, both from Drexel University.
Adam Rosenthal PHD
Director
BETH SEIDENBERG MD
Director
Beth is a longtime life sciences investor, applying her broad medical expertise to the venture capital world, where she assists entrepreneurs in translating their scientific breakthroughs into new medicines to help patients.
As a founding managing director of Westlake Village BioPartners, general partner at Kleiner Perkins, and numerous other endeavors, Seidenberg has incubated and invested in more than 40 biotech ventures since 2005. Among many others, they include ARMO Biosciences, Arresto Biosciences, Arsenal Biosciences, Atara Biotherapeutics, Cell Design Labs, Epizyme, Flexus Biosciences, iPierian, Kyverna Therapeutics, Livongo Health, Neuron23, Progyny, RAPT Therapeutics, Tesaro, Tmunity Therapeutics, and True North Therapeutics.
Beth’s impact has been recognized across the industry. She was awarded the 2022 Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association “Woman of the Year” Award and was recently named by Barron’s as one of the 100 most influential women in US finance. She was also recognized in the 2020 Forbes Midas List as a top tech investor.
In addition to her time in life science investing, Beth has significant senior-level industry experience, with leadership roles at Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Merck Research Laboratories.
Beth holds an MD from the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine and a BS from Barnard College. She conducted her post-graduate training at The National Institutes of Health and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
CARL GORDON PHD, CFA
Director
Carl is a founding member, Managing Partner, and Co-Head of Global Private Equity at OrbiMed Advisors LLC, an investment firm. He currently serves on the boards of directors of several public and private companies.
Carl received a BA in Chemistry from Harvard College and a PhD in Molecular Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and he was a Fellow at The Rockefeller University.
Vijay Lathi
Board Observer
Vijay is a Founder and Managing Director of New Leaf Venture Partners, a leading healthcare-focused venture capital firm that over the past 15 years has invested over a billion dollars across 126 companies, developing drugs and technologies to revolutionize the diagnosis, treatment, and delivery of care. Vijay’s investment activity has spanned all areas of healthcare technology, including the development and execution of the firm’s strategy around convergent information technologies. Example investments include ePocrates (sold to Athena Health), LabCyte (sold to Thermo Fischer), CareDx (CDNA), iRhythm (IRTC), Oxford Immunotec (sold to Perkin Elmer), Ilypsa (sold to Amgen), and Relypsa (sold to Gallenica).
Vijay graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University, where he received his BS and MS in Chemical Engineering.
AMRIT NAGPAL
Board Observer
Amrit is a Partner and Managing Director at Redmile Group, LLC, a healthcare-focused investment firm based in San Francisco and New York. Prior to Redmile Group, he worked as an analyst and portfolio manager at Weintraub Capital Management, and before that at Robertson Stephens, a San Francisco–based investment bank.
Amrit holds a BA in Economics from Columbia University and an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management.
Matthew Fust, MBA
DIRECTOR
Matthew is a board member and advisor to life sciences companies. He serves on the boards of Nasdaq-listed Atara Biotherapeutics, Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Neumora Therapeutics, and Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, and on the boards of several venture-backed companies. He also consults with life sciences companies on corporate finance and strategy topics.
Previously, Matthew served as a Chief Financial Officer for biopharmaceutical companies including Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, and ALZA Corporation, and was a consultant in Andersen Consulting’s healthcare strategy practice.
Matthew holds an undergraduate degree in Accounting from the University of Minnesota and an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
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