The Wistar Board of Trustees is a talented and committed group of advocates for the Institute who represent diverse disciplines, including science, academia, law, public policy and commerce. All are inspired to help guide and advocate for Wistar by a keen interest in the role of basic science in advancing human health – and by their appreciation for the distinctive way Wistar pursues basic research to accelerate impact.
Officers
Richard M. Horowitz
Chair, Board of Trustees President, RAF Industries, Inc.
Susan B. Dillon, Ph.D.
Vice Chair President & CEO, Aro Biotherapeutics
Dario C. Altieri, M.D.
President & Chief Executive Officer
Dean Stoios
Chief Financial Officer Treasurer
Gelvina Rodriguez Stevenson, Esq.
Secretary Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary & Government Relations, The Wistar Institute
Members
Steven V. Abramson
President & CEO Universal Display Corporation
Elizabeth McKee Anderson
Principal, Puresight Advisory LLC Independent Board Director
Douglas S. Briggs
Retired President & CEO, QVC, Inc.
Ira Brind
President, Brind Investments, Inc.
Ronald L. Caplan
President, PMC Property Group, Inc.
Arthur Dantchik
President & Founder Susquehanna International Group
Daniel K. Fitzpatrick, C.F.A.
President & CEO, Citizens Bank of PA/NJ/DE/NY
John A. Fry
President, Drexel University
Joseph A. Goldblum
President, G-II Equity Investors, Inc.
Perry A. Lerner
CEO and Chair, Crown Global Insurance Group, LLC
Susan Schwartz McDonald, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer, NAXION
Abraham L. Morris
Operating Partner, Pegasus Capital Advisors President, Rittenhouse Advisors, LLC
Patrick Oates, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President of Business Development & Strategic Planning, EMSCO Scientific, Inc.
Arthur M. Pappas
Managing Partner, Pappas Capital
Helen P. Pudlin, Esq.
Honorary Chair Emeritus Retired Executive Vice President and General Counsel, The PNC Financial Services Group
Samuel V. Rhoads
Executive Vice President, Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation
Robert H. Rock
Chairman, MLR Holdings LLC
Gerald B. Rorer
Retired, Director Rorer Group, Inc.
Aleister Saunders, Ph.D.
Executive Vice Provost for Research & Innovation, Drexel University
Adele K. Schaeffer
Civic Leader
Milton S. (Tony) Schneider
Principal & Founder, The Glenville Group
Squire Servance
Founder & Managing Partner, Syridex Bio
William A. Slaughter, Esq.
Partner, Ballard Spahr LLP
Joy E. Taylor
CEO, EastEdge Consulting Services
Sozi Tulante
General Counsel, Form Energy
Edward Ziff, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biochemistry, New York University
Board Members Emeriti
Peter C. Doherty, Ph.D.
Chairman, Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine (1996) Member, National Academy of Sciences
L. Patrick Gage, Ph.D.
Founder & President, enGage Biotech Consulting
The Honorable Harris N. Hollin
Herbert Kean, M.D.
Retired, Attending Physician and Clinical Professor. ENT-Otolaryngologist, Thomas Jefferson Medical College
Faye Olivieri Kozich
Albert Ominsky, Esq.
Ominsky & Ominsky, P.C.
Paul J. Schmitt
Managing Director, Novitas Capital
Doris Taxin
David V. Wachs
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