Board of Trustees
The Wistar Board of Trustees is a talented and committed group of advocates for the Institute who represent diverse disciplines, including science, academia, law, public policy and commerce. All are inspired to help guide and advocate for Wistar by a keen interest in the role of basic science in advancing human health – and by their appreciation for the distinctive way Wistar pursues basic research to accelerate impact.
Officers
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Chair, Board of Trustees
President, RAF Industries, Inc.
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Vice Chair
President & CEO, Aro Biotherapeutics
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President & Chief Executive Officer, The Wistar Institute
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Treasurer
Chief Financial Officer, The Wistar Institute
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Secretary
Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary & Government Relations, The Wistar Institute
Members
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President & CEO
Universal Display Corporation
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Principal, Puresight Advisory LLC
Independent Board Director
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President, MBA Equities, Ltd.
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Retired President & CEO, QVC, Inc.
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President, Brind Investments, Inc.
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President, PMC Property Group, Inc.
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President & Founder
Susquehanna International Group
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President & CEO, Citizens Bank of PA/NJ/DE/NY
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President, Drexel University
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President, G-II Equity Investors, Inc.
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CEO and Chair, Crown Global Insurance Group, LLC
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Chief Executive Officer, NAXION
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Operating Partner, Pegasus Capital Advisors
President, Rittenhouse Advisors, LLC
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Chief Medical Officer, Adaptimmune
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Senior Vice President of Business Development & Strategic Planning, EMSCO Scientific, Inc.
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Managing Partner, Pappas Capital
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Honorary Chair Emeritus
Retired Executive Vice President and General Counsel, The PNC Financial Services Group
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Executive Vice President, Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation
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Chairman, MLR Holdings LLC
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Retired, Director Rorer Group, Inc.
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Executive Vice Provost for Research & Innovation, Drexel University
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Civic Leader
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Principal & Founder, The Glenville Group
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Founder & Managing Partner, Syridex Bio
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Partner, Ballard Spahr LLP
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CEO, EastEdge Consulting Services
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General Counsel, Form Energy
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Professor, Department of Biochemistry, New York University
Board Members Emeriti
Chairman, Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine (1996)
Member, National Academy of Sciences
Founder & President, enGage Biotech Consulting
Retired, Attending Physician and Clinical Professor. ENT-Otolaryngologist, Thomas Jefferson Medical College
Ominsky & Ominsky, P.C.
Managing Director, Novitas Capital