Relay Therapeutics Leadership

Ben B. Wolf is a precision oncologist who brings to Relay nearly 20 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, with expertise advancing new oncology programs in the clinic and optimizing patient selection to enable rapid proof of concept and registration. He has authored more than 30 peer-reviewed publications and multiple patents related to drug discoveries.

Most recently, Ben served as chief medical officer at KSQ Therapeutics, a biotechnology company advancing a pipeline of CRISPR-based tumor- and immune-focused drug candidates for the treatment of cancer. Prior to KSQ, he was senior vice president, clinical development at Blueprint Medicines, where he advanced three oncology programs for novel kinase inhibitors from investigational new drug (IND) applications to clinical proof-of-concept. Prior to Blueprint, Ben held clinical and medical director roles at Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, ImmunoGen, Amgen and Genentech.

Ben holds an M.D. and Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Virginia and a B.S. from Union College. He completed medical training in internal medicine and medical oncology at the University of California at San Diego.

Prior to Relay, Andy Porter served for more than five years as the chief people officer at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, where he was responsible for leading the human resources strategy for a community of 4,000 people, as well as leading space planning and design for Broad’s campus in Cambridge. Before that, he was vice president of human resources and organizational development at Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, held roles at Dyax Corp. and held roles in human resources at Harvard-affiliated hospitals.

Andy is a member of the board of directors for the Northeast Human Resources Association and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences. He has also spent time outside of his full-time roles teaching as an adjunct professor at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science.

Andy holds a B.S. in organizational psychology from Bridgewater State University and an M.S. in organization development from American University.