STAFF
Christine Cole
Senior Director, Head of Philanthropy & Partnerships
Erica Mawby-Roche
Senior Director of Programs
Dan Ouellette
Programs Manager
Ageena Peterson
Operations & Office Manager
Catharine Smith
Executive Director
Lorie Umanita
Administrative Coordinator
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Paul Hastings
Member of the Board of Directors; President and CEO, Nkarta Therapeutics and Chair of the Board, Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)
Gail Maderis
Member of the Board of Directors; President and CEO of Antiva Biosciences, member of the Board of Directors at Valitor Inc., the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), and the California Life Sciences Institute
John Maraganore
Mentor and Member of the Board of Directors; CEO and Director at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Chair of the Board for Agios Pharmaceuticals, co-chair of the Termeer Tribute Committee, and member of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) Executive Committee.
Alice Pomponio
Member of the Board of Directors; Managing Director of BrightEdge and Vice President of Innovation and Impact Investing at the American Cancer Society, Board Observer at NAVERIS, and Board Observer at Vincere Health.
Joan Reede, M.D.
Member of the Board of Directors; Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership at Harvard Medical School, President of the Biomedical Science Careers Program.
Belinda Termeer
President, Co-Founder and Member of the Board of Directors; Head of the Termeer family office; member of the Board of Directors of PIC Therapeutics, the Board of Fellows and the Discovery Committee at Harvard Medical School, the President’s Council at Massachusetts General Hospital, the Board of Directors of Celebrity Series of Boston, the leadership council of the Silent Spring Institute, and the Women in Science and Engineering Committee at the Museum of Science; Trustee Emerita of the Boston Ballet
Alan Walts
Treasurer, Secretary, Mentor, Co-Founder and Member of the Board of Directors; Venture Partner with Advent Life Sciences, Executive Chairman of PIC Therapeutics and Artax Biopharma, Board Member of Eloxx Pharmaceuticals and Neuroelectrics Corp, Board Observer at Amylyx Pharmaceuticals and Arrakis Therapeutics, Advisory Board Member of the ALS Investment Fund
Mentors
Jeff Albers
Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, Blueprint Medicines
Oved Amitay
Experienced Biotech Executive and Patient Advocate
Jens Bitsch-Norhave
Vice President of Transaction & Innovation Partnering, Johnson & Johnson Innovation
Mike Bonney
Executive Chair, Kaleido
Katharine Bowdish
President & CEO, PIC Therapeutics
Sarah Boyce
President & CEO, Avidity Biosciences
John Butler
President & CEO, Akebia
Josh Cohen
Co-CEO & Co-Founder, Amylyx Pharmaceuticals
Rod Cotton
Healthcare, Biotech & Pharma Executive
Daniel de Boer
Founder & CEO, ProQR
Elisabet de los Pinos
Founder & CEO, Aura Biosciences
Deborah Dunsire, M.D.
Former President & CEO, H. Lundbeck A/S
Mark Enyedy
Former President & CEO, ImmunoGen
Kevin Finney
Chairman & CEO, Autobahn Therapeutics
Paul Fonteyne
Executive in Residence, Canaan Partners
Sarah Fredriksson
CEO, AQILION AB
Jim Geraghty
Board Director & Chair, Healthcare Leader
Michael Gilman
CEO, Arrakis Therapeutics
Tom Graney
Experienced Biotech Executive
Molly Harper
Member Board of Directors, Catalyst Pharmaceuticals and Precise Dx
Paul Hastings
CEO, Nkarta Therapeutics
Kate Haviland
CEO, Blueprint Medicines
Marie-Louise Hovgaard Sveen
Head of US R&D Operations, Novo Nordisk
Colin Hill
Co-Founder & CEO, Aitia
Enoch Kariuki
President, Endeavor Biomedicines
Ed Kaye
CEO, Stoke Therapeutics
Justin Klee
Co-CEO & Co-Founder, Amylyx Pharmaceuticals
Art Krieg
Founder, President & CEO, Zola Therapeutics
Alison Lawton
Special Advisor to Office of CEO,
Kaleido Biosciences
Juan Carlos Lopez
Founder, Haystack Science
Gail Maderis
Chairman of the Board, Antiva Biosciences
Hilary Malone
CEO, Stylus Medicine
John Maraganore
Former Founding CEO, Alnylam
Kristina Masson
Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of Business Operations, Acrivon Therapeutics Inc. President and CEO, Acrivon AB
Tom Mathers
Founder, President & CEO,
Allievex Corporation
Geoff McDonough
President & CEO, Generation Bio
David Meeker
Chairman, President & CEO,
Rhythm Therapeutics
Lydia Meyer-Turkson
Experienced Biotech Executive, Board Member, Research Bridge Partners
Ann Miller, M.D.
Member Board of Directors, Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Puma Biotechnology, and Allena Pharmaceuticals
Mike Minogue
Former Chairman, President & CEO, Abiomed
Richard Moscicki
Former Executive Vice President for Science and Regulatory Advocacy & Chief Medical Officer, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
Masako Nakamura
President & COO, Chrysalis Genetics
Imran Nasrullah
VP & Head, Collaborate2Cure Hub, US, BD&L, Bayer
Doug Onsi
President & CEO, Leap Therapeutics
Paula Ragan
CEO, X4 Pharmaceuticals
Bart Scheerder
Business Developer, Data Driven Science & AI, UMCG Innovation Center
Hans Schikan
Top Team Member, Health Holland
Alicia Secor
President & CEO, Atalanta Therapeutics
Christy Shaffer
Partner, Hatterras Venture Partners
Craig Shimasaki
Co-Founder & CEO, Moleculera Biosciences
Paula Soteropoulos
Chairwoman of the Board, Ensoma
Dinko Valerio
Scientist-turned-Entrepreneur
Stephane van Rooijen
CEO, Flamingo Therapeutics
Willem van Weperen
CEO, Pluvia Biotech
Alan Walts
Treasurer, Secretary, Board of Directors,
The Termeer Foundation
Gene Williams
Chairman and Co-Founder, ProMIS™ Neurosciences, Inc.
Troy Wilson
President and CEO, Kura Oncology, Inc.
Peter Wirth
Venture Partner, Quan Capital Management
James Xue
Founder, Chairman & CEO,
CANbridge Pharmaceuticals
Andrey Zarur
Founder & CEO, GreenLight Biosciences, Inc.
Advisors
Sun Altbach
Areas of Expertise: Seed and Equity Financing, Advancing Pipelines from Discovery to Research
Lindsay Androski
Area of Expertise: Licensing and Acquisitions
Greg Butz
Area of Expertise: Capital Raising, Partnering, Mergers, and Acquisitions
Bethany Cavanagh
Area of Expertise: Building Finance Teams, FP&A
Missy Green
Area of Expertise: HR
Dan Haines
Areas of Expertise: Legal
Robert Hesslein
Areas of Expertise: Legal, Combinate, Mergers and Acquisitions
Theo Hill
Areas of Expertise: Medical Affairs, Go-To-Market Strategies, Structure, Governance, Rare Disease
Bjorn Koch
Areas of Expertise: Equity Compensation, Corporate Finance Solutions, Capital Formation Strategy
Donna LaVoie
Areas of Expertise: Communications Strategy, Telling Your Story
Daniel Leonard
Area of Expertise: Patient Advocacy
Mark Levin
Areas of Expertise: Company Creation, Company Building
Isaac Meek
Areas of Expertise: Commercialization, Licensing and Transactions
Trista Morrison
Areas of Expertise: Pitches and Presentation Skills
Fran Nolan
Areas of Expertise: Communications and Messaging
Bhavesh Patel
Areas of Expertise: Cyber Security, Security Products, Protecting Information
Kyle Peterson
Areas of Expertise: Finance and Accounting
Michelle Quinn Smith
Areas of Expertise: Culture, Employee Engagement, Compensation Structure
Chandra Ramanathan
Areas of Expertise: Journey from Concept to Product
Jamie Ring
Areas of Expertise: Patient Advocacy/Engagement, Crisis Communications
Katie Rubino
Areas of Expertise: Patents, IP Strategy, Term Sheets, Licensing
Susan Stewart
Areas of Expertise: Regulatory Strategy, Navigating the FDA
Dustin Tyner
Areas of Expertise: Capital Raising, Partnering, Mergers, and Acquisitions
Catharine Smith
Executive Director
Catharine most recently served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Clinton Health Matters Initiative at the Clinton Foundation where she led a team focused on stigma reduction and overdose prevention related to the US opioid epidemic. Prior to that, Catharine was the executive director of the Harvard Center for Primary Care where she led business development, strategy, and operations for a think-tank focused on improving value-based, patient-centered care. She has served in program development and management roles across various health care sectors, directing national and global initiatives in hospital medicine quality improvement and primary care systems strengthening.
Catharine holds a master’s degree in business administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a graduate degree in social science research from the University of Chicago.
Erica Mawby-Roche
Senior Director of Programs
Erica most recently served as the Vice President of Day and Employment Services at Fidelity House, Inc. a position she held from 2014- 2021. Fidelity House is a non-profit organization in the Merrimack Valley and during Erica’s tenure she led three departments focused on providing individualized and innovative services to adults with disabilities as well as students and Veterans. Among these services included: team and program development that helped foster program growth, sustainability, and enhanced service delivery. Currently, Erica serves on the Development Committees of multiple nonprofit organizations.
Erica holds a bachelors’ degree from Saint Anselm College and is a LEADS 3.0 cohort member. (Leaders Engaged and Activated to Drive System-wide change).
Ageena Peterson
Operations & Office Manager
Ageena is an administrative professional who recently joined the Termeer Foundation as the Operations and Office Manager. She recently served as a Program Manager for Metro Housing: Boston, where she was responsible for the coordination of housing stabilization activities for the Housing Consumer Education Center. There she managed a team of staff including case-managers and housing coordinators and had oversight of comprehensive Metro Housing response to referrals made by state and local legislators, officials, and partners. Ageena is passionate about social justice and has experience working with a diverse client population. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Social Work from Salem State University and is currently pursuing her MBA with a concentration in Human Resources Management.
Lorie Umanita
Administrative Coordinator
Lorie has been the administrative coordinator for The Termeer Foundation since 2018. In addition, she also currently supports the CEO of NE Biolabs, an industry leader in the discovery, development and production of enzymes and technologies for molecular biology applications. Lorie previously worked for Genzyme and Sanofi Genzyme departing in 2019 after a 27+ year career supporting a variety of departments and C-suite executives. Lorie is proud to honor and continue Henri’s legacy in mentoring by supporting the Foundation in its mission to identify and empower people who can bring life-changing treatments to patients. Lorie holds an Associate’s Degree in Hotel Management from Newbury College.
Dan Ouellette
Programs Manager
Dan spent six years working at a Merrimack Valley based non-profit organization that provides a variety of services to adults and youth with disabilities. He held multiple roles at the company but was primarily the Director of Employment Services focusing on providing employment opportunities and professional development training to adults and students with disabilities. During his time with the organization, Dan’s focus was on program implementation, design, and development. He also spent time working as the Director of Community Engagement planning and executing fundraisers, developing new relationships in the community, and gaining support for the organization’s mission. Dan holds a bachelors’ degree in psychology from the University of New Hampshire.
Christine Cole
Senior Director, Head of Philanthropy & Partnerships
Prior to joining the Termeer Foundation, Christine spent 15+ years as a life sciences commercial/corporate banker, working with a wide range of companies from early-stage start-ups to global, commercialized, publicly traded life science companies. Christine advised and delivered solutions to life science companies to help scale and grow their businesses. Christine most recently served as a Managing Director at First Republic Bank where she helped lead the life sciences business banking team. Prior to that, she was at Bank of America as a Senior Vice President on the healthcare commercial banking team and served as the national advisor to BofA’s Relationship Manager Development Program.
She is passionate about helping life science innovators achieve their goals of bringing new, transformative medicines and technology to patients. Christine has worked with high-growth biotechs from inception to commercialization and loves helping leaders navigate change and growth. Christine has an undergraduate degree from Boston University’s Questrom School of Business, with a concentration in finance and marketing and is Series 7 and 63 certified.
Susan Clark
Assistant to the President & Co-Founder, Belinda Termeer
Susan is the executive assistant to Belinda Termeer – President, Co-founder, and member of the Board of Directors for the Termeer Foundation.
Susan brings with her an extensive background in entrepreneurship, business development, management, strategic planning, organizational leadership, dedication and diplomacy.
Prior to this position Susan’s professional focus was in entrepreneurship, founding successful businesses in various sectors within the DC and MA areas. Susan developed a strong successful business acumen. She holds a degree in Art History from Colby College.