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Mr. Norman D. Schwartz is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Bio Rad Laboratories Inc. Mr. Schwartz has been President and Chief Executive Officer since 2003 and Chairman of the Board since 2012. He was Vice President from 1989 to 2002, Group Manager, Life Science, from 1997 to 2002 and Group Manager, Clinical Diagnostics, from 1993 to 1997.

Mr. Mazelsky was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of IDEXX on October 23, 2019. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Mazelsky served as IDEXX's Interim President and Chief Executive Officer beginning on June 28, 2019. Prior to his appointment as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer, he was an Executive Vice President responsible for our North American Companion Animal Group Commercial Organization and key elements of the innovation portfolio, including our IDEXX VetLab® in-house diagnostics, Diagnostic Imaging, Veterinary Software and Services, Rapid Assay and Telemedicine lines of business. He joined IDEXX in August 2012 as Executive Vice President. Previously, Mr. Mazelsky was a Senior Vice President and General Manager from 2010 to 2012 of Computed Tomography, Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Therapy Planning at Philips Healthcare, a subsidiary of Royal Philips Electronics. Previously he held a series of other leadership roles with increasing responsibilities during his tenure at Philips beginning in 2001. Prior to joining Philips, Mr. Mazelsky was at Agilent Technologies, where he was an Executive in Charge from 2000 to 2002, leading the integration of Agilent’s Healthcare Group into Philips. He also served as a General Manager of the Medical Consumables Business Unit from 1997 to 2000 at Agilent Technologies. From 1988 to 1996, he was in a number of roles at Hewlett Packard in finance, marketing and business planning. Mr. Mazelsky holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Rochester and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.

Timothy R. Wright is the President and CEO of M2Gen®. He was previously the Executive Vice President, Business Development, Strategy and Innovation at Teva. Mr. Wright is the founder and Chairman of the Drug Discovery and Development Institute for The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, where he previously served as Director. He is a current a member of the Ohio State Innovation Foundation Board and the Ohio State School of Pharmacy External Advisory Board. Mr. Wright has served in executive leadership roles at several pharmaceutical firms, including Covidien, Elan, and DuPont Merck. He holds a B.Sc. from The Ohio State University.

Jonathan Kennedy has served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of Natus since July 2018. Prior to his appointment as CEO, Mr. Kennedy served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer since April 2013 and served as General Manager of Natus’ Newborn Care Business Unit from April 2017 to February 2018. Before joining Natus, Mr. Kennedy was Chief Financial Officer of Intersil Corporation, a global semiconductor manufacturer, since 2009. Prior to that, he was Intersil’s Corporate Controller since 2005. Before joining Intersil, Mr. Kennedy held management roles in Finance and Information Technology with Alcon Inc., a manufacturer of medical devices and pharmaceuticals for the ophthalmic industry and Harris Corporation, a diversified global technology company. Mr. Kennedy served on the Board of Directors of Iradimed Corporation a manufacturer of MRI compatible medical devices from 2016 to 2019. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and a Master of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Central Florida.

Chris Barry serves as the chief executive officer and a member of the NuVasive Board of Directors. Prior to this role, Mr. Barry served as senior vice president and president of surgical innovations, the second largest business unit at Medtronic with $5.5 billion in annual revenue, from 2015 to 2018. In this role, Chris provided strategic direction to more than 14,000 employees working in 78 countries, including 10 manufacturing sites and multiple R&D centers. Prior to the acquisition of Covidien by Medtronic, Mr. Barry was president, Advanced Surgical Technologies of Covidien, where he led global strategy, product portfolio and U.S. commercial teams for the $3.2 billion global business unit. Mr. Barry spent more than 15 years in increasing commercial and executive leadership roles at Covidien. Mr. Barry received a bachelor’s degree in environmental science from Texas Tech University.

David J. Endicott is the CEO of Alcon, a member of its Board of Directors, and leads the Alcon Executive Committee. He joined Alcon in July of 2016 as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to Alcon, Mr. Endicott was President of Hospira Infusion Systems, a Pfizer company. During his tenure there, he led Hospira’s medical device business through a turnaround, carve-out, and eventual sale. Critical to the turnaround, he advanced the company’s product pipeline, returned its products to market from quality disruptions and accelerated global growth. Before joining Hospira, David served as an officer and executive committee member of Allergan where he spent more than 25 years of his career in leadership roles across Europe, Asia, Latin America and the US. He accelerated Allergan’s international growth and successfully built new markets focused on medical specialties in the areas of ophthalmology, plastic surgery, dermatology and aesthetic medicine. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of AdvaMed, and has previously served on the Boards of Zeltiq (NASDAQ: ZLTQ), and Orexigen (NASDAQ: OREX). David holds an undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Whitman College, an MBA from the University of Southern California, and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School.

Alexander Hardy is the CEO of Genentech. Hardy, who joined Genentech in 2005, has served as CEO since March 1, 2019. He previously served as head of global product Strategy for Roche Pharmaceuticals. Previously, he headed up Asia Pacific for Roche's pharma outfit.

Bill Linder was appointed the HealthTronics CEO in 2020. Prior to joining the company, he was part of Surgical Care Affiliates (SCA), where he held several senior operational and business development leadership roles. Prior to SCA, Bill held sales leadership roles at both Harden Healthcare and Apria Healthcare. He earned a Bachelor of Science from Monmouth University and his MBA from DePaul University.

Avi Pelossof was appointed Global President of our infectious disease business unit in March 2013, after serving as Vice President of that business from February 2008 to February 2013. Mr. Pelossof joined Alere as Vice President, Blood-Borne Pathogens in January 2007 and served in that role until January 2008. Mr. Pelossof has more than 20 years of experience in diagnostics, global health and international finance, including senior roles at Chembio Diagnostic Systems, a manufacturer of diagnostic tests for infectious diseases, and Citigroup.