STAFF
Christine Cole
Senior Director, Head of Philanthropy & Partnerships
Erica Mawby-Roche
Senior Director of Programs
Dan Ouellette
Programs Manager
Ageena Peterson
Operations and 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
Jens Bitsch-Norhave
Vice President of Transaction & Innovation Partnering, Johnson & Johnson Innovation
Mike Bonney
Executive Chair, Kaleido
Katharine Bowdish
President & CEO, PIC Therapeutics
John Butler
President & CEO, Akebia
Josh Cohen
Co-CEO & Co-Founder, Amylyx Pharmaceuticals
Daniel de Boer
Founder & CEO, ProQR
Elisabet de los Pinos
Founder & CEO, Aura Biosciences
Deborah Dunsire, M.D.
President & CEO, H. Lundbeck A/S
Mark Enyedy
President & CEO, ImmunoGen
Paul Fonteyne
Executive in Residence, Canaan Partners
Jim Geraghty
Board Director & Chair, Healthcare Leader
Michael Gilman
CEO, Arrakis Therapeutics
Tom Graney
CEO, Oxurion NV
Paul Hastings
CEO, Nkarta Therapeutics
Kate Haviland
CEO, Blueprint Medicines
Ed Kaye
CEO, Stoke Therapeutics
Justin Klee
Co-CEO & Co-Founder, Amylyx Pharmaceuticals
Alison Lawton
Special Advisor to Office of CEO,
Kaleido Biosciences
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
Sr. Director, Global Early Innovation Partnering Leader, Oncology,
Johnson & Johnson Innovation
Ann Miller, M.D.
Member Board of Directors, Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Puma Biotechnology, and Allena Pharmaceuticals
Mike Minogue
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
Global Biotech Executive
Paula Ragan
CEO, X4 Pharmaceuticals
Hans Schikan
Top Team Member, Health Holland
Alicia Secor
President & CEO, Atalanta Therapeutics
Craig Shimasaki
Co-Founder & CEO, Moleculera Labs
Paula Soteropoulos
Chairwoman of the Board, Ensoma
Dinko Valerio
Scientist-turned-Entrepreneur
Willem van Weperen
Senior Commercial Leader
Alan Walts
Treasurer, Secretary, Board of Directors,
The Termeer Foundation
Peter Wirth
Venture Partner, Quan Capital Management
James Xue
Founder, Chairman & CEO,
CANbridge Pharmaceuticals
Andrey Zarur
Founder & CEO, GreenLight Biosciences, Inc.
Advisors
Sun Altbach
Trista Morrison

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 and 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.