Gail J. Maderis, MBA

Gail J. Maderis, M.B.A. has served on our Board of Directors since January 2021 and as Chair of our Board of Directors since March 2023. Ms. Maderis has served as Chair of the board of Antiva Biosciences, Inc. (“Antiva”), a venture funded biopharma company developing topical therapies to treat the pre-cancerous lesions caused by human papillomavirus, since April 2023. From 2015 to April 2023, Ms. Maderis served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Antiva. From 2009 to 2015, Ms. Maderis led BayBio, the industry organization representing and supporting Northern California’s life science community, as its President and Chief Executive Officer. From 2003 to 2009, Ms. Maderis served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc., a protein discovery and development company focused on immuno-oncology. Prior to FivePrime, Ms. Maderis held senior executive positions at Genzyme Corporation, including Founder and President of Genzyme Molecular Oncology. Ms. Maderis also practiced management and strategy consulting with Bain & Co. She currently serves on the boards of directors of Antiva and Valitor, Inc., as well as on the nonprofit boards of BIO (Emerging Company and Health Sections), California Life Sciences Association, The Termeer Foundation and the University of California Berkeley Foundation Board of Trustees. Ms. Maderis previously served on the board of directors of Allarity Therapeutics, Inc. (“Allarity”) from July 2021 until January 2023 and on the board of directors of Allarity Therapeutics A/S, Allarity’s predecessor, since October 2020. She received a Bachelor of Science in business from the University of California at Berkeley and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.