Diana F. Hausman, M.D. has served on our Board of Directors since January 2022. Dr. Hausman is the Chief Medical Officer of Link Immunotherapeutics, a position she has held since March 2022. From June 2021 to March 2022, Dr. Hausman served as the Chief Medical Officer of Lengo Therapeutics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Blueprint Medicines Corporation. Prior to Lengo, Dr. Hausman served as Chief Medical Officer for Zymeworks Inc. from June 2016 to May 2021 and as Chief Medical Officer for Oncothyreon Inc from 2009 to 2016. She also held positions of increasing responsibility at ZymoGenetics Inc., Berlex Inc., and Immunex Corporation, working across multiple indications, including oncology, hematology, hepatitis C and autoimmune disease. Dr. Hausman received her internal medicine and specialty training in hematology and medical oncology at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA. She received her MD degree from the University of Pennsylvania and an A.B in biology from Princeton University. We believe Dr. Hausman’s extensive experience in the life sciences industry and her medical background qualifies her to serve on our Board of Directors.
Laurie B. Keating has served on our Board of Directors since March 2021. Ms. Keating previously served as the Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., from March 2019 until September 2021, and also served as its Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary from September 2014 until March 2019. From September 2004 until January 2014, she served as the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a wholly owned oncology-focused subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited since 2008, and was the founding Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Hydra Biosciences. Ms. Keating currently chairs the board of directors of a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq:PEPG), where she also chairs the Compensation Committee and is a member of the Audit and Nominating and Corporate Governance committees. From November 2021 until the company was acquired by Merck in January 2023, she served on the board of directors of Imago BioSciences (Nasdaq:IMGO), and from 2005 until March 2022 she served on the board of directors of MassBIO, a non-profit organization. Ms. Keating earned her A.B. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley and her J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. We believe that Ms. Keating is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors due to her extensive leadership skills and experience in the biotechnology industry.