Executive Team

Thomas B. Neff
Chairman, Founder, Chief Executive Officer

Pat Cotroneo
Vice President, Finance, and Chief Financial Officer

Melissa L. Grigorieff
Vice President, Marketing, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations

William Hodder
Vice President, Business Development

Wilbert Lee
Senior Vice President of Administration

David Y. Liu, Ph.D.
Vice President, Research

Claire J. Lockey
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs

Sarah A. O'Dowd
Vice President, General Counsel

James W. Polarek, Ph.D.
Vice President, Collagen and Gelatin Development

Leanne C. Price
Vice President, Intellectual Property

Ted Tucker
Vice President, Human Resources

David A. Yeowell, Ph.D.
Vice President, Product Development

Board of Directors

Thomas B. Neff
Chairman, Founder, Chief Executive Officer

Jorma Routti, Ph.D.
Chairman of the Board of Directors, FibroGen Europe, Former Director General of the Directorate of Science, Research and Development of the European Commission

Thomas F. Kearns Jr.
Retired Partner, Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc.

Kalevi Kurkijärvi Ph.D.
Senior Partner, Chairman and CEO, BioFund Management Fund Ltd.

Miguel Madero
Fomento Direccion, Mexico

Rory B. Riggs
Former President and Director, Biomatrix, Inc.

Julian N. Stern
Partner, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP.

Julius A. Vida, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Former Vice President, Business Development, Licensing and Strategic Planning of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
Founder and President of Vida International Pharmaceutical Consultants