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Board of Trustees

Salk Institute for Biological Studies - Leadership - Board of Trustees

Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees is composed of proven leaders from the world’s business and non-profit communities who bring a range of skills and perspectives to the Institute. They are committed to science, innovation, high-quality research and supporting the Institute’s mission. Trustees are charged with monitoring Institute operations to ensure the organization fulfills its scientific and training efforts, while operating in a financially responsible manner.

Theodore W. Waitt (Chair)

Chairman

Waitt Foundation
California

Richard A. Heyman, PhD (Vice Chair)

Salk Alumnus
Executive Chairman

Metacrine
California

Marna C. Whittington, PhD (Vice Chair)

(Retired) Chief Executive Officer

Allianz Global Investors Capital
Delaware

Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD

President

Salk Institute
California

Edward Callaway, PhD

Professor

Systems Neurobiology Laboratory
Audrey Geisel Chair in Biomedical Science
Salk Institute
California

Donald Cohn

Cohn Enterprises
California

Frederick J. Dotzler

Managing Director

De Novo Ventures
California

Jay Flatley

Executive Chairman

Illumina
California

Alan D. Gold

Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer

BioMed Realty
California

David F. Hale

Chairman and CEO

Hale BioPharma Ventures, LLC
California

Edwin K. Hunter

Partner

Hunter, Hunter & Sonnier, LLC.
Louisiana/Utah

Irwin Mark Jacobs, ScD (Chair Emeritus)

Founding Chairman and CEO Emeritus

QUALCOMM Incorporated
California

Thomas M. Jessell, PhD

Professor

Columbia University
New York

Sanjay K. Jha, PhD

CEO

GlobalFoundries
California

Elizabeth Keadle

Salk alumna
Environmentalist, and philanthropist

California

Benjamin H. Lewis, MD

Columbia University Medical Center
New York Presbyterian Hospital
New York

Daniel C. Lewis

(Retired) Senior Vice President

Booz & Company
California

Corinne Mentzelopoulos

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Château Margaux
France

Howard H. Newman, PhD

President and Chief Executive Officer

Pine Brook Road Partners, LLC
New York

Joseph Noel, PhD

Professor and Director

Jack H. Skirball Center for Chemical Biology and Proteomics
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Arthur and Julie Woodrow Chair
Salk Institute
California

Frederik Paulsen, PhD

Chairman

Ferring International Center S. A.
Switzerland

Ernest S. Rady

Chairman

ICW Group
California

Markus Reinhard

Managing Director

Nomis Foundation
Switzerland

Terry Rosen, PhD

Co-founder and CEO

Arcus Biosciences
California

Eric Sagerman

Strategic Advisor

California

Alan Saghatelian, PhD

Professor

Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology
Dr. Frederik Paulsen Chair
Salk Institute
California

Mary Jane Salk

Author and philanthropist

New York

Benjamin S. Schapiro

Chairman and CEO

QuestMark Partners
Maryland

Stacey Stewart

President

March of Dimes Foundation
New York

Haeyoung Kong Tang, PhD

Philanthropist

California

Daniel Tierney

President

Wicklow Capital Inc.
Illinois

M. Faye Wilson

Principal and Co-Founder

Wilson Boyles & Company
California

Joon Yun, MD

Managing Partner and President

Palo Alto Investors, LLC
California

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