healthcare companies across advisory, capital raising and M&A. Mr. Todd currently serves on the board of directors of cTRL Therapeutics. Mr. Todd earned his B.A. in economics at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Non-Employee Directors
Jeffrey M. Leiden, M.D., Ph.D. has served as Chair of our board of directors and as a member of our board of directors since March 2022. Dr. Leiden has served as the Executive Chairman of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX), or Vertex, since April 2020, after serving as a director since July 2009. Dr. Leiden previously served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Vertex from 2012 through March 2020. Prior to joining Vertex, Dr. Leiden served as Managing Director at Clarus Ventures, a life sciences venture capital firm, from 2007 to 2012 and as President, Chief Operating Officer of Abbott Laboratories from 2000 until 2005. Dr. Leiden is a physician and scientist who has dedicated his career to improving the lives of people with serious diseases. While at Abbott Laboratories, Dr. Leiden led the development and commercialization of HUMIRA® for multiple autoimmune diseases. During his time at Vertex, the company delivered a number of leading medicines to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis for patients with certain forms of the disease, including KALYDECO®, ORKAMBI®, SYMDEKO® and TRIKAFTA®. While serving as Chief Executive Officer of Vertex, the company also built a robust pipeline of drug candidates in specialty markets, including pain, sickle cell disease and type 1 diabetes, and entered into important collaborations, like with CRISPR Therapeutics AG, which led to the discovery and development of the first CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing therapy, CASGEVY, approved for two human genetic diseases, sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia. Dr. Leiden is the lead director of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, and the Chairman of the Board of Casana Care, Inc. and previously served on the board of directors of Shire plc, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX). Dr. Leiden received his B.A. in biological sciences, his Ph.D. in virology and his M.D. from the University of Chicago.
We believe Dr. Leiden is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of his deep industry and scientific experience combined with his experience leading another public biopharmaceutical company.
Jill Carroll has served as a member of our board of directors since August 2021. Ms. Carroll joined SR One Ltd in 2011 and SR One Capital Management, LP in September 2020 with a background in biotech partnering and corporate development. Previously, Ms. Carroll completed multiple pharma partnerships and substantial private and public financings for Dynavax Technologies (Nasdaq: DVAX). Ms. Carroll was formerly a biopharmaceutical industry consultant with Clearview Projects and Mercer Management Consulting, and earlier studied Biochemistry at Johns Hopkins University and Chemistry and Duke University. Currently, Ms. Carroll is on the Board of Directors of Arcellx, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACLX), HotSpot Therapeutics, Inc., Avalyn Pharma, Inc., TBIO, LLC, Poplar Therapeutics, Inc. and AirNexis Therapeutics, Inc., and previously served on the Boards of Directors of Nkarta, Inc. (Nasdaq: NKTX) from 2017 to 2020 and Pandion Therapeutics from 2019 to 2021. Ms. Carroll received her B.S. in chemistry from Duke University and an M.S. in biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology from Johns Hopkins University.
We believe Ms. Carroll was qualified to serve on our board of directors because of her extensive experience in partnering and other business development transactions. Ms. Carroll resigned from our board of directors on May 7, 2026.
Shelley Chu, M.D., Ph.D. has served as a member of our board of directors since August 2025. Since 2020, Dr. Chu has been a Partner of Lightspeed Venture Partners where she leads the Biotech practice and co-heads the Healthcare Sector. She currently serves on the board of directors of Antares Therapeutics, Diagonal Therapeutics, Alpha-9 Oncology, Seismic Therapeutics, Triana Therapeutics, Enlaza Therapeutics, Protego BioPharma, and Zag Bio, and has previously served on the board of directors of private and public companies, including Scorpion Therapeutics (acquired by Eli Lilly & Co.), HilleVax (Nasdaq: HLVX), Tizona Therapeutics, Inc. (acquired by Gilead Sciences, Inc.), Trishula Therapeutics (partnered with AbbVie Inc.), IFM Therapeutics, LLC (acquired by Bristol Myers Squibb), IFM Tre (acquired by Novartis AG), IFM Due (acquired by Novartis AG), IFM Quattro, and SFJ Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Chu also led R&D strategy across all therapeutic areas as well as business development in immuno-oncology and HBV at Gilead during the launch of their cure for HCV. Dr. Chu holds an M.D. and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Biophysics from the University of California at San Francisco and a B.A. in Molecular Biology from Princeton University, where she serves as Co-Chair for Princeton ASC. She is also a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for BioCentury.
We believe Dr. Chu is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of her investment experience in the biopharmaceutical industry as well as her experience on numerous public and private company boards of directors.
Carl L. Gordon, Ph.D., CFA has served as a member of our board of directors since August 2021. Dr. Gordon is a Managing Partner at OrbiMed Advisors LLC, an investment firm. Dr. Gordon currently serves on the boards of directors of Compass Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: CMPX), Keros Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: KROS) and Lomond Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. (trading on OTC), as well as several private companies. Dr. Gordon previously served on the boards of directors of several publicly-traded companies, including Adicet Bio, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACET) from August 2015 to April 2025, ArriVent Biopharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVBP) from December 2022 to June 2025, Gemini Therapeutics, Inc. (which merged with Disc Medicine, Inc. (Nasdaq: IRON)) from April 2016 to December 2022, Kinnate Biopharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: KNTE) from December 2019 to April 2024, MBX Biosciences. Inc. (Nasdaq: MBX) from July 2020 to June 2025, ORIC Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ORIC) from November 2015 to November 2021, Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: