Meet our Team
We are groundbreaking leaders, scientists, investors, community luminaries, and thinkers.
Executive Leadership
Marc Appel, JD, MBA
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Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
David Crampton, MBA, MS
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Chief Financial Officer
Ryan Fox, MS
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Chief Operating Officer
Lutz Giebel, PhD
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Executive Chairman of the Board & Co-Founder
Garin Murphy, JD, MBA
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Chief Business Officer & General Counsel
Ventures
Peter Alff, PhD
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Senior Venture Partner
Rich Ganz, MBA
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Senior Venture Partner
Michael Kalos, PhD
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Senior Venture Partner
& Head of Cell Therapy
Laura Crawford PhD, DABT, RAC-Drugs
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Senior Director,
Drug Development
Brittany Fitzgerald, PhD
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Chief of Staff to Chief Operating Officer & Associate Director
Taylor Harned, PhD
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Associate Director
Colin Sheehan, PhD
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Associate Director
Aubrey Smith, PhD
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Associate Director
Jennifer Vella-Chentorycki, PhD
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Associate Director
Jordan Webb, PhD
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Associate Director
Amanda Hutchins, MS
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University Relations Manager
Research & Development
William Han, JD, PhD
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Vice President & Head of
Intellectual Property
Kenneth J. Olivier, PHD
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Development and Regulatory Advisor
Hua Liao, PhD
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Vice President & Head of Pharmacology & Biochemistry
William Miller, PhD
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Vice President & Head of
Medicinal Chemistry
Chris Ryan, PhD
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Vice President of CMC
Glenn Smits, PhD
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Vice President of
Non-Clinical Safety and Toxicology
Jason Rizzo, PhD, MD
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Senior Director &
Head of Translational Biology
Miguel Castellanos, MSc
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Director of Quality Assurance
Omar Khan, PhD
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Director of Cell Therapy
Keith Stayrook, MS, MS
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Director of Biology
Malachi Blundon, PhD
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Scientific Grant Writer
Diane Yu, PhD
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Associate Director, Biology
Shruti Parab, MS
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CMC Consultant
Bruce Weaver, MS
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CMC Consultant
Legal
Alexander Michalenko, JD, MBA
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Corporate Counsel
Human Resources
Lauren Valmont
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Human Resources Generalist
Finance & Accounting
Ted Murphy, MBA
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Vice President of Finance
Brett Katz
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Finance and Data Analyst
Executive Support
Amanda Kneipp
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Office Manager and Executive Assistant to CBO, CFO, & COO
Taylor Negrete
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Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer