Corporate Board Profile
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| Filing Date | Source Excerpt |
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| 2023-04-07 | Lynn Tetrault, age 60, non-executive Chair of the Board. Effective March 28, 2022, Ms. Tetrault was appointed Executive Chair of the Board, and as such functioned as the Company’s principal executive officer. Effective May 12, 2022, Ms. Tetrault was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer and continued in her role as Chair of the Board. Effective August 15, 2022, upon the appointment of Mr. Smith as Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Tetrault resumed the position of non-executive Chair of the Board. Prior to her appointment as Executive Chair of the Board, Ms. Tetrault served as non-executive Chair of the Board since October 2021, as Lead Independent Director of the Company from July 2020 to October 2021 and as a director since June 2015. The Board has four standing committees: Audit and Finance Committee, Compliance Committee, Culture and Compensation Committee, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Lynn Tetrault serves on Audit and Finance Committee and Compliance Committee. The following table provides the compensation of each of our independent directors for the year ended December 31, 2022. Ms. Tetrault earned compensation of $91,380 and an annual equity grant of $180,000 which consisted of $126,000 of restricted shares and $54,000 of stock options. These awards vest on June 10, 2023. |
| 2024-04-08 | Lynn Tetrault has served as the non-executive Chair of the Board since August 2022. Prior to her holding this position, from May 2022, Ms. Tetrault served as our Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board. From March 2022 to May 2022, Ms. Tetrault served as our Executive Chair of the Board and functioned as the Company's principal executive officer. From October 2021 to March 2022, she served as our non-executive Chair and from July 2020 to October 2021 she served as our Lead Independent Director. Ms. Tetrault has been a director since June 2015. She has also served as a director of Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. since 2020 and as a director of Acelyrin, Inc. since December 2023. Ms. Tetrault has more than 30 years of experience in the healthcare sector. She worked from 1993 to 2014 with AstraZeneca PLC, most recently as Executive Vice President of Human Resources and Corporate Affairs from 2007 to 2014. Ms. Tetrault was responsible for human resources strategy, talent management, executive compensation and related activities, internal and external communications, government affairs, corporate reputation, and corporate social responsibility for AstraZeneca. Prior to AstraZeneca Ms. Tetrault practiced healthcare and corporate law at Choate, Hall and Stewart in Boston. Ms. Tetrault has a BA from Princeton University and a JD from the University of Virginia Law School. For service as a director during 2023, independent directors received total annual equity compensation having a grant date fair value of $240,000. For service as a director during 2023, each independent director received annual compensation of $50,000. The independent director appointed as Chair of the Board received additional annual compensation of $62,500. In addition, independent directors who serve on committees received the following compensation: Directors serving as Audit and Finance Committee members received annual compensation of $10,000. Directors serving as Compliance Committee members received annual compensation of $5,000. |
Source material: SEC submissions metadata and DEF 14A proxy filings from EDGAR. Last updated: 2026-03-19