Steven A. Elms

Mr. Elms has been a director of the Company since 2007 and is the Company’s Chairman of the Board and a member of the Company’s Governance and Nominations Committee. Mr. Elms serves as a Managing Partner at Aisling Capital, which he joined in 2000. Previously, he was a Principal in the Life Sciences Investment Banking Group of Hambrecht & Quist. During his five years at Hambrecht & Quist, Mr. Elms was involved in over 60 financing and merger and acquisition transactions, helping clients raise in excess of 3.3 billion in capital. Prior to joining Hambrecht & Quist, Mr. Elms traded mortgage-backed securities at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. His previous healthcare sector experience includes over two years as a pharmaceutical sales representative for Marion Laboratories and two years as a consultant for The Wilkerson Group. Mr. Elms currently serves on the board of directors of Elevation Oncology (Nasdaq: ELEV), Marker Therapeutics (Nasdaq: MRKR) and Treeline Biosciences and previously served on the board of directors of Zosano Pharma Corp. (Nasdaq: ZSAN) within the past five years. Mr. Elms received a B.A. in Human Biology from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.