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Robert Gallotto serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Anagram Therapeutics. Mr. Gallotto is an experienced pharmaceutical executive, with a 35-year track record of building companies focused in cystic fibrosis and other rare diseases. Prior to joining Anagram, Mr. Gallotto was the co-founder and served as President of Alcresta Therapeutics, a company focused on developing products for cystic fibrosis and other rare diseases. Mr. Gallotto built the company from an idea to the successful launch of its first product, RELiZORB, a novel medical device awarded the 2016 Medical Device Design Excellence Gold Medal Award. Mr. Gallotto has been involved with several collaborations with the CF Foundation over the past 20 years and is the inventor of numerous issued patents. Mr. Gallotto also served as co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Allena Pharmaceuticals. Prior to Alcresta and Allena, Mr. Gallotto served as Chief Business Officer of Alnara Pharmaceuticals, until the company was acquired by Eli Lilly. Mr. Gallotto also served as Vice President of strategic planning, business, and commercial development for Altus Pharmaceuticals. Before joining Altus, Mr. Gallotto served in various positions in sales and marketing, business development and product management with companies such as Biogen, Ares-Serono, Sage BioPharma and The Upjohn Company. Mr. Gallotto holds a B.S. in biology from Stonehill College.

David Brown serves as Anagram Therapeutics' Chief of Technology Development with more than twenty-five years of experience in pharmaceutical and medical device innovation and commercial manufacturing. Mr. Brown provides leadership of product and process development, program management, and supply chain. Prior to joining Anagram, Mr. Brown was Vice President of Technical Operations at Alcresta Therapeutics, Vice President of Technical Operations at Stealth Biotherapeutics, and Strategic Account Executive for Patheon. Mr. Brown earned a B.S. in chemical engineering from Northeastern University.

Don G. Burstyn, Ph.D. serves as a Senior Advisor in both regulatory affairs and quality. Dr. Burstyn received his Doctorate from the Department of Microbiology, University of Maryland, College Park. Dr. Burstyn spent 9 years working at the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Division of Bacterial Products, primarily on the regulation and development of vaccines. During his tenure at the Agency he received the FDA Award of Merit and was part of an FDA Group Recognition Award. Subsequently, Dr. Burstyn spent almost 25 years in leadership positions at various biopharmaceutical companies, including Biogen, Alkermes, Altus, and Alnara. For the past 12 years Dr. Burstyn has served as an independent consultant to the industry. During his career at private and public companies, and as a consultant, Dr. Burstyn participated in the development of over 30 clinical products, including proteins, peptides, and small molecules. Dr. Burstyn has been involved with five product approvals.

Marcie Clarkin, RN, BS is the Vice President of Clinical Strategic Operations and is responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership at Anagram. Previously, Ms. Clarkin served as the Senior Vice President Global Clinical Operations at uniQure where she directed and supported team delivery/strategy for on time recruitment and key data milestone delivery for the Hemophilia B gene therapy program. Her background includes leadership roles in Quality and Compliance where she developed and implemented global systems and processes while assuring compliance and strategic risk mitigation across both development and commercial products for organizations such as Visterra Inc., Radius Health Inc., Boston Scientific Corporation and AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Marci earned her Bachelor of Science, Nursing from Cedar Crest College Allentown, PA.

Pamela Nelson serves as Executive Vice President Regulatory Affairs. Ms. Nelson brings over 28 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, leading global regulatory strategies for all phases of development through commercialization across a range of therapeutic areas. Before joining Anagram Therapeutics, she served as Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs at Lyra Therapeutics. Previously, Ms. Nelson held regulatory positions at Avedro, Alnara Pharmaceuticals, Altus Pharmaceuticals, Alkermes and Genzyme. Ms. Nelson holds a B.A. in English and an M.Ed in education administration from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Hugh Wight serves as Chief, Corporate Development with Anagram Therapeutics. Mr. Wight is well-positioned to translate corporate vision into executable strategies to deliver marketable products and transform lives. Prior to joining Anagram, Mr. Wight held multiple positions of increasing responsibility at Allena Pharmaceuticals Inc., including his most recent role as Senior Vice President, Technical Operations. He has also had successful engagements with Alnara Pharmaceuticals, Altus Pharmaceuticals and Alkermes. Mr. Wight has over 30 years of program and portfolio management experience developing biologics and small molecules from the pre-investigational new drug application stage to marketing authorization. Mr. Wight received a B.S. in microbiology from the University of Maine.

Robert Gallotto serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Anagram Therapeutics. Mr. Gallotto is an experienced pharmaceutical executive, with a 35-year track record of building companies focused in cystic fibrosis and other rare diseases. Prior to joining Anagram, Mr. Gallotto was the co-founder and served as President of Alcresta Therapeutics, a company focused on developing products for cystic fibrosis and other rare diseases. Mr. Gallotto built the company from an idea to the successful launch of its first product, RELiZORB, a novel medical device awarded the 2016 Medical Device Design Excellence Gold Medal Award. Mr. Gallotto has been involved with several collaborations with the CF Foundation over the past 20 years and is the inventor of numerous issued patents. Mr. Gallotto also served as co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Allena Pharmaceuticals. Prior to Alcresta and Allena, Mr. Gallotto served as Chief Business Officer of Alnara Pharmaceuticals, until the company was acquired by Eli Lilly. Mr. Gallotto also served as Vice President of strategic planning, business, and commercial development for Altus Pharmaceuticals. Before joining Altus, Mr. Gallotto served in various positions in sales and marketing, business development and product management with companies such as Biogen, Ares-Serono, Sage BioPharma and The Upjohn Company. Mr. Gallotto holds a B.S. in biology from Stonehill College.

Dr. Drucy Borowitz is the former Senior Vice President of community partnerships at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation where she led numerous initiatives to improve patient care and advance new treatments. Dr. Borowitz was the CF center director at the Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo for almost 20 years. In 2013, she received the Richard C. Talamo Distinguished Clinical Achievement Award presented by the CF Foundation, given to individuals dedicated to the research and care of patients with cystic fibrosis and whose contributions have had considerable influence on the course of the disease. Dr. Borowitz is an emeritus professor of clinical pediatrics at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of the University at Buffalo. She received the Stockton Kimball Award, bestowed on faculty members who have achieved worldwide recognition as researchers and have been recognized for significant academic accomplishment and service to the university. Dr. Borowitz attended Cornell Medical School, interned at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and did her residency at University of California-San Francisco. She was board certified in pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition.

Dr. Preston Campbell served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation from 2015 - 2019. A leader at the CF Foundation for more than 20 years, Dr. Campbell previously served as the Foundation's Executive Vice President for medical affairs, overseeing the Foundation's research, drug discovery, drug development and clinical research programs, and directed clinical research, the Foundation's network of care centers, clinical training programs and the national patient registry database. He earned his medical degree from the University of Virginia Medical School.

Robert K. Coughlin is a Managing Director at JLL and is the New England’s Life Science Practice Group lead. He specializes in the representation of lab, GMP manufacturing and technology space. Mr. Coughlin delivers creative solutions that align real estate strategies with scientific business objectives. He most recently operated as the CEO of the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, where his mission was to advance Massachusetts's leadership in the life sciences to grow the industry. Mr. Coughlin has spent his career in both the public and private sectors. Before joining MassBio, he served as the Undersecretary of Economic Development within Governor Deval Patrick's administration, where he prioritized both healthcare and economic development issues and was a strong advocate for the life sciences industry in Massachusetts. Prior to that, he was elected as State Representative to the 11th Norfolk district for three terms. Mr. Coughlin has also held senior executive positions in the environmental services, capital management and venture capital industries.

Dr. Alexey Margolin is a co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Anagram Therapeutics. He is an experienced biotech entrepreneur, inventor, and CEO. He co-founded and served as CEO and director of several biotech companies with focus on rare and metabolic diseases, such as Alcresta Therapeutics (acquired by Linden Partners in 2024), Allena Pharmaceuticals, and Alnara Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Eli Lilly in 2010). As Chief Scientific Officer for Altus Pharmaceuticals, he helped build a portfolio of products for rare diseases based on orally-administered proteins. Dr. Margolin is an inventor of numerous patents. He received his Ph.D. from Moscow University.

Andrew W. Miller is President and CEO of Stimson Lumber Company in Portland, Oregon. Prior to joining Stimson in 1991, Mr. Miller was employed in the Forest Products Industry with Plum Creek Timber and Weyerhaeuser. He holds an undergraduate degree from Grinnell College and an MBA from Columbia University. Mr. Miller serves on multiple regional and national industry association Boards, and several non-profit Boards in the Portland area. He also serves on the Board of Directors at Synedgen.