Wayne P. Yetter
Chairman
Mr. Yetter has served as the Chairman of our Board of Directors since July 2010. Mr. Yetter has served as Chairman of the board of directors of ProActive for Patients Media, Inc., an early investment stage physician-to-patient messaging services company, since October 2009 and also served as its Chief Executive Officer from October 2009 to October 2010. From September 2005 through August 2008, Mr. Yetter served as Chief Executive Officer of Verispan, LLC, a healthcare information company serving pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. From November 2004 through September 2005, Mr. Yetter served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Odyssey Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company. Mr. Yetter also founded Biopharm Advisory, LLC, a healthcare industry advisory firm, and served as its President from July 2003 through September 2005. From September 2003 through November 2004, Mr. Yetter served on the Advisory Board of Alterity Partners, a mergers and acquisition advisory firm. Prior to that, Mr. Yetter served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Synavant, Inc., a customer relationship management and marketing services company focused on the pharmaceutical industry, Chief Operating Officer of IMS, President and Chief Executive Officer of Novartis Pharmaceutical Corp., the U.S. division of Novartis AG, and founding President and Chief Executive Officer of Astra Merck Inc. Mr. Yetter also held a variety of management and marketing roles at Merck and Pfizer. Mr. Yetter currently serves on the board of directors of EpiCept Corp., a publicly-traded specialty pharmaceutical company, InfuSystem Holdings, Inc., a publicly-traded provider of infusion pumps and related services, and Strategic Diagnostics Inc., a publicly-traded biotechnology company. Previously, Mr. Yetter also served on the board of directors of the following publicly-traded companies: Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc., where he was Chairman, Synvista Therapeutics, Inc., Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc., where he was Chairman, Maxim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Matria Healthcare, Inc., where he was lead independent director. Mr. Yetter also served on the Executive Committee of PhRMA, the pharmaceutical industry association, from 1997 through 1999. Mr. Yetter holds a BA in biology from Wilkes University and an MBA from Bryant University.
Michael Cola
Michael Cola has served as one of our directors since December 2006 and served as Chairman of our Board of Directors from December 2006 through July 2010. From June 2005 to April 2012, Mr. Cola served as President, Specialty Pharmaceuticals at Shire plc, a global specialty pharmaceutical company. Prior to joining Shire, Mr. Cola served as Group President of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc., a holding company for growth stage technology and life sciences companies, and in a variety of positions at AstraZeneca and AstraMerck, including Vice President, Global Clinical Operations. Mr. Cola has also served on the board of directors of Clarient, Inc., a publicly-traded company. Mr. Cola holds a BA in biology and physics from Ursinus College and an MS in biomedical science from Drexel University. Mr. Cola has more than 20 years of international pharmaceutical industry experience.
Jeanne Cunicelli
Jeanne Cunicelli has served as one of our directors since August 2006. Ms. Cunicelli has served as an Investment Partner at Bay City Capital LLC, a venture capital firm with a focus on the life sciences industry, since January 2004. Ms. Cunicelli joined Bay City Capital as a Consultant in 1997. Ms. Cunicelli is a member of the board of trustees at Carnegie Mellon University and serves on its Finance and Research Committee and Technology Committee. Ms. Cunicelli holds a BS in cognitive psychology from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA from the University of San Francisco.
William J. Federici
William J. Federici has served as one of our directors since January 2011. Mr. Federici has served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., a publicly traded global pharmaceutical technology company, since August 2003. From June 2002 until August 2003, he was National Industry Director for Pharmaceuticals of KPMG LLP (accounting firm) and prior thereto, an audit partner with Arthur Andersen, LLP. Mr. Federici is also an Advisory Board Member of the Rutgers University School of Business, and a member of the Board of Trustees at Cancer Care of New Jersey. Mr. Federici holds a BA in Economics and an MBA in Professional Accounting from Rutgers University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Jane H. Hollingsworth
Jane H. Hollingsworth is one of our founders and has served as a director and our Chief Executive Officer since January 2005. Prior to founding our company, Ms. Hollingsworth co-founded and served as Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. a specialty pharmaceutical company. Prior to co-founding Auxilium, Ms. Hollingsworth served as Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of IBAH, Inc., a multinational contract research organization. Earlier in her career, Ms. Hollingsworth practiced law at the law firm of Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads. Ms. Hollingsworth holds a BA from Gettysburg College and a JD from the Villanova University School of Law.
Gary J. Kurtzman, MD
Gary J. Kurtzman, MD, has served as one of our directors since August 2006. Dr. Kurtzman has served as Senior Vice President at Safeguard Scientific, Inc., a holding company that builds value in growth-stage life sciences and technology companies, since January 2011 and prior to that as Vice President since joining Safeguard in June 2006. Dr. Kurtzman is also a Managing Director in Safeguard's Life Science Group. Previously, he served in a variety of roles at BioAdvance, a state initiative committed to funding early-stage life sciences companies, from July 2002 until June 2006, with his most recent position being Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer. From October 2008 to September 2011, Dr. Kurtzman served on the board of directors of Tengion, Inc., a publicly-traded biotechnology company. Dr. Kurtzman is a lecturer in health care management at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches bioentrepreneurship. Dr. Kurtzman holds a BS from Stanford University, an MD from Washington University and completed post-doctoral training at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and Stanford University.
Robert P. Roche, Jr.
Robert P. Roche, Jr., has served as one of our directors since July 2010. Mr. Roche has served as principal of Robert Roche Associates, LLC, a consulting firm focusing on the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, since February 2010. From January 1995 through February 2010, Mr. Roche served as the head of commercial operations at Cephalon, Inc., a global biopharmaceutical company. His most recent position at Cephalon, held from February 2005 through February 2010, was Executive Vice President, Worldwide Pharmaceutical Operations, in which capacity he oversaw several new product launches. Prior to that, Mr. Roche served in a variety of sales and marketing positions at SmithKline Beecham, a global pharmaceutical company. Mr. Roche has served on the board of directors of EKR Therapeutics, a privately-held specialty pharmaceutical company, since November 2011, and on the board of directors of Civitas herapeutics, a privately-held biopharmaceutical company, since January 2012. Previously, Mr. Roche served on the board of directors of LifeCell Corporation, a publicly-traded medical device company focusing on tissue repair products, and from 2008 to 2011, on the board of directors of Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately-held pharmaceutical company focused on metabolic diseases. Mr. Roche currently serves as a Trustee of The Westtown School. Mr. Roche holds a BA in Spanish and history from Colgate University and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
