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William H. Younger, Jr.Retired Managing DirectorSutter Hill Ventures
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Stasia A. ObremskeyManaging DirectorRhia VenturesBoard Members
Chris Boskin
Media ConsultantKen Coit
Owner, Coit Financial GroupFred Craves, PhD
Founder and Managing Director, Bay City CapitalMarianne De Backer, PhD, MBA
CEO and Director, Vir Biotechnology, Inc.William Evers
Managing Director, AlTi GlobalSakurako D. Fisher
Former President, San Francisco SymphonyLinda Grais, MD, JD
Former President and CEO, Ocera TherapeuticsErin Hoffmann
President and Co-Founder, Additional VenturesLi Lu
Founder and Chairman, Himalaya CapitalDiksha Makan
Senior Vice President of Technology Strategy, ICONIQ CapitalGary Morgenthaler
Partner, Morgenthaler VenturesDeep V. Nishar
Managing Director, General CatalystDenise O’Leary
Former General Partner, Menlo VenturesSteve Richardson
Consultant, Executive Management, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.Douglas G. Scrivner
Retired General Counsel, AccentureDeepak Srivastava, MD
President, Gladstone Institutes Director, Roddenberry Stem Cell CenterJames B. Tananbaum, MD
Founder, CEO, and Managing Director, Foresite Capital ManagementR. Sanders Williams, MD
President Emeritus, Gladstone InstitutesSharon Winslow
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