Sabrina Johnson is CEO of Dare Bioscience Inc., a biotechnology firm dedicated to women's reproductive health that became a public company in a 2017 reverse merger with Cerulean Pharma Inc. (Also see "Cerulean Shifts From Ovarian Cancer To Contraceptives In Reverse Merger With Daré" - Scrip, 24 March, 2017.) Johnson, a first-time CEO, previously was president of WomanCare Global Trading, a specialty pharmaceutical company, and before that was chief operating officer and chief financial officer at Cypress Bioscience Inc.

Mike Grey – executive chairman of Amplyx Pharmaceuticals Inc., a member of several other biopharma boards of directors, and a venture partner at Pappas Ventures – is an advocate and mentor for young CEOs. Grey previously was president and CEO of Lumena Pharmaceuticals Inc. until its acquisition by Shire PLC in 2014. (Also see "Shire buys repurposed Pfizer/Sanofi drugs through $260m Lumena acquisition" - Scrip, 12 May, 2014.) Before that, he was president and CEO at Auspex Pharmaceuticals Inc., SGX Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Trega Biosciences Inc. He also spent 20 years with Glaxo Inc. and Glaxo Holdings PLC.

Robin Toft is President and CEO of Toft Group, an executive recruiter for the life science industry with a reputation for recruiting women and minorities into key roles, and helping hiring executives overcome unconscious bias. Toft previously was managing director at the life science executive recruiting firm Sanford Rose Associates.

Rowan Chapman, head of the Johnson & Johnson Innovation Center in California, leads the team that manages and builds the big pharma's portfolio of co-investments with biopharma, medical device and consumer health firms across the state. Chapman also spearheads the division's diversity efforts. She previously was head of health care investing at GE Ventures, head of precision diagnostics at GE Healthcare, and a partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures. (Also see "Finance 101 as VCs clue in startups at J&J's San Diego incubator" - Scrip, 29 June, 2012.)

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