Biography

Joanne Beck, Ph.D., has served as a member of our Board of Directors since February 2019. Dr. Beck is currently the Chief Technical Officer at Abata Therapeutics, a privately held biopharmaceutical company, and has served in that role since September 2024. From November 2022 to July 2024, Dr. Beck served as the Chief Technology Officer at Aerium Therapeutics, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company. From December 2019 to November 2022, Dr. Beck served as the Chief Operating Officer at Boston Pharmaceuticals, a privately held biopharmaceutical company. Dr. Beck also served as CEO (ad interim) of Boston Pharmaceuticals from December 2019 to November 2022. From April 2016 to December 2019, Dr. Beck served as the Executive Vice President of Global Pharmaceutical Development and Operations at Celgene Corporation, a publicly held biopharmaceutical company. Dr. Beck has also served as Senior Vice President of Pharmaceutical Development at Shire Plc, a former publicly held biopharmaceutical company, and prior to her service at Shire held positions of increasing responsibility in Global Pharmaceutical Operations at Abbott Laboratories, a publicly held pharmaceuticals and healthcare products company, and was the site head of Abbott Vascular Instruments GmbH. Prior to Abbott, Dr. Beck held positions in Process Development at Genentech and Amgen. From July 2018 to January 2024, Dr. Beck served as a member of the board of directors of public biopharmaceutical company Orchard Therapeutics, which was acquired by Kyowa Kirin on January 24, 2024. Dr. Beck holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology from Oregon Health and Science University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of California, San Francisco, and holds a B.A. in chemistry from Lewis and Clark College.