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Jeff Albers is the chief executive officer of [Blueprint Medicines](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/blueprint-medicines), a company engaged in the discovery and development of highly selective kinase inhibitors for genomically defined cancer subsets. He was previously the president of Algeta. Prior to Algeta, he served at Genzyme, where he spent seven years in senior commercial and corporate development positions. Before joining Genzyme, he spent five years as an Attorney at the law firm Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo. He also has prior experience as a sales representative for Pfizer. Albers holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Indiana University and an MBA from Georgetown University.

Michael Cola joined Medgenics as President and CEO in September 2013. Prior to joining Medgenics, Mr. Cola served as President of Specialty Pharmaceuticals at Shire plc, a global specialty pharmaceutical company, from 2007 until April 2012. He joined Shire in 2005 as EVP of Global Therapeutic Business Units and Portfolio Management. Prior to joining Shire, he was with Safeguard Scientifics, Inc., a growth capital provider to life sciences and technology companies, where he served as President of the Life Sciences Group. While at Safeguard, Mr. Cola served as Chairman and CEO of Clarient, Inc., a cancer diagnostics company subsequently acquired by GE Healthcare, and as Chairman of Laureate Pharma, Inc., a full-service contract manufacturing organization serving research-based biologics companies. Prior to Safeguard Scientifics, Mr. Cola held senior positions in product development and commercialization at AstraMerck, a top 20 U.S. pharmaceutical company, and at AstraZeneca, a global biopharmaceutical company. Mr. Cola received a B.A. in biology and physics from Ursinus College and an M.S. in biomedical science from Drexel University. He serves on the Board of Directors of Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc., Sage Therapeutics, Ben Franklin Technology Partners and Pennsylvania BIO, the statewide association representing the bioscience community. He also currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Philadelphia.

John 'Chip' Scarlett is a Co-Founder at Covance and Board Member at CYTOMX THERAPEUTICS, INC. and is based in Menlo Park, California. He has worked as Board Member at GERON CORP, Board Member at Chiasma Inc, and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. John works or has worked as Various Positions at Mcneil Pharmaceuticals and Dir:Medical Research & Svcs at Mcneil Pharmaceuticals. He studied at University of Colorado Boulder between 1980 and 1982, University of Chicago - The Pritzker School of Medicine between 1973 and 1977, and Earlham College between 1969 and 1973.

Masoud Tavazoie is a Director at Rgenix Inc and Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder at Rgenix Inc. He has worked as Visiting Scientist at Rockefeller University. Masoud studied at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, University of California Berkeley, and New York University.

Norbert Bischofberger, Ph.D. has served as a member of our board of directors since June 2019. Dr. Bischofberger has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Kronos Bio, Inc., a biotechnology company, since August 2018. From August 1990 to August 2018, Dr. Bischofberger held various positions at Gilead Sciences, a biopharmaceutical company, and most recently served Gilead as Executive Vice President, Research and Development and Chief Scientific Officer. Prior to Gilead, Dr. Bischofberger served as a Senior Scientist in the DNA Synthesis group at Genentech, Inc., a biotechnology company, from 1986 to 1990. Dr. Bischofberger received a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule in Zurich, Switzerland and an M.S. in Chemistry from the University of Innsbruck.