Board of Trustees
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

Chair, Board of Trustees
President, RAF Industries, Inc.

Vice Chair
President & CEO, Aro Biotherapeutics

President & Chief Executive Officer

Chief Financial Officer
Treasurer

Secretary
Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary & Government Relations, The Wistar Institute
Members

President & CEO
Universal Display Corporation

Principal, Puresight Advisory LLC
Independent Board Director

Retired President & CEO, QVC, Inc.

President, Brind Investments, Inc.

President, PMC Property Group, Inc.

President & Founder
Susquehanna International Group

President & CEO, Citizens Bank of PA/NJ/DE/NY

President, Drexel University

President, G-II Equity Investors, Inc.

CEO and Chair, Crown Global Insurance Group, LLC

Chief Executive Officer, NAXION

Operating Partner, Pegasus Capital Advisors
President, Rittenhouse Advisors, LLC

Senior Vice President of Business Development & Strategic Planning, EMSCO Scientific, Inc.

Managing Partner, Pappas Capital

Honorary Chair Emeritus
Retired Executive Vice President and General Counsel, The PNC Financial Services Group

Executive Vice President, Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Chairman, MLR Holdings LLC

Retired, Director Rorer Group, Inc.

Executive Vice Provost for Research & Innovation, Drexel University

Civic Leader

Principal & Founder, The Glenville Group

Founder & Managing Partner, Syridex Bio

Partner, Ballard Spahr LLP

CEO, EastEdge Consulting Services

General Counsel, Form Energy

Professor, Department of Biochemistry, New York University
Board Members Emeriti
Chairman, Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine (1996)
Member, National Academy of Sciences
Founder & President, enGage Biotech Consulting
Retired, Attending Physician and Clinical Professor. ENT-Otolaryngologist, Thomas Jefferson Medical College
Ominsky & Ominsky, P.C.
Managing Director, Novitas Capital