Institutional Leadership
Staff
Jared Machado, CPA
Board Treasurer 
Vice President, Treasury and Corporate Finance 
Alanna Rutan, Esq. 
Board Secretary 
Chief Compliance Counsel
Board of directors
John D. Diekman, PhD, Chair 
Founding Partner 
5 AM Ventures
Ron Burkle 
Founder, The Yucaipa Companies 
Founder and Chair, Ronald W. Burkle Foundation
Gerald Chan, ScD 
Co-founder 
Morningside
Benjamin Cravatt, PhD 
Faculty Board Appointee 
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Norton B. Gilula Chair in Biology and Chemistry
Tom Daniel, MD 
Chair
Gate Bioscience
Mark Edwards 
Founder 
Bioscience Advisors, Inc.
Peter C. Farrell, PhD, DSc 
Founder and Chair
ResMed
Barbara Kosacz, JD 
Former Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel
Kronos Bio
Lou Lange, MD, PhD 
General Partner
Asset Management Ventures
Sherry Lansing 
Co-founder, Stand Up To Cancer 
Founder, The Sherry Lansing Foundation
Gene Lay, DVM 
Founder, BioLegend
Lillian Lou, PhD 
President 
The John C. Martin Foundation
Claudia S. Luttrell 
President 
The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology
Mark Pearson 
Founder and CEO, Altamont Pharma 
Co-founder and Vice Chair
Drawbridge Realty Trust
Peter Schultz, PhD 
Vice Chair of the Board 
President and CEO
L.S. “Sam” Skaggs Presidential Chair
Herbert Wertheim, OD, DSc, MD (hc) 
Founder and CEO, Brain Power Incorporated 
Co-founder, Dr. Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Family Foundation
 
        