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

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.

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 

Steven Paul, MD
Founder, Seaport Therapeutics
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

Mark Pearson
Founder and CEO, Altamont Pharma
Co-founder and Vice Chair
Drawbridge Realty Trust

Douglas Phillips, MBA
Former Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, University of Rochester

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