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Dr. Walker is President and Chief Executive Officer at Aclaris Therapeutics. He is also a co-founding partner of NeXeption, LLC, a biopharmaceutical management company. He is a board certified dermatologist and serial entrepreneur with over 18 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. Prior to founding Aclaris, he was co-founder, President and CEO of Vicept Therapeutics (acquired by Allergan). Dr. Walker has co-founded and led a number of life science companies: Octagon Research Solutions, a software and services provider to biopharmaceutical companies (acquired by Accenture); Trigenesis Therapeutics, a specialty dermatology company where he served as Chief Medical Officer (acquired by Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories); Cutix Inc., a commercial dermatology company that markets PreSun®, a sunscreen brand acquired from Bristol-Myers Squibb. He began his pharmaceutical industry career at Johnson and Johnson. Dr. Walker co-founded and is Vice Chairman of Alexar Therapeutics, Inc. and serves on the Board of Directors of Sebacia, Inc. He also co-founded and serves on the Board of Directors of the Dermatology Summit, an Advancing Innovation in Dermatology Conference. He previously served on the Board of Directors for Octagon and the Advisory Board of Flexible Medical Systems. Dr. Walker received his MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Richard Jeong Gu is a Board Member at NEUROBO PHARMACEUTICALS INC and Board Member at NeoImmuneTech, Inc.. He has worked as President/CEO/Interim CFO/Treasurer/Secy at NEUROBO PHARMACEUTICALS INC and Co-President/CEO at NeoImmuneTech, Inc.. Richard studied at University of Edinburgh and SNU Awards.

Daryl Mims is a Global Business Partner, CEO/CIO and many VPs at OPTIMER PHARMACEUTICALS INC and is based in Sewaren, New Jersey. He has experience at National Basketball Association (NBA) and has worked as Helpdesk Analyst at Medco Health Solutions, Inc. and Desktop Support / Consultant at Verizon Corporate HQ. Daryl attended Bayonne High School between 1991 and 1995.

John Kollins is a President/CEO/Co-Founder at SATSUMA PHARMACEUTICALS INC, Board Member at SATSUMA PHARMACEUTICALS INC, and Advisor at Covx and is based in South San Francisco, California. He has experience at ATHENA NEUROSCIENCES INC and Elan Pharmaceutical and has worked as Chief Operating Officer at Oxigene Inc, Vice President at SurroMed, and Advisor To CEO at SurroMed. John works or has worked as Consultant at Covx, CHAIRMAN at CovX Research LLC, and Consultant at Entelos. He studied at Duke University between 1981 and 1985 and University of Virginia Darden School of Business between 1987 and 1989.

Jason Meyenburg is Chief Executive Officer at Gemini Therapeutics. He has more than 20 years of experience in developing and commercializing therapies for patients with serious conditions. Prior to joining Gemini, Jason served as Chief Commercial Officer at Orchard Therapeutics, a company advancing gene therapies for rare diseases, where he was responsible for building out the global commercial operations. During his tenure at Orchard, the company acquired and integrated the gene therapy portfolio from GSK and launched an IPO of $200 million in 2019. Before Orchard, Jason was Chief Commercial Officer of Vtesse Pharmaceuticals, a company developing a therapy for the rare disease Niemann-Pick C in collaboration with the NIH, and of Sucampo Pharmaceuticals through the acquisition of Vtesse. Before Vtesse and Sucampo, Jason spent 13 years at Alexion Pharmaceuticals in roles of increasing responsibility, including Executive Director Project Management & Japan Operations, Vice President Commercial Operations Northern/Eastern Europe and Middle East/Africa based in Switzerland, and Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations, The Americas. Jason holds an MBA from Duke University and a B.S. in biochemistry from University of Maryland, College Park.

Corey N. Fishman has served as our Chief Operating Officer since August 2010 and as our Chief Financial Officer since June 2012. From 2008 to 2010, Mr. Fishman served as Chief Financial Officer of GANIC Pharmaceuticals, Inc. From 2006 to 2008, he served as Chief Financial Officer of MedPointe Inc. until its acquisition by Meda AB. Mr. Fishman holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an M.S.M. in Finance from the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University.