Experience

Hatteras Venture Partners

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Partner

  • 2016 - Present

  Durham, NC

• Managing Director of Hatteras Discovery and General Partner (as of August, 2015)

  • 2011 - Present

  Durham, NC Lead Hatteras Discovery which invests in early stage technologies in the life science sector. Current portfolio investments include: Clearside BioMedical (Emory/Georgia Tech, Atlanta/RTP), G1 Therapeutics (UNC-Chapel Hill and Dana Farber/Harvard, RTP), Blink Bio (Cornell), Curoverse (Harvard, Boston), Lysosomal Therapeutics, Inc (Boston), Kinodyn (UNC-Chapel Hill) GrayBug (Johns Hopkins/Wilmer Eye Institute) and Spyryx (UNC-Chapel Hill).



RTI International

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Member of the Board of Governors, Chair of University Research Collaborations and Finance Committees

  • May 2018 - Present

  Research Triangle Park, NC



Artizan Biosciences

• Chair Of The Board Of Directors

  • Sep 2016 - Present

  New Haven, CT and Durham, NC Hatteras portfolio company. Yale spin-out in the microbiome field.



Chordoma Foundation

• Member Board Of Directors

  • Jan 2016 - Present

  Durham, NC and NYC Non-profit



Trefoil Therapeutics

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Member of The Board Of Directors (prior Chair)

  • Jan 2017 - Present

  Greater San Diego Area



Burroughs Wellcome Fund

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Member of the Regulatory Initiative advisory board

  • Jan 2016 - Present

  RTP, NC Serve as a member of an advisory board to explore important regulatory initiatives in the drug discovery/developement space.



CED (Council for Entrepreneurial Development)

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • 2016 - Present

  RTP, NC

• Steering Committee Member (LIFE SCIENCE CONFERENCE, 2015 and 2016)

  • Oct 2014 - Present

  Durham, NC



Clearside Biomedical, Inc.

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • Jan 2012 - Present

  Atpharetta, GA Member of Compensation Committee



North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

• United States
• Education Management
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Foundation board member (former Chair)

  • Jun 2009 - Present

  Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area Elite, public, residential school for top students in NC in the field of science and mathematics.



Morehead Planetarium and Science Center

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chair of Advisory Board; Member of Steering Committee for Capital Campaign

  • Oct 2008 - Present

  Chapel Hill, NC Morehead Planetarium and Science Center is a jewel that sits on UNC-Chapel Hill's campus. A majority of the Apollo and Gemini astronauts trained at this center on celestial navigation techniques during the 1960s. The Planetarium as created award winning star shows, both nationally and internationally. More recently, the organization has expanded as a Science Center on campus and hosts afternoon and summer camps across all fields of science, including astronomy and astrophysics.



Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise

• United States
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Member of Advisory Board

  • Jun 2013 - Apr 2019

  Chapel Hill, NC



G1 Therapeutics (NASDAQ: GTHX)

• Former Member Board of Directors, Former Exec Chair, member of the Compensation Committee

  • Aug 2012 - Jun 2018

  Chapel Hill, NC Hatteras Portfolio company; Therapeutic Area: Oncology



Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Member of Board of Trustees, Member of Executive Committee and Chair of the CFFTi Board

  • 2011 - Nov 2014

  Bethesda, MD Named Chair of CFFTi (CF Foundation's Therapeutics Inc Board) in January, 2013. Served as a member of the Compensation Committee (2013-2014) and the Royalty Monetization Committee (2014). Currently serving as a strategic advisor (ad hoc)



North Carolina Museum of Art

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• FormerBoard Member

  • 2008 - 2013

  Raleigh, NC



North Carolina Science Festival (Morehead Planetarium and Science Center)

• Founding board member

  • Jan 2010 - Jun 2012

  Chapel Hill, NC Creating the 'first ever' Science Festival for families across the state. Goal is to educate the public about science and the potential for science careers.



Clinipace

• United States
• Research Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Former Board Member

  • 2008 - Jul 2011



Inspire

• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• President/CEO of Inspire, board member and consultant

  • Jun 1995 - Mar 2010

  Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area .Biopharmaceutical company founded by scientists/clinicians at UNC-Chapel Hill (NASDAQ: ISPH). Acquired by Merck in 2011.