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Elizabeth Barrett has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director since January 2019. Prior to joining UroGen, Ms. Barrett served as the Chief Executive Officer of Novartis Oncology and a member of the Novartis Executive Committee since February 2018. Prior to Novartis, Ms. Barrett served at Pfizer Inc. in various leadership capacities, most recently as the Global President of Oncology and, before that, as President of Global Innovative Pharma for Europe, President of the Specialty Care Business Unit for North America, and Regional President of United States Oncology. Prior to Pfizer, Ms. Barrett was Vice President and General Manager of the Oncology Business Unit at Cephalon Inc. Ms. Barrett received an M.B.A. degree in Business Administration-Marketing from Saint Joseph's University and a B.S. from the University of Louisiana. Ms. Barrett also served on the board of directors of Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (2019-2025) and currently serves on the board of directors of Allogene Therapeutics, Inc. (since 2021).

Jason Smith has served as our General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary since August 2020. Mr. Smith is responsible for leading our legal, intellectual property, and corporate compliance functions. Mr. Smith joined us from Pfizer Inc., where he served as Chief Counsel, Oncology from August 2016 to August 2020. Prior to Pfizer, Mr. Smith worked in the legal department at Wyeth in a variety of roles including as antitrust counsel, Global Product Counsel and Chief Counsel, U.S. Pharmaceuticals, leading a team of lawyers supporting the prescription pharmaceuticals businesses. Before joining Wyeth, Mr. Smith was an associate at Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White in Washington, DC, in the antitrust and commercial litigation groups. Mr. Smith received his bachelor's degree in Economics, cum laude from Binghamton University and his juris doctor degree, with high honors, from George Washington University.

Mark P. Schoenberg, M.D. has served as our Chief Medical Officer since December 2017 and, prior to that, served as our Medical Director since February 2016. Dr. Schoenberg has over 20 years of experience in clinical practice and research focused on the care of patients with all forms of bladder cancer. Since April 2014, Dr. Schoenberg has been University Professor and Chair of the Urology Department at The Montefiore Medical Center for The Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. Prior to joining Montefiore, from 2005 to 2014, Dr. Schoenberg served as Director of Urologic Oncology and Bernard L. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Urologic Oncology at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Schoenberg is also the past chair of the Medical Advisory Board of the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network, the author of The Guide to Living with Bladder Cancer, co-editor of The Textbook of Bladder Cancer, a contributor to Campbell's Urology and a past Senior Editor of the journal Seminars in Urologic Oncology. Dr. Schoenberg received his M.D. (Alpha Omega Alpha) from the University of Texas Health Sciences Center and completed his residency in General Surgery and Urology at the Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania, where he served as chief resident and urology instructor, before completing basic research and clinical urologic oncology fellowships at Johns Hopkins under the auspices of The American Cancer Society. Dr. Schoenberg is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, as well as a member of the American Association of Cancer Research, the Society of Urologic Oncology and the American Urological Association.

Arie Belldegrun, M.D. has served as our Chair of the Board since December 2012. Dr. Belldegrun is a co-founder of Allogene Therapeutics, a public biopharmaceutical company, and has served as Executive Chairman of its board of directors since November 2017. From March 2014 until October 2017, Dr. Belldegrun served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Kite Pharma, Inc. and as a member of its board of directors from June 2009 until October 2017. He was also a Director of Gingko Bioworks (from September 2021 to November 2024) and Chairman of Kronos Bio, Inc. (November 2017 to June 2025). Dr. Belldegrun currently serves as Chairman of Bellco Capital LLC (since 2004); Chairman and Partner of Two River (since June 2009); Co-chairman of Breakthrough Properties LLC and Breakthrough Services, L.L.C. (since April 2019); Co-chairman of Symbiotic Capital (since June 2023); and Director of ByHeart, Inc. (since October 2019). Dr. Belldegrun is also Senior Managing Director of Vida Ventures, LLC (since November 2017). Dr. Belldegrun is a Research Professor, holds the Roy and Carol Doumani Chair in Urologic Oncology, and is Founder and Director of the UCLA Institute of Urologic Oncology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Prior to joining UCLA, Dr. Belldegrun was at the National Cancer Institute/NIH as a research fellow in surgical oncology and immunotherapy under Dr. Steven A. Rosenberg. He completed his M.D. at the Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem, his post-graduate studies in Immunology at the Weizmann Institute of Science, and his residency in urologic surgery at Harvard Medical School. He has authored several books on oncology and more than 500 scientific and medical papers related to urological cancers, immunotherapy, gene therapy and cancer vaccines. He is certified by the American Board of Urology and the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons.

Daniel G. Wildman has served as our director since November 2022. Mr. Wildman is Chairman of the Board of Progenerative Medical, Inc., a pre-commercial company translating clinically proven reduced pressure technology into medical treatments for orthopedic surgeries. He also serves on the board of directors of Nyxoah S.A., Progenerative Medical, Inc. and PanTher Therapeutics, Inc. At Johnson & Johnson, Mr. Wildman led the Digital Surgery Strategy initiative, where he was tasked with developing an integrated strategy for robotic surgery for the company. This strategy directly led to the 2019 acquisition of Auris Health, Inc. Prior to Digital Surgery, Mr. Wildman led Depuy Synthes Spine. In this role, he had overall responsibility for the second-largest spine surgery business in the world ($1.8B). He served in this capacity from August of 2015 to September of 2017, and during this period developed and implemented an integrated turn-around plan for the company. Previously, Mr. Wildman served as Worldwide President of Ethicon Biosurgery, a division of Ethicon, Inc. From 2003 to 2015 he led this global business dedicated to delivering innovative and life-saving solutions to surgeons via development and commercialization of biomaterial, biologic and combination products that changed the standard of care for intraoperative hemostasis. In this role, Mr. Wildman transitioned the company from Advanced Wound Care to Biosurgery through a combination of acquisitions, divestitures, and internal capability development, all focused on development and commercialization of meaningful innovations. The Biosurgery business at Ethicon continues to be one of the fastest growing companies in Johnson & Johnson's portfolio. Prior to Johnson & Johnson, Mr. Wildman spent 10 years with Boston Scientific Corporation in a variety of sales, marketing, operations and strategic planning roles of increasing responsibility. Mr. Wildman is an accomplished global leader. Throughout his career, he has earned a solid reputation for his strategic vision, motivational leadership, innovative technologies, ability to execute and his commitment to people development. Mr. Wildman received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from St. Lawrence University in New York.

Leana S. Wen, M.D., M.Sc. has served as our director since August 2022. Dr. Wen is an emergency physician and has served as a faculty member at the George Washington University since September 2019. She has been a contributing columnist for The Washington Post since June 2020, writing on health policy and public health, and a health and medical expert for CNN since August 2020. From January 2015 to October 2018, she was the health commissioner for the city of Baltimore, where she led the nation's oldest continuously operating health department to combat the opioid epidemic and improve maternal and child health. From 2013 to 2015, Dr. Wen served as director of patient-centered care research in the department of emergency medicine at George Washington University, and authored a critically-acclaimed book on patient advocacy. She is currently on the board of the Bipartisan Policy Center and the Baltimore Community Foundation, and chairs the advisory board of the Behavioral Health Group. She has also been a global health fellow at the World Health Organization, a consultant with the China Medical Board, and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Dr. Wen also served as the President of Planned Parenthood from 2018 through 2019. She has been a member of more than ten nonprofit boards, including serving as the chair of Behavioral Health System Baltimore. Dr. Wen has also served on the board of directors of Glaukos Corporation since March 2021 and also serves on its audit committee. Dr. Wen's work has been recognized by numerous professional organizations, including as one of Modern Healthcare's Top 50 Physician-Executives and a member of the Council on Foreign Relationships. In 2019, she was named one of TIME magazine's 100 Most Influential People and in 2022 as one of Modern Healthcare's 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare. She holds a B.S. from California State University, Los Angeles, an M.D. from Washington University School of Medicine and two M.Sc.s from the University of Oxford, where she was a Rhodes Scholar. She completed her residency training at Brigham & Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, where she was a clinical fellow at Harvard Medical School.

Cynthia M. Butitta has served as our director since October 2017. Ms. Butitta served as Chief Financial Officer of Kite Pharma, Inc. from January 2014 to May 2016 and as its Chief Operating Officer from March 2014 to September 2017. From May 2011 to December 2012, she was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at NextWave Pharmaceuticals Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company. Prior to that, Ms. Butitta served as Chief Operating Officer of Telik, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, from March 2001 to December 2010 and as its Chief Financial Officer from August 1998 to December 2010. Ms. Butitta also served as Principal Accounting Officer of Telik, Inc. until December 2010. She has served as a Director of Autolus, Ltd., a biotechnology company, since March 2018; a board member of Olema Oncology since August 2020 and Century Therapeutics, Inc. from February 2021 to August 2025. Ms. Butitta received her B.S. degree with honors in Business and Accounting from Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin and her M.B.A. degree in Finance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

James A. Robinson, Jr. has served as our director since July 2023. Mr. Robinson currently serves as the President, Chief Executive Officer and member of the board directors of A2 Biotherapeutics, Inc. Prior to this role, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of Urovant Sciences, Inc. from March 2020 through June 2023 and has served as a member of Urovant's board of directors from March 2019 through June 2023. Prior to Urovant Sciences, Mr. Robinson held the position of President and Chief Operating Officer at Paragon Biosciences, where he oversaw Paragon's operations from April 2019 to March 2020. Previously, Mr. Robinson served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Alkermes, where he was responsible for global commercial, new product planning, corporate planning, manufacturing, quality, human resources and business development functions. Prior to Alkermes, Mr. Robinson spent over twelve years at Astellas U.S., most recently as President, Americas Operations, where his responsibilities included all aspects of operations for North and South America. Prior to that, he was President of Astellas Pharma US, where he was responsible for leading the U.S. commercial organization. Prior to Astellas, Mr. Robinson spent thirteen years at Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals, where his last role was Vice President, Hepatitis Sales and Managed Care. Mr. Robinson currently serves as an advisor to BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. and on the board of directors of Eledon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a public biotechnology company, and Petauri Health, a private healthcare service company. Previously, Mr. Robinson served on the board of directors of Neos Therapeutics, Inc. prior to its acquisition by Aytu Biopharma, Inc. as well as the board of directors of Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation until its acquisition by Syncona LTD in November 2022. He also previously served on the board of directors of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and served as Chairman of PhRMA's State Committee. He is a founding member of MATTER. Mr. Robinson received a Bachelor of Science degree from DePaul University.

Stuart Holden, M.D. has served as our director since December 2015. Dr. Holden has been the Chair of ProQuest Investments' Scientific Advisory Board since it was founded in 1998. Since May 2014, Dr. Holden has served as a member of the UCLA faculty as a Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Urology, Spielberg Family Chair in Urologic Oncology, in the Department of Urology at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and Associate Director of the UCLA Institute of Urologic Oncology. Dr. Holden has worked in the field of prostate cancer for more than 36 years. Dr. Holden also serves as Medical Director of the Prostate Cancer Foundation since the foundation's inception in 1993. Dr. Holden was the director of the Louis Warschaw Prostate Cancer Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the first holder of the Warschaw, Robertson, Law Families Chair in Prostate Cancer. Dr. Holden has served as a member of the board of directors of Telormedix SA from 2008 to 2017 and served as a member of the board of directors of Acurian, Inc. from 1999 through 2014. Dr. Holden also served on the Board of the American College of Medical Informatics from 1999 through 2006 and is currently on the board of Clarus Therapeutics, Inc. In addition, he was a founding partner at Tower Urology in Los Angeles. Dr. Holden received a B.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed his medical degree and received his surgical training at Weill Cornell Medical College and the New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical College. He completed his urology residency at Emory University School of Medicine and fellowships in urology and developmental genetics at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He also was awarded a clinical fellowship from the American Cancer Society.

Chris Degnan has served as our Chief Financial Officer since October 2024. Prior to joining UroGen, Mr. Degnan served as the Chief Financial Officer of Galera Therapeutics, Inc., a public, late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology, from October 2019 to August 2024. Prior to Galera, Mr. Degnan served as the Chief Financial Officer of Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc., a public, biotechnology company focused on medical dermatology, from March 2018 to October 2019. Prior to Verrica, Mr. Degnan held roles of increasing responsibility at Endo International plc, a generics and specialty branded pharmaceutical company, beginning in November 2014. At Endo, Mr. Degnan most recently served as the Vice President of Finance, Corporate FP&A and International Pharmaceuticals Segment Chief Financial Officer from December 2016 to March 2018. Prior to that, he served as the Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer for Endo's U.S. Branded Pharmaceuticals segment from March 2016 to December 2016, and as the Senior Finance Director, U.S. Branded Pharmaceuticals from November 2014 to March 2016. Prior to joining Endo, Mr. Degnan held roles of increasing responsibility at AstraZeneca plc, a global biopharmaceutical company, beginning in 2004. At AstraZeneca, Mr. Degnan most recently served as Senior Finance Director, U.S. Commercial Finance from July 2013 to November 2014. Mr. Degnan is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Pennsylvania (voluntary inactive status) and holds a B.B.A. degree in Accountancy from the University of Notre Dame.