We believe that Mr. Enyedy should serve on our Board in recognition of his leadership role as our President and Chief Executive Officer. As a result of his position, Mr. Enyedy has a thorough understanding of all aspects of our business and operations.
Mark Goldberg, M.D., served in various executive capacities of increasing responsibility at Synageva BioPharma Corp., a biopharmaceutical company, from 2011 to 2014, including as Executive Vice President, Medical and Regulatory Strategy from January to October 2014. From October 2014 through the acquisition of Synageva by Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in 2015, Dr. Goldberg, while no longer an officer, remained employed by Synageva contributing to medical and regulatory strategy. Prior to joining Synageva he served in various management capacities of increasing responsibility at Genzyme Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company, from 1996 to 2011, most recently as Senior Vice President, Clinical Development and Global Therapeutic Head, Oncology, Genetic Health, and as Chair of Genzyme’s Early Product Development Board. Prior to joining Genzyme, he was a full-time staff physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Dr. Goldberg is also a Lecturer in Medicine (part-time) at Harvard Medical School. From 2015 to 2018, he served as acting chief medical officer of CANbridge Life Sciences Ltd., a biopharmaceutical company. Dr. Goldberg holds a Doctor of Medicine degree from Harvard Medical School. He is also a director of Blueprint Medicines Corporation, GlycoMimetics, Inc., Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Walden Biosciences, Avacta Group plc, and The American Cancer Society. Within the past five years, he also served as a director of aTyr Pharma, Inc. and Audentes Therapeutics, Inc.
We believe that Dr. Goldberg's qualifications to serve on our Board include his comprehensive experiences in clinical research and medical affairs, as well as early-stage research, at his former employers, which give him a wide-ranging understanding of the drug development process for biopharmaceutical products from the research stage through clinical development.
Tracey L. McCain, Esq. has been a director of ImmunoGen since 2021. Since September 2016, Ms. McCain has served as Executive Vice President & Chief Legal and Compliance Officer of Blueprint Medicines Corporation, a commercial-stage global precision therapy company focused on genomically-defined cancers and hematological disorders. Prior to that, from January 2016 to September 2016, Ms. McCain was Senior Vice President and Head of Legal for Sanofi Genzyme, a global business unit of the biopharmaceutical company Sanofi S.A. From May 1997 to January 2016, Ms. McCain held various roles at Genzyme Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company, including as General Counsel following Genzyme’s acquisition by Sanofi in 2011. Prior to joining Genzyme, she was an Associate at Palmer & Dodge LLP. Ms. McCain holds a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law and a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. She is also a director of Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.
We believe Ms. McCain is qualified to serve on our Board based on her legal expertise and her experience working with numerous biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, including serving on the executive team of commercial-stage companies.
Dean J. Mitchell served as Executive Chair of the Board of Covis Pharma Holdings, a specialty pharmaceutical company, from 2013 to 2020, and as Chair of PaxVax Corporation, a specialty vaccine company, from 2016 to 2018. Prior to that, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Lux Biosciences, Inc., a biotechnology company focusing on the treatment of ophthalmic diseases, from 2010 to 2013. Prior to that, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Alpharma, Inc., a publicly traded human and animal pharmaceutical company, from 2006 until its acquisition by King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in 2008. Prior to that he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Guilford Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a publicly traded specialty pharmaceutical company from 2004 until its acquisition by MGI PHARMA, INC. in 2005. Prior to that he served in various senior executive capacities in the worldwide medicines group of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, a pharmaceutical company, from 2001 to 2004. Prior to that, he spent 14 years at GlaxoSmithKline plc, a pharmaceutical company, in assignments of increasing responsibility spanning sales, marketing, general management, commercial strategy and clinical development and product strategy. Mr. Mitchell is also a director of Precigen (formerly Intrexon, Inc.), Theravance BioPharma, Inc., Kinnate Biopharma Inc., and Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc.
We believe that Mr. Mitchell’s qualifications to serve on our Board include his management experience in the pharmaceutical and biotherapeutics industries, in particular as it relates to later-stage drug development and commercialization, and his experience as a CEO and board member of multiple biotechnology companies.
Kristine Peterson has most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of Valeritas, Inc., a medical technology company focusing on innovative drug delivery systems, from 2009 to 2016. Prior to that she served as Company Group Chair of the biotech groups at Johnson & Johnson, a healthcare products and pharmaceutical company, from 2006 to 2009, and as Executive Vice President for J&J’s global strategic marketing organization from 2004 to 2006. Prior to that she served as