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
Chair, Board of Trustees
President, RAF Industries, Inc.
Vice Chair
President & CEO, Aro Biotherapeutics
President & Chief Executive Officer, The Wistar Institute
Treasurer
Chief Financial Officer, The Wistar Institute
Secretary
Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary & Government Relations, The Wistar Institute
Members
President & CEO
Universal Display Corporation
Principal, Puresight Advisory LLC
Independent Board Director
President, MBA Equities, Ltd.
Retired President & CEO, QVC, Inc.
President, Brind Investments, Inc.
President, PMC Property Group, Inc.
President & Founder
Susquehanna International Group
President & CEO, Citizens Bank of PA/NJ/DE/NY
President, G-II Equity Investors, Inc.
CEO and Chair, Crown Global Insurance Group, LLC
Chief Executive Officer, NAXION
Operating Partner, Pegasus Capital Advisors
President, Rittenhouse Advisors, LLC
Chief Medical Officer, Adaptimmune
Senior Vice President of Business Development & Strategic Planning, EMSCO Scientific, Inc.
Managing Partner, Pappas Capital
Honorary Chair Emeritus
Retired Executive Vice President and General Counsel, The PNC Financial Services Group
Executive Vice President, Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation
Chairman, MLR Holdings LLC
Retired, Director Rorer Group, Inc.
Executive Vice Provost for Research & Innovation, Drexel University
Civic Leader
Principal & Founder, The Glenville Group
Founder & Managing Partner, Syridex Bio
Partner, Ballard Spahr LLP
CEO, EastEdge Consulting Services
General Counsel, Form Energy
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