including Senior Vice President, Finance from December 2012 to February 2014, Chief Accounting Officer from September 2010 to December 2012 and Vice President, Finance from January 2007 to
December 2012. Ms. Bloom joined Geron in 1994 as a Senior Financial Analyst and from 1996 to 2011 served as Controller. Ms. Bloom started her career in public accounting at KPMG International Limited and became a Certified Public
Accountant in 1994. Ms. Bloom holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley. Ms. Bloom was selected to serve on our Board of Directors because of her expertise in finance and accounting and experience
working for and with publicly-traded life science companies.
Alan Colowick, M.D. Dr. Colowick has served on our Board of
Directors since May 2019. Dr. Colowick has served on the board of directors of Harpoon Therapeutics, Inc., a publicly traded clinical stage immunotherapy company, since March 2021. Dr. Colowick has also served on the board of directors of
AC Immune SA, a publicly traded clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, since March 2021. From May 2017 to January 2021, Dr. Colowick served as a Partner at Sofinnova Investment, Inc., a clinical stage life sciences venture capital firm. From
February 2010 to April 2017, Dr. Colowick held various positions, including Executive Vice President, at Celgene Corporation, a pharmaceutical company. From February 2008 to January 2010, Dr. Colowick served as the Chief Executive Officer
of Gloucester Pharmaceuticals Inc., an early stage cancer pharmaceutical company, until its acquisition by Celgene Corporation in January 2010. From October 2006 to February 2008, Dr. Colowick served as President, Oncology at Geron Corporation,
a publicly traded clinical stage biopharmaceutical company. Earlier in his career, Dr. Colowick served in various capacities at Amgen Inc., a biopharmaceutical company. Dr. Colowick previously served on the boards of directors of Principia
Biopharma, Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, from February 2017 to September 2020, Achaogen, Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, from August 2015 to August 2017, and Dimension Therapeutics, Inc., a publicly traded
biopharmaceutical company, from August 2015 to November 2017. Dr. Colowick holds a B.S. in Molecular Biology from the University of Colorado, an M.D. from Stanford University School of Medicine, and an M.P.H. from the Harvard School of Public
Health. Dr. Colowick was selected to serve on our Board of Directors because of his educational background in science and medicine and experience in developing oncology therapeutics, as well as financial understanding of the biotechnology
industry gained from his investing experience.
Kenneth Ludlum. Mr. Ludlum has served on our Board of Directors since
July 2015. Mr. Ludlum has served on the board of directors of IRIDEX Corporation, a publicly traded medical technology company, since April 2019. From January 2002 to June 2020, Mr. Ludlum served on the board of directors of Natus Medical
Inc., a publicly traded medical device and equipment company. From February 2014 to April 2016, Mr. Ludlum served as Chief Financial Officer at CareDx, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company, and prior to that Mr. Ludlum served as a Chief
Financial Officer for other publicly traded companies. Mr. Ludlum holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Lehigh University and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School. Mr. Ludlum was selected to serve on our Board of Directors
because of his experience working for and with publicly-traded healthcare, medical device, biotechnology, and diagnostic companies and his expertise in finance, accounting, and general management.
Woodrow A. Myers, Jr., M.D. Dr. Myers has served on our Board of Directors since March 2021. Dr. Myers has served as
an advisor of public and political affairs to Sera Prognostics Inc., a publicly traded health diagnostics company, since November 2021. From May 2007 to December 2018, Dr. Myers served on the board of directors of Express Scripts
Inc., a publicly traded health care company. From January 2018 to February 2019, Dr. Myers served as Chief Medical Officer and Chief Healthcare Strategist for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona. Since December 2015,
Dr. Myers has served as Managing Director of Myers Ventures LLC, a healthcare consulting company. Dr. Myers holds a B.S. in Biology from Stanford University, an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business, and an M.D. from Harvard
Medical School. Dr. Myers was selected to serve on our Board of
Directors because of his extensive experience in the healthcare industry,
including in government and health policy roles.
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