Corporate Board Profile
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| Filing Date | Source Excerpt |
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| 2008-08-25 | Mr. Elston received his BBA in Public Accounting from Pace University and is a Certified Public Accountant. |
| 2009-11-06 | Mr. Elston has more than 20 years of financial and business expertise in the biotechnology and medical device industries. He is a Certified Public Accountant. |
| 2010-08-04 | George O. Elston became a director of Celldex in March 2008 upon consummation of the AVANT Merger. Mr. Elston had been a director of Celldex Research since March 2004. Mr. Elston is currently consulting for and was most recently the Chief Financial Officer of Optherion, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company located in New Haven, CT. Mr. Elston has more than 20 years of financial and business expertise in the biotechnology and medical device industries. Before joining Optherion, Mr. Elston was with Elusys Therapeutics where he raised significant funding from government and private sources, completed multiple strategic collaborations with large pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms, and oversaw collaborations with the U.S. Department of Defense and the National Institutes of Health. Before joining Elusys, Mr. Elston was Chief Financial Officer of Trillium USA, Inc., where he established the financial and administrative functions for the company's multi-national operations. Previously, Mr. Elston was with C.R. Bard, Inc., an international manufacturer and distributor of medical devices, where he directed financial operations for multiple manufacturing facilities in several countries and successfully integrated strategic acquisitions; and with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Elston received his BBA in Public Accounting from Pace University and is a Certified Public Accountant. |
| 2011-04-26 | George O. Elston became a director of Celldex in March 2008 upon consummation of the AVANT Merger. Mr. Elston was most recently Chief Financial Officer of Optherion, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company, from January 2008 to January 2010. Mr. Elston received his B.B.A. in Public Accounting from Pace University and is a Certified Public Accountant. |
| 2012-04-24 | Mr. Elston received his B.B.A. in Public Accounting from Pace University and is a Certified Public Accountant. |
| 2013-04-23 | George O. Elston was Chief Financial Officer of Optherion, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company. He received his B.B.A. in Public Accounting from Pace University and is a Certified Public Accountant. |
| 2014-04-09 | George O. Elston has been Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of KBI Biopharma, Inc., a contract research firm to the biopharmaceutical industry. Mr. Elston received his B.B.A. in Public Accounting from Pace University and is a Certified Public Accountant. |
| 2015-04-23 | Mr. Elston received his B.B.A. in Public Accounting from Pace University and is a Certified Public Accountant. |
| 2016-04-21 | Mr. Elston received his B.B.A. in Public Accounting from Pace University and is a Certified Public Accountant. |
Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2025-07-01