Board Welcomes Sullivan as Chair, Elkus and Herrling as
New Trustees
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) Board of Trustees welcomed
retired judge Alice D. Sullivan as its new chair and two industry
leaders—Sillicon Valley entrepreneur Richard J. Elkus,
Jr. and Novartis head of Corporate Research Paul Herrling—as
new trustees.
Chair of the Board Hon. Alice D. Sullivan (Ret.)
Sullivan assumed the position of chair of the board at the
trustee meeting in early February. Sullivan, who earned her
J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law, served as
a judge in Alameda County from 1981 to 1989 and as a judge
on the California Superior Court from 1989 to 1992.
Sullivan is founder and chief executive officer of Private
Judge, a firm in Del Mar that provides expertise in the resolution
of business disputes, particularly in the life science and
technology fields. Over the last 10 years, she has mediated
over 1,000 cases and has served as an arbitrator in more than
100 cases.
In addition, Sullivan is a frequent lecturer and trainer
in mediation and civil law topics, speaking at such institutions
as Santa Clara University, Del Mar Foundation, The Rutter
Group, San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association, Department
of Commerce/Federal Trade Commission, American Bar Association,
and The State Bar of California.
While welcoming Sullivan to the position of chair, the Board
unanimously passed a resolution expressing its appreciation
to outgoing chair John D. Diekman, whose leadership was "marked
by deep dedication, unflagging energy, and great enthusiasm."
Trustee Richard J. Elkus Jr.
Elkus is an executive and entrepreneur whose career has been
intimately connected with the development and evolution of
Silicon Valley. He has integrated his business career with
service on committees and in organizations involved in promoting
economic competitiveness through national and international
policy development.
His current positions include:
- CEO and co-chair of Voyan Technology, which provides
model-based adaptive control systems to the semiconductor,
storage, and communications industries;
- Director of KLA-Tencor, the world's largest supplier
of metrology and defect inspection equipment and yield management
systems to the semiconductor industry;
- Director of Lam Research, one of the six largest manufacturers
of production equipment for the semiconductor industry;
- Director of SOPRA, SA, a leading French company supplying
metrology equipment to the semiconductor and medical industries;
and
- Director of Virage Logic, a leading supplier of intellectual
property architecture of the semiconductor industry.
Previously, he was chair and CEO of Prometrix Corporation,
which he co-founded in 1983. Prometrix revolutionized the
concept of computerized wafer mapping that is now fundamental
to the analysis of wafer development and production in the
semiconductor manufacturing process. Prometrix merged with
Tencor and later with KLA, becoming KLA-Tencor.
From 1985 to 1992 Elkus was director and finally chair of
Integrated Systems, Inc. Prior to that, he held positions
at Geometrics and Acacia Sales. After graduating from Stanford
University and Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business
Administration, Elkus spent the first 10 years of his career
at Ampex Corporation, where he wrote the original product
plan and headed the team that introduced the VCR in September
1970.
Trustee Paul Herrling
Herrling is head of Corporate Research at Novartis, which
has core businesses in pharmaceuticals, consumer health, generics,
eye care, and animal health. He is also head of the newly
created Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases in Singapore,
which advances medical research in progressive infectious
and parasitic diseases. Herrling also oversees the Friedrich
Miescher Institute in Basel, Switzerland.
Prior to his current position at Novartis, Herrling was
head of Global Research at Novartis Pharma and a member of
the Pharma Executive Committee. In this capacity, he directed
the integration of the research organizations of Sandoz and
Ciba-Geigy following their merger in 1996. Herrling had joined
Sandoz in 1975, rising to head of Corporate Research by 1994.
In addition, Herrling, who obtained his doctorate in 1975
from the University of Zurich, is professor of Drug Discovery
Science at the University of Basel, Switzerland and adjunct
professor at TSRI's Harold L. Dorris Neurological Research
Center.
Herrling serves on the boards of a number of institutions,
including: the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research
Foundation in La Jolla, the Board of Trustees Novartis Foundation
in London, Board of Trustees Foundation Maison de la Chimie
in Paris, and the TSRI-Novartis Joint Scientific Council in
La Jolla.
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Alice D. Sullivan is a retired California
Superior Court judge and founder and chief executive officer
of Private Judge, a firm that provides expertise in the resolution
of business disputes.
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