LESLIE J. WILLIAMS

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Filing Date Source Excerpt
2021-04-30 Ms. Williams has served as a member of our Board since February 2021. Committee memberships: Audit and Nominating (Chair).
2022-05-11 Ms. Williams has served as a member of our Board since February 2021. She is a 25-year biopharmaceutical veteran and is an experienced biotech chief executive officer and board of directors’ member.
2023-06-30 Ms. Williams has served as a member of our Board since February 2021 and also serves as our Lead Independent Director, and as Chair of the Governance Committee and as a member of the Audit Committee. She is a 25-year biopharmaceutical veteran and is an experienced biotech chief executive officer and board of directors’ member. She has experience in healthcare, management, commercial product development and marketing. In 2021, she founded hC Bioscience, Inc., a discovery stage biotech company, and serves as Director, President and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to this, she spent 10 years at ImmusanT, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company, and she served as Director, President & Chief Executive Officer of ImmusanT until 2019. Prior to that, she was President and Chief Executive Officer of Ventaira Pharmaceuticals since 2004 and under her leadership the company became a significant player in the pulmonary drug-delivery market until it was sold at the end of 2007. Prior to Ventaira, Ms. Williams was director of marketing for INO Therapeutics, Inc. and additional experience includes commercial positions at Merck and GSK, and drug-delivery and -monitoring experience at Datex-Ohmeda (formerly Ohmeda, Inc.). She was a venture partner at Battelle Ventures where she sourced and evaluated deals and assisted early-stage technology companies with strategy, management, business development and M&A. She has served on several private, public and non-profit boards. In addition to serving as Chief Executive Officer at hC Bioscience, she serves on the Board of Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. since 2019, Life Science Leader since 2011, CSCRI since 2018, and Life Science Cares since 2017. Ms. Williams holds an MBA from Washington University, John Olin School of Business, and a B.S. degree with honors in nursing from the University of Iowa.

Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2026-02-03