Martin Babler has served as our President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board since September 2021. From April 2011 until October 2020, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer at Principia Biopharma Inc., a biotechnology company acquired by Sanofi S.A. From December 2007 to April 2011, Mr. Babler served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Talima Therapeutics, Inc., a pharmaceutical company. From 1998 to 2007, Mr. Babler held several positions at Genentech, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, most notably as Vice President, Immunology Sales and Marketing. Mr. Babler presently serves on the board of directors of Prelude Therapeutics Inc. and the non-profit organization Biotechnology Innovation Organization, and previously served on the board of directors of 89bio Inc., Sardona Therapeutics, Inc., Neoleukin Therapeutics, Inc., and Omega Alpha SPAC. Mr. Babler received a Swiss Federal Diploma in pharmacy from the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and completed the Executive Development Program at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
David M. Goldstein, Ph.D., has served as our Chief Scientific Officer since September 2021. From September 2020 to September 2021, Dr. Goldstein served as Site Head and Chief Scientific Officer of Principia Biopharma Inc., a biopharmaceutical company acquired by Sanofi S.A. in September 2020. From March 2016 to September 2020, Dr. Goldstein served in various roles at Principia Biopharma Inc., including as the Chief Scientific Officer from March 2016 to September 2020. From July 1994 to February 2011, Dr. Goldstein held positions of increasing responsibility at Roche Holding AG, a pharmaceutical company, most recently serving as Senior Director, Medicinal Chemistry and Head of Inflammation Chemistry. Dr. Goldstein was also previously a Consulting Assistant Professor at Stanford University. Dr. Goldstein received a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Virginia and a B.A. in chemistry from Franklin and Marshall College.
Dr. Jorn Drappa, M.D.,PhD has served as our Chief Medical Officer since September 2022. From February 2018 to March 2021, Dr. Drappa served as the Chief Medical Officer and Head of Research and Development at Viela Bio, Inc., a biotechnology company. From May 2011 to February 2018, Dr. Drappa served in various roles at MedImmune, the biologics division of AstraZeneca plc, including as Vice President of Clinical Development. From August 2008 to May 2011, Dr. Drappa served as Senior Medical Director for the Inflammation and Autoimmune assets at Genentech, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company. Dr. Drappa received his M.D. and a Ph.D. from the University of Cologne in Germany. He performed his postgraduate studies at Cornell Medical School/Hospital for Special Surgery, followed by residency at New York Hospital and rheumatology fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery.
Patrick Machado, J.D. has served as a member of the Board since June 2024. Mr. Machado was a co-founder of Medivation, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, and served as its chief business officer from December 2009 to April 2014 and as its chief financial officer from December 2004 until his retirement in April 2014. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Machado worked with ProDuct Health, Inc., a medical device company, as senior vice president, chief financial officer and earlier as general counsel. Upon ProDuct Health Inc.'s acquisition by Cytyc Corporation, a diagnostic and medical device company, he served as a consultant to Cytyc Corporation to assist with transitional matters from 2001 to 2002. Earlier in his career, Mr. Machado worked for Morrison & Foerster LLP, an international law firm, and for the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Mr. Machado serves as a member of the boards of directors of Arcus Biosciences, Inc. and Xenon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., both of which are publicly traded biopharmaceutical companies. Mr. Machado also chairs the board of directors of Prota Therapeutics, and is a member of the board of directors of Avenzo Therapeutics, both of which are privately held biopharmaceutical companies. Mr. Machado previously served on the board of directors of publicly traded companies, such as Adverum Biotechnologies from March 2017 to December 2025, ACELYRIN, Inc. from April 2021 to May 2025, Chimerix, Inc. from June 2014 to June 2024, Turnstone Biologics Inc. from August 2018 to April 2024, Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc. from May 2019 to September 2022, Endocyte, Inc. from February 2018 to December 2018, Axovant Sciences, Inc. from June 2017 to February 2018, SCYNEXIS, Inc. from September 2015 to June 2019, Medivation, Inc. from April 2014 to September 2016, Inotek Pharmaceuticals Corporation (now Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) from August 2016 to January 2018, and Principia Biopharma Inc. from June 2019 to September 2020; and on the board of directors of privately held companies such as Roivant Sciences, Ltd. from October 2016 to June 2022, and Therachon AG from January 2019 to July 2019. Mr. Machado received a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. in German and a B.S. in Economics from Santa Clara University.
The Board appointed Dr. Srivastava as the Board's lead independent director in June 2025. Sapna Srivastava, Ph.D. has served as a member of the Board since May 2022. From March 2021 to October 2021, Dr. Srivastava served as the interim Chief Financial Officer at eGenesis, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company. From September 2017 to January 2019, Dr. Srivastava served as the Chief Financial and Strategy Officer at Abide Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company acquired by H. Lundbeck A/S in 2019. From April 2015 to December 2016, Dr. Srivastava served as the Chief Financial and Strategy Officer at Intellia Therapeutics, Inc., a gene editing company. Previously, for nearly 15 years, Dr. Srivastava was a senior biotechnology analyst at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and ThinkEquity Partners, LLC. Dr. Srivastava began her career as a research associate at JP Morgan. Dr. Srivastava currently serves on the board of directors of the following public biopharmaceutical companies: Aura Biosciences, Inc. and Nuvalent, Inc. Dr. Srivastava holds a Ph.D. from New York University School of Medicine and a B.Sc. from St. Xavier's College, University of Bombay.
Srinivas Akkaraju, M.D., Ph.D. has served as a member of the Board since March 2024. Dr. Akkaraju is a founder and managing member of Samsara BioCapital, a venture capital firm, a position he has held since March 2017, and has been a co-founder and director of Kalaris Therapeutics since August 2025. From April 2013 to February 2016, Dr. Akkaraju served as a general partner of Sofinnova Ventures, a venture capital firm. From January 2009 to April 2013, Dr. Akkaraju served as managing director of New Leaf Venture Partners, a venture capital firm. Dr. Akkaraju presently serves on the board of directors of vTv Therapeutics Inc., Scholar Rock Holding Corporation, Mineralys Therapeutics, Inc., Inventiva S.A., and numerous private biopharmaceutical companies. During the past five years, he served as a director of Syros Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Chinook Therapeutics, Inc., Jiya Acquisition Corp., and Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Dr. Akkaraju received an M.D. and a Ph.D. in Immunology from Stanford University and undergraduate degrees in Biochemistry and Computer Science from Rice University.
Zhengbin (Bing) Yao, Ph.D. has served as a member of the Board since June 2021. From May 2021 to the present, Dr. Yao served as the Chief Executive Officer and chairman of the board of directors of ArriVent Biopharma, a biotechnology company. From March 2018 to March 2021, Dr. Yao served as the Chief Executive Officer, President, and from January 2019 to March 2021 also as chairman of the board of directors of Viela Bio, Inc., a biotechnology company, until it was acquired by Horizon Therapeutics in March 2021. From October 2010 to February 2018, Dr. Yao served as Senior Vice President, Head of Respiratory, Inflammation, Autoimmune iMED at MedImmune, the biologics division of AstraZeneca plc and from October 2015 to February 2018 also as Senior Vice President, Head of Immuno-Oncology Franchise. From March 2008 to September 2010, Dr. Yao served as Head of PTL for Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Neuroscience, and Metabolic Disease at Genentech, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company. From October 2000 to September 2007, Dr. Yao held various leadership roles at Tanox Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, and was Vice President and Head of Research before it was acquired by Genentech, Inc. in 2007. Dr. Yao currently serves on the board of directors of Visen Pharmaceuticals, a public biopharmaceutical company, and Nikang Therapeutics, Inc., a private biotechnology company. Dr. Yao received his Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Iowa and M.S. in Immunology from Anhui Medical University in Anhui, China.
Lynn Tetrault, J.D. has served as a member of our Board since May 2025. Ms. Tetrault currently serves as the Chair of the board of directors of NeoGenomics, Inc., and has been a member of its board of directors since June 2015. Ms. Tetrault has also served as a member of the board of directors of Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, since December 2020, and previously served as a member of the board of directors of ACELYRIN, Inc. from December 2023 until May 2025. Previously, Ms. Tetrault served in a variety of executive roles at AstraZeneca PLC from 1993 to 2014 including most recently as Executive Vice President of Human Resources and Corporate Affairs from 2007 to 2014. Ms. Tetrault has a B.A. from Princeton University and a J.D. from the University of Virginia Law School.
Mark Bradley has served as our Chief Development Officer since May 2021. From November 2020 to March 2021, Mr. Bradley served as Senior Vice President and Site Head at The Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, a biopharmaceutical company, after its acquisition of MyoKardia, Inc., a precision medicine company focused on treating cardiovascular diseases, in November 2020. From November 2017 to November 2020, Mr. Bradley held roles of increasing responsibility at MyoKardia, most recently as Senior Vice President, Development. From 2004 to 2017, Mr. Bradley held roles of increasing responsibility at Genentech, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, most recently as Head, Business Management gRED Clinical Operations. Mr. Bradley began his career at UCSF in public health research. Mr. Bradley received an M.A. and B.A. from University of California, Berkeley.
Sanam Pangali, J.D., has served as our Chief Legal Officer since July 2025. Prior to this, she held the role of Senior Vice President, Legal from September 2024 to July 2025. From November 2022 to September 2024, Ms. Pangali served in various leadership roles at ACELYRIN, Inc., including as Chief Legal Officer and Head of People from May 2024 to September 2024, Senior Vice President, Corporate Legal from October 2023 to May 2024 and Vice President, Corporate Legal from November 2022 to October 2023. Previously, Ms. Pangali was General Counsel at Snapdocs, Inc. from 2020 to 2021 and from 2019 through its acquisition by Sanofi S.A. in 2020, she served as Senior Director & Associate General Counsel at Principia Biopharma Inc. Between 2013 and 2019, Ms. Pangali held in-house legal roles after beginning her legal career in the Business & Finance practice groups at Morrison & Foerster LLP. Ms. Pangali earned her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and holds a B.A. in Political Science, with a minor in Economics, from the University of California, San Diego.
John Schroer has served as our Chief Financial Officer since May 2022. From February 2021 to February 2022, Mr. Schroer served as Chief Financial Officer at ArsenalBio Inc., a biotechnology company. From May 2018 to December 2020, Mr. Schroer served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Translate Bio, Inc., a biotechnology company acquired by Sanofi S.A. in 2021. From January 2014 to April 2018, Mr. Schroer served as a director and sector head healthcare at Allianz Global Investors, a global asset management company. From 2009 to December 2013, Mr. Schroer served as President and Chief Investment Officer at Schroer Capital, LP, a financial services company that he founded. Mr. Schroer received a B.S. in History and International Relations and an M.B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Roy Hardiman has served as our Chief Business and Strategy Officer since January 2025, Chief Business Officer since September 2024, and as Chief Business and Legal Officer from September 2021 to September 2024. From January 2015 to September 2020, Mr. Hardiman served as the Chief Business Officer and Chief Legal Officer of Principia Biopharma Inc., a biotechnology company acquired by Sanofi S.A. in 2020. From 2010 to 2012, Mr. Hardiman was a director of Pharmacyclics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, and chaired its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. From 1990 to 2009, Mr. Hardiman held leadership positions at Genentech, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, including Vice President of Alliance Management, Vice President, Corporate Law and Assistant Secretary, Director and Far East Representative, Business Development. From 1987 to 1990, Mr. Hardiman was an attorney at Morrison & Foerster LLP. Mr. Hardiman received his J.D. from University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, his M.A. in Biology and his B.A. in pharmacology from University of California, Santa Barbara.
James B. Tananbaum, M.D. has served as a member of the Board since January 2021. Dr. Tananbaum is currently the President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Foresite Capital Management, a U.S.-focused healthcare investment firm, which he founded in 2010. From 2000 to 2010, Dr. Tananbaum served as Co-Founder and Managing Director of Prospect Venture Partners L.P. II and III, healthcare venture partnerships. Dr. Tananbaum was also the co-founder of GelTex, Inc. in 1991, an intestinal medicine pharmaceutical company acquired by Sanofi-Genzyme, and Theravance, Inc. in 1997 (now Theravance Biopharma, Inc., a diversified biopharmaceutical company focused on organ selective medicines, and Innoviva, Inc., a respiratory focused healthcare asset management company partnered with Glaxo Group Limited). Dr. Tananbaum presently serves on the board of directors of Spear Bio, Inc., a private biotechnology company, among other companies. During the past five years, Dr. Tananbaum served on the boards of directors of Fabric Genomics, Inc., Quantum-SI Incorporated, Gemini Therapeutics, Inc., and Kinnate Biopharma Inc., among other companies. Dr. Tananbaum received an M.D. and an M.B.A. from Harvard University, and a B.S. and a B.S.E.E. from Yale University in Applied Math and Computer Science.
Alan B. Colowick, M.D., M.P.H. has served as a member of the Board since December 2021. Since April 2021, Dr. Colowick has served as the Senior Managing Director of Matrix Capital Management Company. From May 2017 to January 2021, Dr. Colowick served as a private equity partner at Sofinnova Ventures. From 2010 to 2017, Dr. Colowick held various positions at Celgene Corporation, a pharmaceutical company, including Executive Vice President. From 2008 to 2010, Dr. Colowick was the Chief Executive Officer at Gloucester Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, until its acquisition by Celgene in 2010. From 2006 to 2008, Dr. Colowick was President of Oncology for Geron Corporation, a biotechnology company, and from 2005 to 2006 was Chief Medical Officer of Threshold Pharmaceuticals, a pharmaceutical company. From 1999 to 2005, Dr. Colowick held various positions at Amgen Inc., a biopharmaceutical company. Dr. Colowick currently serves as a member on the board of directors of multiple private companies and previously served as a member on the board of directors of ACELYRIN, Inc. from November 2021 to May 2025. Dr. Colowick completed specialty training in Hematology-Oncology at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Colowick received a M.D. from Stanford University, a M.P.H from Harvard University, and a B.S. in Molecular Biology from the University of Colorado.
From SEC filings, via Futu. Compensation is total reported pay for the most recent fiscal year on file, not base salary alone.
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