Board of Directors

We Lead With Purpose

Our Board of Directors guides California Life Sciences with vision, expertise, and an unwavering commitment to innovation and impact.

Officers

Chair

Joy Russell

Global Vice President, US External Affairs
Genentech
Vice Chair

Sarah Huoh

Corporate Vice President, Public Affairs
Edwards Lifesciences
Secretary

Alice Valder Curran

Partner
Hogan Lovells US LLP
Treasurer

Katie Wechsler

Audit Partner, Life Sciences
KPMG
Chair Emeritus

Nadir Mahmood, PhD

President
Nkarta
Chair Emeritus

Melinda Richter

Board Officer

Mike Guerra

President & CEO
California Life Sciences

Members

Taby Ahsan, PhD

Vice President of Cell & Gene Therapy Operations and Director of the Center for Bioinnovation and Manufacturing
City of Hope

Robert Anderson

Vasiliki Anest

Chief Innovation Officer
Keck School of Medicine, USC

Anindita Basu

Managing Director, Life Sciences & Strategy
Deloitte

Scott Bohn

Chief Development Officer & Head of Lab
Healthpeak Properties

Badia Boudaiffa

Vice President, North America Commercial Operations Diabetes Care
Abbott

Michael Burgess, MD, PhD

SVP and Head of the Cell Therapy Thematic Research Center
Bristol Myers Squibb

Jane Chung, RPh

President & Chief Operating Officer
Sutro Biopharma, Inc.

John Dimos, PhD

Vice President and Head of LaunchLabs San Francisco Bay Area
Alexandria Real Estate Equities

Fred Dorey

Special Counsel
Cooley, LLP

Jeff Farrow

Chief Financial Officer & Chief Strategy Officer
Tarsus

Kevin Grimes, MD, MBA

Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology & Co-Director of the SPARK Program
Stanford University

Jane Grogan, PhD

Head of Research
Biogen

Babak Haghiri

VP of Operations, Site Head – Los Angeles
Takeda

Megan Hall, PhD

Vice President of Medical Affairs
GRAIL

Grace Han McMahon

Associate Vice President and Head, Pacific Hub, BD&L
Merck

Erik Harris

Chief Commercial Officer and Executive Vice President
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.

Jeff Jonker

President & COO
Xiara Therapeutics

Laurence Katznelson, MD

Vice Dean for Medical Education & Academic Affairs and Professor of Medicine
Cedars-Sinai

Jeff Landau

CEO
Stipple Bio

Rachael Lester

SVP, Chief Business Officer
CytomX Therapeutics

Chee Lum, PhD

Vice President and General Manager, Dispensing Solutions, Medication Management Solutions (MMS)
Becton, Dickson & Company (BD)

Sonal Matai

President & Managing Director
Karl Storz Endoscopy

Caryn McDowell

Charles McWilliams

Vice President, Strategic Alliances and West Sales
VWR, part of Avantor

Ramlah Nehring, PhD

Global Head of Partnerships and Transactions
Roche Diagnostics

India Peterson Valentine

Vice President, State Government Affairs
Gilead Sciences

Greg Portner

Senior Vice President, Global Government Affairs & Policy
Amgen

Anja Preissmann, PhD

President and Site Head
Boehringer Ingelheim Fremont Inc.

Ganesh Raman, PhD

Assistant Vice Chancellor, Research in the CSU Chancellor’s Office
California State University

Andrew M. Ratz, PhD

Chief Technical Operations Officer
Neurocrine Biosciences

Robin Roberts

Co-Founder / COO & Head of Strategy
DatosX Digital Health Lab

Mark Roeder

Partner and Former Global Co-Chair, Life Sciences Industry Group
Latham & Watkins, LLP

Jennifer Ruddock

SVP & Chief Business Officer
Nektar Therapeutics

Aziz Sawaf

Chief Financial Officer & SVP of Operations Strategy
Theravance Biopharma

Jonathan Siegrist, PhD

Executive Vice President of Research & Development & Chief Technology Officer
QuidelOrtho

Angela Stewart

Vice President, Global Government Affairs
Danaher Diagnostics

Lesley Stolz

Head of West North America, External Scientific Innovation
Johnson & Johnson

Carolyn Tang

General Counsel
Arcus Biosciences

Linnette Torres

Executive Vice President, Quality & Regulatory Affairs
Masimo

Curtis Tyree, PhD

Alberto Zacarias

Head of Strategic Management
AbbVie

Alice Zhang

CEO & Founder
Verge Genomics