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Executive Board

Ryan Ziffra

President

Graduate Student

University of California, San Francisco

Marcela Preininger

Chief of Staff

Graduate Student

University of California, Berkeley

Dan Wesche

Vice President of Consulting

Graduate Student

Stanford University

Ashley Gonzalez, Ph.D.

Vice President of Consulting

Graduate Student

Stanford University

Arielle Shkedi

Vice President of Consulting

Graduate Student

University of California, San Francisco

Vanessa Yang

Vice President of Consulting

Graduate Student

University of California, Berkeley

Nicholas Gentry

Vice President of Marketing and Communications

Graduate Student

University of California, San Francisco

Menglan Xiang, Ph.D.

Vice President of Operations

Postdoctoral Fellow

Stanford University

Tobias Schmid

Vice President of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

Graduate Student

University of California, Berkeley

Board of Directors

Marcela Preininger

President

Graduate Student

University of California, Berkeley

Ben Cohn

Board Chair

Business Development and Competitive Intelligence Manager

MyoKardia

Serra Elliott, Ph.D.

Director

Associate Director Business Development

Biodesy

Mira Chaurushiya, Ph.D.

Director

Principal

5AM Ventures

Ryan Jones, Ph.D.

Director

Director of Business Development and Strategy

System1 Biosciences

Matthew Cook, Ph.D.

Director

Executive Director of Strategic Projects

Gilead Sciences

Galya Blachman, Ph.D., Esq.

Director

General Counsel

5AM Ventures

Marc Martin-Casas, Ph.D.

Director

Seed Investments & Development

Illumina Accelerator

Former Executives

Israt Alam, Ph.D.

Vice President of Consulting

Anthony Berger, Ph.D.

Vice President of Marketing and Communications

Surya Murty, Ph.D.

Vice President of Consulting

Shrenik Mehta, Ph.D.

Vice President of Consulting

Michal Wojcik, Ph.D.

Vice President of Consulting

Ali Taubes, Ph.D.

Vice President of Marketing and Communications

Ryan Davis, Ph.D.

Vice President of Consulting

TJ Hu, Ph.D.

Vice President of Consulting

Aishwarya Jayagopal, Ph.D.

Vice President of Consulting

Emily Lingeman, Ph.D.

Vice President of Operations

Rachel Bisiewicz, Ph.D.

Vice President of Consulting

Daniel Wong, Ph.D.

Vice President of Consulting

Daniel Kramer, Ph.D.

Vice President of Consulting

Themasap Khan, Ph.D.

Vice President of Due Diligence

Alan Wang, Ph.D.

Vice President of Marketing and Communications

Charles White, Ph.D.

Vice President of Operations

Stella Belonwu

Vice President of Marketing and Communications

Eliza Adams, Ph.D.

Chief of Staff

Yuxi Lin, Ph.D.

Vice President of Due Diligence

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