Heather Turner has served as our Chief Executive Officer and director since November 2024. Prior to joining us, Ms. Turner was President and Chief Executive Officer of Carmot Therapeutics Inc. (acquired by Roche) from January 2023 to June 2024 and Chief Operating Officer from September 2022 to December 2022. Prior to Carmot, Ms. Turner served as Chief General Counsel and Secretary at Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. from April 2019 to May 2022. Prior to Lyell, Ms. Turner served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc., a publicly traded gene therapy and gene editing company, from February 2018 to March 2019, and served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Head of Portfolio Strategy at Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc., a publicly-traded allogeneic cell therapy company, from July 2015 to February 2018. Prior to that, Ms. Turner served as General Counsel and Secretary at Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. a publicly-traded company focused on metabolic diseases, from June 2007 to June 2015. Ms. Turner started her career at Cooley LLP as a corporate securities associate. Ms. Turner received her J.D. from UCLA School of Law and her B.A. in Environmental Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Ms. Turner has served as the chair of the board of directors of Avalyn Pharma Inc., a clinical-stage biotech company, since November 2024 and as a member of the board of directors of Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a publicly traded clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, since November 2024.
Gad Soffer has served as our Chief Business Officer since February 2025 and as our Chief Operating and Business Officer since March 2026. Mr. Soffer has also served as a consultant and director of General Metabolics LLC since 2023. From 2021 to 2023, Mr. Soffer created and managed a family investment vehicle that focused on investing in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors. Prior to that, Mr. Soffer served as Chief Executive Officer of Consonance-HFW Acquisition Corp. from November 2020 to June 2021. Prior to that, Mr. Soffer served as Chief Operating Officer at Rheos Medicines, Inc. from October 2018 to June 2020. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. from October 2016 to September 2018 and served as Chief Operating Officer from March 2013 through October 2016. From August 2008 to March 2013, he held various roles in Business Development and served as Global Project Leader for Abraxane at Celgene Corporation. From June 2000 to June 2001 and from April 2004 to April 2006, Mr. Soffer was a healthcare consultant with Easton Associates LLC. He received an A.B. from Harvard University, an M.S. from Columbia University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Scott Garland, age 57, has served as Chairman of our Board since February 2024. Since September 2023, Mr. Garland has been an advisor at Google Ventures. Mr. Garland was the Chief Executive Officer of PACT Pharma, Inc., an immuno-oncology company focused on developing neoantigen targeted T-cell therapies for solid tumors from 2021 to 2023. Prior to PACT Pharma, Inc., Mr. Garland served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2018 to 2020, where he led the company through the commercial launch of Andexxa and acquisition by Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Before joining Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Mr. Garland was at Relypsa Inc. from 2014 to 2018, where he served as Chief Commercial Officer, and then as President of the U.S. organization after Relypsa Inc.'s acquisition by Vifor Pharma AG. Prior to Relypsa Inc., Mr. Garland was Chief Commercial Officer at Exelixis, Inc. from 2011 to 2014. Mr. Garland has held numerous other commercial leadership roles at Genentech, Inc., Amgen Inc., Merck & Co., Inc., including leading the commercial franchises for two multi-billion-dollar therapies-Avastin and Rituxan. He has also served as a board member for several public biopharmaceutical companies such as Enliven Therapeutics, Inc., since January 2026, Olema Pharmaceuticals, Inc., since October 2023, ALX Oncology Inc., since November 2022, and Day One Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., since August 2021. Mr. Garland has served on the board of directors of Hexagon Therapeutics since September 2025 and on the board of directors for Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. from 2014 to 2020 and on the board of directors of Calithera Biosciences, Inc. from 2020 to 2023. Mr. Garland received a Bachelor of Science degree from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo and an M.B.A. from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.
Robert R. Ruffolo, Jr., Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Eng., F.C.P.P., age 76, has served as a member of our Board since July 2019. He served as the President of Research and Development and as the Corporate Senior Vice President of Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2002 through 2008. In these roles, he managed an R&D organization of 9,000 scientists with an annual budget in excess of $3 billion. From 2000 to 2002 he served as an Executive Vice President at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc., where he was responsible for Pharmaceutical Research and Development. Prior to joining Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Dr. Ruffolo spent 17 years at SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals plc (now GlaxoSmithKline plc) where he was Senior Vice President and Director of Biological Sciences, Worldwide from 1984 to 2000. Before joining SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals plc, Dr. Ruffolo spent six years at Eli Lilly and Company from 1978 to 1984 where he was Chairman of the Cardiovascular Research Committee. Dr. Ruffolo currently serves on the boards of directors of Elicio Therapeutics, Inc. and several private companies. He received his B.S. in Pharmacy from The Ohio State University and his Ph.D. in Pharmacology from The Ohio State University.
Rekha Hemrajani, age 56, has served as a member of our Board since September 2025. Ms. Hemrajani has served as a member of the board of directors of several public companies, such as ALX Oncology Holdings Inc. since April 2020, MaxCyte, Inc. since June 2021, and BioAge Labs since August of 2021. Ms. Hemrajani served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of Jiya Acquisition Corporation from August 2020 to November 2022. She previously served as President, Chief Executive Officer & Director of Aravive, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, from January 2020 to April 2020. From March 2019 to September 2019, Ms. Hemrajani served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Arcus Biosciences, a biotechnology company. From March 2016 to March 2019, she served as Chief Operating Officer of RAPT Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company (later acquired by Glaxo SmithKline). From February 2015 to March 2016, Ms. Hemrajani served as Chief Financial Officer at Sagimet Biosciences, Inc., a biotechnology company. She previously served as a director of Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc., Aravive, Inc. and Jiya Acquisition Corp., Vice President, Head of Licensing and M&A at Onyx Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Amgen), in business development roles at Exelixis, Inc. and in healthcare investment banking at Credit Suisse First Boston and Lehman Brothers where she advised companies on capital raising, and mergers and acquisitions. Ms. Hemrajani holds a B.S. in Economics and Computer Science from the University of Michigan and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
Rebecca Luse, age 41, has served as a member of our Board since August 2023. Since January 2021, Ms. Luse has served as Managing Director of Deep Track Capital. Prior to that, Ms. Luse served as Principal of New Leaf Venture Partners from October 2019 to January 2021. Previously, she worked on the sell side at both Jefferies and Piper Jaffray, covering biotechnology and specialty pharmaceuticals companies. Ms. Luse started her career as an investment banking analyst in the health care group of Bank of America and as a venture capital associate at Bay City Capital. Ms. Luse earned a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Mathematics from Indiana University.
William Kane, age 64, has served as a member of our Board since September 2025. Mr. Kane currently serves as President, Chief Executive Officer of Uniquity Bio, Inc. and has previously served as President and Chief Commercial Officer of Anthos Therapeutics, Inc. from October 2024 to April 2025. Previously, he served as the Chief Commercial Officer of Karuna Therapeutics, Inc. from February 2023 to March 2024. From November 2021 to December 2022, Mr. Kane was an independent consultant. From June 2020 to October 2021, Mr. Kane was Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc. Prior to that, he served in multiple leadership roles at Allergan plc, most recently as Senior Vice President, U.S. General Medicine, from January 2017 to May 2020, and prior to that, as Vice President, Internal Medicine Brands, from July 2014 to December 2016 and Vice President, CNS Marketing, from October 2013 to June 2014. Mr. Kane has also held senior level commercial positions at leading biopharma companies, including Pfizer and Sepracor (now Sumitomo Pharma). Since July 2025, Mr. Kane has been serving as the director of two private companies: NI One Inc. and Uniquity Bio Inc. Mr. Kane holds a B.A. in Government from Connecticut College and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Ran Nussbaum, age 53, has served as a member of our Board since August 2023. Since January 2004, Mr. Nussbaum has served as a Managing Partner and the Co-Founder of Pontifax. He also serves as a board member on many of Pontifax's portfolio companies. From April 2016 to October 2025, Mr. Nussbaum served as a director of Keros Therapeutics, Inc., a public clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. He is currently serving on the board of several private companies, including Lutris Pharma Ltd since May 2016, Kamari Pharma Ltd since April 2021, Indapta Therapeutics Inc. since April 2022, and Graviton Bioscience Corp since December 2022. Mr. Nussbaum previously served as a director of Urogen Pharma Ltd., ArQule, Inc. (acquired by Merck & Co., Inc.), BioBlast Pharma Ltd., Eloxx Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Prevail Therapeutics Inc., VBI Vaccines Inc. and Kite Pharma, Inc. until its acquisition by Gilead Sciences, Inc.
On September 15, 2026, LB Pharmaceuticals Inc announced that Susan G. Kozauer, M.D. has been appointed to serve as the Company's Chief Medical Officer, effective as of September 14, 2026. Dr. Kozauer is a leader in neuropsychiatric drug development with more than two decades of development expertise spanning early-stage clinical studies through regulatory approval. She brings extensive experience across indications such as schizophrenia, mood disorders, and behavioral manifestations of neurodegenerative diseases. During her tenure at Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc., Dr. Kozauer oversaw the clinical development of multiple compounds, including the U.S. and global late-stage development of CAPLYTA (lumateperone) in adult and pediatric indications. Dr. Kozauer most recently served as Senior Vice President, Head of Clinical Development at Centessa Pharmaceuticals, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company, where she led the clinical development and strategy for its orexin agonist portfolio. Prior to that, she was Vice President, Clinical Development at Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson Company, where her work with CAPLYTA in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, and pediatric indications resulted in multiple FDA approvals. Earlier in her career, she held clinical development roles of increasing responsibility at Premier Research and IQVIA and was also a practicing psychiatrist with special interest in treatment resistant depression. Dr. Kozauer received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University and a Doctor of Medicine from George Washington University and completed her residency in psychiatry at Georgetown University Hospital.
Marc Panoff has served as our Senior Vice President, Finance since June 2024 and previously served as our Chief Financial Officer from March 2016 to May 2024. Immediately prior to joining us, Mr. Panoff served as an independent consultant to several companies. From 2013 to 2015, Mr. Panoff served as Chief Financial Officer at Retrophin, Inc. From 2006 to 2012, Mr. Panoff served as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of Neurologix, Inc. From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Panoff served as Chief Financial Officer of Nephros, Inc., a publicly traded medical device developer. Mr. Panoff has served on the board of directors of Little Bear Pharmaceuticals, Inc. since February 2025. Mr. Panoff received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis and his M.B.A. from Arizona State University. He is also a Certified Public Accountant in New York State (inactive).
On September 3, 2026, LB Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced that Joseph M. Miller has been appointed to serve as the Company's Chief Financial Officer, effective as of September 2, 2026. Mr. Miller has over two decades of experience in both public and private biotech and commercial stage companies across the health sciences, biotech, and pharmaceutical sectors. Most recently. Mr. Miller served as the Chief Financial Officer of Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc., a public biopharmaceutical company focused on delivering therapies to individuals with autoimmune diseases, from April 2020 to March 2026. Prior to that, Mr. Miller served as Chief Financial Officer, Principal Executive Officer, and Corporate Secretary at Avalo Therapeutics Inc. (formerly Cerecor, Inc.), a publicly traded biotech company. Before Cerecor, he was the Vice President of Finance at Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., where he was responsible for building out the finance organization to effectively support the company's rapid growth. Before Sucampo, Mr. Miller served in various progressive finance and management roles at QIAGEN N.V., and Eppendorf AG. He began his career in the audit practice of KPMG LLP. Mr. Miller earned his B.S. in accounting from Villanova University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Richard Silva, Ph.D. has served as our Senior Vice President of Technical Operations since February 2025. Prior to joining us, Dr. Silva was Senior Vice President of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Carmot Therapeutics Inc. (acquired by Roche) from April 2023 to July 2024. Prior to that, Dr. Silva served as Vice President Technical Operations, Development and Manufacturing at Epizyme, Inc. (acquired by Ipsen) from March 2020 to April 2023. Prior to Epizyme, Dr. Silva was Senior Director at Kaleido Biosciences from March 2019 to February 2020, and prior to that he served as Senior Director of Chemical Process Development at ImmunoGen, Inc. from July 2015 to March 2019. Dr. Silva holds a Ph.D. in Synthetic Organic Chemistry from Dartmouth College and a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Massachusetts.
Kaya Pai Panandiker has served as our Chief Commercial Officer since November 2025. Prior to joining us, Ms. Pai Panandiker served as the Chief Commercial Officer of Neumora Therapeutics, Inc. from January 2024 to February 2025. Prior to that, Ms. Pai Panandiker served as Head of Commercial at Cerevel Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. from September 2021 to September 2023 and General Manager, Neuroscience at H. Lundbeck A/S from 2019 to 2021. Ms. Pai Panandiker received a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and earned her Master's degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago.
Robert Lenz, M.D., Ph.D. was appointed to the board with effect from 06 March 2026. Dr. Robert Lenz is a veteran research and development leader, currently advising several biopharmaceuticals companies. Dr. Robert Lenz brings over 20 years of experience in neuroscience drug development. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President and Head of Research and Development at Neumora Therapeutics, and prior to that, he spent over a decade at Amgen Inc. in key leadership roles, including Senior Vice President, Head of Global Development. Earlier in his career, Dr. Lenz held positions of increasing responsibility at Abbott Laboratories, ultimately serving as Divisional Vice President for Neuroscience, Anesthesia, and Psychiatry Development. Throughout his career, Dr. Lenz has overseen the development of multiple medicines through regulatory approval. He also serves on the board and scientific boards of several companies. Dr. Lenz earned his M.D. and Ph.D. with honors from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and completed his neurology residency at the University of California - Los Angeles. He holds a bachelor's degree from Dickinson College and has been recognized with multiple awards for innovation and leadership in the pharmaceutical industry.
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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