147 employees as of 2025/FY (+3.5% YoY). Revenue per employee is total revenue divided by headcount — a rough productivity gauge, not a per-worker pay figure.
Daniel Barber was appointed by the Board as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director of Aquestive in May 2022. Mr. Barber joined the Company in July 2007 and had served as our Senior Vice President - Chief Operating Officer since May 2019. Mr. Barber has led our strategy and development functions since April 2014. In 2010, Mr. Barber had executive oversight of our launch activities for our first two FDA approved products. Beginning in 2013, Mr. Barber helped lead our effort to develop an internal pipeline of proprietary assets. Since that time, he has had executive responsibility for our pipeline and partnership activities. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Barber held various positions with Quest Diagnostics in its corporate planning and international divisions. Mr. Barber received his B.A. from State University of New York at Geneseo and an MBA from Seton Hall University.
Ms. Braender joined our Company in September 2018 as our Senior Vice President - General Counsel. Prior to joining us, Ms. Braender was an attorney at Day Pitney LLP for 35 years, most recently serving as a Partner and Chair of the firm's Life Sciences Practice Group. In that role, she specialized in advising clients in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, as well as medical device companies, hospitals and healthcare institutions, on regulatory requirements, contractual arrangements, and other business considerations connected with life science and healthcare transactions. Ms. Braender received a B.S. in Business Administration from Rider University and a J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law. On March 16, 2026, Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. and Lori J. Braender, Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company, agreed that Ms. Braender will step down from her Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer roles and will no longer serve as an executive officer of the Company, effective April 2, 2026. Ms. Braender will remain employed by the Company performing transition services. She will also continue to serve as the Company's Corporate Secretary through at least year-end.
Mr. Toth joined Aquestive as Chief Financial Officer in December 2020. Prior to joining Aquestive, he was Chief Financial Officer of EHE Health, a national preventive health, primary care, and telehealth network owned by Summit Partners and DW Healthcare Partners. Prior to joining EHE Health, Mr. Toth served as Global Chief Financial Officer of ArisGlobal from January 2016 to December 2016 and Global Chief Financial Officer of Synowledge from January 2015 to December 2015. Prior to Synowledge, Mr. Toth held various senior financial positions at JHP Pharmaceuticals, Valeritas, Pharmaceutical Formulations, World Power Technologies and MacAndrews & Forbes. Mr. Toth also previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of Eska, a leading Canadian beverage company owned by Morgan Stanley Private Investments. His prior experience includes senior financial leadership positions at Valeritas, Pharmaceutical Formulations, and World Power Technologies. Mr. Toth holds an MBA from Pace University and a B.S. in Accounting from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. He is also a registered CPA in the State of New York.
Gregory B. Brown, M.D. has served as our Board Chair since April 2024 and has served as a member of our Board of Directors since March 2007. From February 2020 to April 2026, Dr. Brown served as Chief Executive Officer of Memgen, Inc., a private development-stage biotechnology company, where he remains a director. Dr. Brown is also a co-founder at HealthCare Royalty Partners, or HCR Partners, and is a member of that firm's Senior Advisor Board. Educated as a transplantation immunologist and trained as a thoracic and vascular surgeon, Dr. Brown practiced thoracic and vascular surgery in a community setting where he also founded and led a health maintenance organization. Before co-founding HCR Partners, Dr. Brown was a partner at Paul Capital Partners, where he co-managed that firm's royalty investments as a member of the royalty management committee. Prior to beginning his principal investment career in 2003, Dr. Brown was co-head of investment banking and head of healthcare at Adams, Harkness & Hill (now Canaccord Genuity) and a ranked biotechnology research analyst at Vector Securities International. Dr. Brown currently serves on the boards of Lisata Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:LSTA) and Adimab, LLC, a privately-held company which is a leader of therapeutic antibody discovery and engineering technologies, and previously served on the boards of Faron Pharmaceuticals, Oy (LON:FARN), Cambrex Corporation (formerly, NYSE:CBM) and FAST BioMedical, a privately-held company developing late clinical-stage medical technology. Dr. Brown holds a B.A. from Yale University, an M.D. from SUNY Upstate Medical Center and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
John S. Cochran has served as a member of our Board of Directors since January 2004. Mr. Cochran has been a partner at Bratton Capital Management L.P. since October 1998 and is responsible for its private equity investments. Mr. Cochran is also a partner and Executive Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Crestline Investors, an institutional alternative investment management firm. Prior to joining Bratton Capital Management L.P., Mr. Cochran spent 10 years with KPMG LLP focused primarily on audit and merger and acquisition due diligence. Mr. Cochran received his B.A. in Accounting from Texas Christian University and is also a licensed certified public accountant.
Timothy E. Morris has served as a member of our Board of Directors since August 2022. Mr. Morris serves as the Chief Operating Officer of Humanetics Corporation, a privately-held advanced clinical-stage specialty pharmaceutical company, since December 2025 and as a venture partner at LongeVC, a venture capital firm dedicated to supporting exceptional early-stage founders in biotech, since June 2025. Mr. Morris is also the founder, and has served as the Managing Member of, Aacolade Pharma, LLC, a boutique advisory firm assisting biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies with their fundraising, business development and governance needs since its launch in 2020. He previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of Opthea Limited (Nasdaq:OPT), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, from October 2022 through October 2023, and was the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Humanigen, Inc. (Nasdaq:HGEN) from 2020 to 2022. He was on the board of directors at Humanigen from 2016 to 2020, where he was chairman of the audit committee and a member of the compensation committee, and was also on the Board of Univercells, S.A. from 2021 to 2025, where he was chairman of the audit committee and a member of the strategic committee. He was also the Chief Financial Officer of Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. from 2017 to 2020. Prior to Iovance, Mr. Morris was Chief Financial Officer of AcelRx Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq:ACRX) from 2014 to 2017. Mr. Morris has extensive board experience, currently serving as a board member of DBV Technologies (Euronext:DBV, Nasdaq:DBVT), where he also serves as the chair of the audit committee and a member of the pricing committee, and Humanetics Corporation. Mr. Morris also previously served on the board of directors of PAION, Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of PAION AG. Mr. Morris earned a B.S. in Business, with an emphasis in Accounting, from California State University and is a retired Certified Public Accountant.
Julie Krop, M.D. has served as a member of our Board since February 2021. Dr. Krop is the Chief Medical Officer of DiaMedica Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq:DMAC), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel treatments for preeclampsia, fetal growth restriction and acute ischemic stroke. Dr. Krop is also the President of JSK Consulting. Prior to that, Dr. Krop served as Chief Medical Officer of PureTech Health plc (Nasdaq:PRTC), a clinical stage biotherapeutics company dedicated to discovering, developing and commercializing highly differentiated medicines for people living with psychiatric and neurological conditions. Prior to assuming her position with PureTech Health, Dr. Krop served as Chief Medical Officer of Freeline Therapeutics (Nasdaq:FRLN), a clinical stage gene therapy company, from April 2020 to August 2021. Dr. Krop was also the Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President, Development of AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAG), where she oversaw clinical development, medical affairs, program management, and pharmacovigilance and regulatory affairs, from 2015 to 2020. From 2012 to 2015, Dr. Krop served as the Vice President, Clinical Development for Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq:VRTX). In addition, Dr. Krop was Vice President, Clinical Development and Regulatory Affairs for Stryker Biotech (NYSE:SYK) from 2006 to 2012. Dr. Krop received both a B.A. and an M.D. from Brown University.
Marco Taglietti, M.D. has served as a member of our Board since February 2021. Dr. Taglietti was recently appointed Chief Executive Officer of NanoNewron, a pioneering biotechnology company developing innovative, humanized biologics that cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) to treat Alzheimer's and other central nervous system (CNS) neurodegenerative diseases. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Scynexis, Inc. (Nasdaq:SCYX), a biotechnology company pioneering innovative medicines to overcome and prevent difficult-to-treat and drug resistant infections, from 2015 until his retirement at the end of 2022. Prior to joining Scynexis, Dr. Taglietti held various executive positions with Forest Laboratories (now Abbvie (NYSE:ABBV)) from 2007 until 2014, including President, Forest Research Institute, Chief Medical Officer and Executive Corporate Vice President, Research & Development. Dr. Taglietti was also the Senior Vice President, Head of Global Research and Development for Stiefel Laboratories, Inc. (now a GlaxoSmithKline company) from 2004 until 2007 and served in a number of executive positions from 1992 to 2004 with Schering-Plough Research Institute, including Vice President, Clinical Research, Anti-Infectives, CNS, Dermatology and Endocrinology. From 1987 until 1992, Dr. Taglietti served in a number of executive positions with Marion Merrel Dow Research Institute, including as the European Product Team Leader - Anti-Infectives. Dr. Taglietti has served, since 2023, as a director of Aurobac Therapeutics SAS, a biopharmaceutical company developing products to fight antimicrobial resistance, and has served, since 2025, as a director of Biosergen AB, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing therapies for life-threatening fungal infections. Dr. Taglietti previously served on the boards of directors of Delcath (Nasdaq:DCTH) from 2014 to 2021 and NephroGenex (Nasdaq:NRX) from 2014 to 2017. Dr. Taglietti also served as a director of Stiefel International, Ltd., a private company, from 2004 to 2007 and a director of TransCelerate BioPharma, a non-profit pharma coalition dedicated to streamlining and accelerating the research and development of innovative new therapies, from 2013 to 2014. Dr. Taglietti served on the board of directors of BioNJ, a life sciences trade association in New Jersey, from 2011 through 2022. In addition, Dr. Taglietti served on the board of directors of HINJ, Health Institute of New Jersey, a trade association for the leading research-based biopharmaceutical and medical technology companies in New Jersey, from 2011 to 2014, and is currently on the board of directors of Orchestra of St. Luke, a New York City based orchestra. Dr. Taglietti received his Degree in Medicine from the University of Pavia, Italy.
Abigail L. Jenkins has served as a member of our Board of Directors since April 2024. Ms. Jenkins is an experienced biopharmaceutical executive and board director with more than 25 years of leadership experience across public and private biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. Ms. Jenkins is currently an Entrepreneur in Residence with Duke University. Previously, Ms. Jenkins served as President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of Gamida Cell Ltd. (Nasdaq:GMDA), a pioneer in cell therapies for patients with blood cancers, leading the company to its first product approval. Prior to joining Gamida Cell, Ms. Jenkins served as Chief Commercial and Business Officer at Lyndra Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, where she established and led global commercial, business development, corporate strategy and portfolio management across multiple therapeutic areas. Ms. Jenkins also previously served on the board of XORTX Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:XRTX). Ms. Jenkins holds an M.S. in Biotechnology and Biotechnology Business Enterprise from The Johns Hopkins University, a B.A. in Psychology and Biology from Indiana University, and a certificate of achievement in General Management as a Kellogg Executive Scholar.
On September 29, 2026, Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. announced that the Board of Directors of the Company has elected Richard J. Daly as a director of the Company, effective October 14, 2026.
Mr. Boyd joined our Company in August 2013 and has led our Information Technology, Human Resources, and Communications functions since December of 2022. Prior to his current position, Mr. Boyd led the Business Process, Manufacturing Operations, and Clinical Operations. Prior to joining us, Mr. Boyd served as Senior Director of Operations for the Americas and APJ Regions at Hewlett-Packard Company. Throughout his 15-year career at the Hewlett-Packard Company, Mr. Boyd held a variety of positions in business process improvement and in operations. Mr. Boyd received a B.A. in History from Wittenberg University and an MBA in Finance from Seton Hall University. Mr. Boyd also received an M.S. in Management and Urban Policy Analysis from the New School University.
Ms. Jung joined Aquestive in 2004 and since then, has held leadership positions across various areas of the business including Quality Assurance, Alliance Management, Clinical Operations, and Portfolio Management. Ms. Jung was instrumental in the execution of Aquestive's internal CNS development pipeline and in 2019, was appointed Vice President Operations, responsible for all facets of the Company's manufacturing operations. Ms. Jung is currently the Chief Operating Officer and oversees several key functions across the Company, including manufacturing operations and product management. Ms. Jung received her B.S. in Management from Purdue University.
Ms. Korczynski joined Aquestive in February 2024 to oversee marketing operations. Prior to her current position, Ms. Korczynski served the Company as Senior Vice President - Sales and Marketing. Prior to joining Aquestive, Ms. Korczynski served in multiple sales and marketing leadership roles at ANI Pharmaceuticals, Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Mylan Pharmaceuticals (now Viatris) and Eli Lilly and Company. She has significant experience in allergy therapeutics, leading marketing, public relations and advocacy for the EpiPen brand. Ms. Korczynski received her B.S. in Marketing from the Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from West Virginia University.
Dr. Davis joined the Aquestive team in November 2025 from Neuvivo, Inc., an ALS/neuroinflammation biotechnology company, where he served as Chief Medical Officer from August 2024 to November 2025. Prior to that, Dr. Davis held the offices of Chief Medical Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Tiziana Life Sciences (Naqsdaq:TLSA), a biotechnology company developing breakthrough immunomodulation therapies via novel routes of drug delivery, from July 2022 through July 2024. Dr. Davis previously served as Chief Medical Officer of Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company focusing on pain management, urology, endocrinology and aesthetics, from January 2017 through April 2022. Dr. Davis earned his M.D. from Drexel University College of Medicine and undertook his General Surgery training at Brown University and his Urologic training at Washington Hospital Center. Dr. Davis received a B.S. in Pharmacy from Temple University School of Pharmacy.
Dr. Cioffi joined our Company in August 2020 as our Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and leads Regulatory Affairs at the Company. She is a dedicated Regulatory Affairs expert with 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. With deep expertise in multiple therapeutic areas including psychiatry, neurology, allergy, and immunology, Dr. Cioffi has successfully led numerous interactions with FDA, transforming regulatory challenges into opportunities for organizational growth. Prior to joining us, Dr. Cioffi held leadership positions at Axsome Therapeutics as Head of Regulatory Affairs and Forest Laboratories (now Allergan) as Director of Regulatory Affairs from 2010-2018. Prior to Forest Laboratories she held regulatory positions at Sunovion Pharmaceuticals (now Sumitomo Pharma) and Novartis. Dr. Cioffi earned a Doctorate degree in Pharmacy from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia and completed a Post-Doctoral Pharmaceutical Industry Fellowship with Rutgers University, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy.
Dr. Greenhawt joined Aquestive in March 2026. Prior to his current position, Dr. Greenhawt served as Chief Medical Officer of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA), advancing research initiatives and providing medical and scientific leadership across its educational, advocacy, and policy programs. Prior to AAFA, he was Professor of Pediatrics at Children's Hospital Colorado and the University of Colorado School of Medicine, where he directed the Food Challenge and Research Unit. He previously co-founded and co-directed the Pediatric Combined Eosinophilic Esophagitis Clinic and served as Research Director of the University of Michigan Food Allergy Center. Dr. Greenhawt holds an M.D., MBA, and MSc and a B.A. He serves on multiple committees within the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) and the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) and is a past chair of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) Food Allergy Committee.
The Company has appointed Thomas A. Zalewski as Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, effective April 2, 2026. Mr. Zalewski is a Partner at Day Pitney LLP, where he serves as Chair of the firm's Healthcare and Life Sciences practice. He has considerable experience advising life sciences, technology, and healthcare companies on a broad range of strategic and commercial matters, including mergers and acquisitions, licensing and intellectual property transactions, corporate governance, and regulatory matters. Mr. Zalewski has also served as outside general counsel to emerging and middle-market companies and previously served as a senior member of the legal team at Dendrite International, Inc. (now IQVIA), a publicly held provider of technology, sales, and marketing solutions to the global life sciences industry. He received a B.A. from Rutgers University and a J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law.
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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