President, Global Market Access from 2010 until 2021 and as Senior Vice President, Hospital & Specialty Franchises from 2014 until 2017. Ms. Bhanji currently serves on the boards of directors of Veracyte, Inc. (Nasdaq: VCYT), Cytokinetics Incorporated (Nasdaq: CYTK), Intellia Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NTLA), Lumanity, a life sciences consulting firm, and Corus International, an international humanitarian organization committed to poverty alleviation. Ms. Bhanji also serves on the advisory group of Conquer AI, an artificial intelligence software company. Ms. Bhanji received her B.Sc. in Pharmacy from the Rutgers School of Pharmacy and her M.B.A. from Saint Joseph’s University. We believe that Ms. Bhanji is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to her extensive U.S. and global commercial and operational experience within the pharmaceutical industry.
Richard Rodgers, age 59, has served on our board of directors since March 2014. From March 2010 until August 2013, Mr. Rodgers was co-founder, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of Tesaro, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, which was acquired by GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) in January 2019. Mr. Rodgers previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of Abraxis BioScience, Inc., a biotechnology company, from June 2009 to February 2010. Prior to that, Mr. Rodgers served as Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of MGI PHARMA, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, from 2004 until its acquisition by Eisai Co. Ltd. (OTC: ESALF) in January 2008. Mr. Rodgers has held finance and accounting positions at several private and public companies, including Arthur Andersen & Co. Mr. Rodgers currently serves as a director of Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX) and Opus Genetics, Inc. (Nasdaq: IRD). Mr. Rodgers received a B.S. in Financial Accounting from St. Cloud State University and his M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Business. We believe that Mr. Rodgers is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his financial background, significant industry experience, and service on other boards of directors of publicly-traded life sciences companies.
CLASS I DIRECTORS - To continue in office until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
William Bertrand, Jr., Esq., age 61, has served on our board of directors since October 2015. From March 2017 to November 2025, Mr. Bertrand served as the Chief Operating Officer at Adaptimmune Therapeutics Plc (Nasdaq: ADAP). From October 2015 to September 2016, Mr. Bertrand served as the Executive Vice President, General Counsel of Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: INFI). From July 2013 to August 2015, Mr. Bertrand held a variety of positions with Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., a biopharmaceutical company, including Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Acting Chief Operating Officer, and most recently, General Manager of Salix Pharmaceuticals following its acquisition by Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, now known as Bausch Health Companies Inc. (NYSE: VRX), in April 2015. Prior to that, Mr. Bertrand completed a 12-year career at MedImmune Limited, a biotechnology company and subsidiary of AstraZeneca Plc (NYSE: AZN), serving in numerous roles of increasing responsibility, including as Executive Vice President and General Counsel from 2008 to 2013. In December 2025, Mr. Bertrand joined the boards of directors of LevelBlue, a cybersecurity company, and Unplugged & Uncorked Inc., a wine distribution business. Mr. Bertrand received his B.S. in Biology from Wayne State University and his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. We believe that Mr. Bertrand is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his legal and compliance background and significant life science industry experience.
Onaiza Cadoret-Manier, age 62, has served on our board of directors since March 2020. Ms. Cadoret-Manier has served as the Chief Executive Officer, President and Board Member of Yemaya Bio, a biotechnology company, since March 2024. From March 2022 to March 2024, Ms. Cadoret-Manier served as Chief Global Product Strategy and Operations Officer at Ionis Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: IONS), and from January 2020 to March 2022, Ms. Cadoret-Manier served as Chief Corporate Development and Commercial Officer at Ionis Pharmaceuticals. Prior to that, Ms. Cadoret-Manier was the Chief Commercial Officer for GRAIL, Inc. (Nasdaq: GRAL), an early detection genomics company, from June 2018 until June 2019. Prior to GRAIL, from April 2011 until June 2018, she was Vice President of the Respiratory Franchise at Genentech, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company. Ms. Cadoret-Manier also has held multiple senior management positions overseeing corporate strategy, alliances, and marketing and sales for numerous disease areas for Genentech, Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and Amylin Pharmaceuticals, all of which are biopharmaceutical companies. Ms. Cadoret-Manier served on the board of directors of Ventyx Biosciences from January 2023 until its acquisition by Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) in March 2026. She has an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago and a bachelor’s degree in economics and accounting from City University of New York Queens College. We believe that Ms. Cadoret-Manier is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to her extensive commercial and strategic operational experience with life sciences companies.
