Board of Directors

Stelios Papadopoulos, PhD

Stelios Papadopoulos, Ph.D., is a co-founder of Exelixis and has been a director since December 1994 and the Chairman of the Board since January 1998. Dr. Papadopoulos retired as Vice Chairman of Cowen & Co., LLC in August 2006 after six years as an investment banker with the firm, where he focused on the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors. Prior to joining Cowen & Co., he spent 13 years as an investment banker at PaineWebber, Incorporated, where he was most recently Chairman of PaineWebber Development Corp., a PaineWebber subsidiary focusing on biotechnology. He joined PaineWebber in April 1987 from Drexel Burnham Lambert, where he was a Vice President in the Equity Research Department covering the biotechnology industry. Prior to Drexel, he was a biotechnology analyst at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Before coming to Wall Street in 1985, Dr. Papadopoulos was on the faculty of the Department of Cell Biology at New York University Medical Center. He continues his affiliation with New York University Medical Center as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Cell Biology. Dr. Papadopoulos is a co-founder of Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a publicly-held drug discovery and development company, and has served as a member of its board of directors since May 2000. Since July 2008, Dr. Papadopoulos has also served as a member of the board of directors of Biogen Idec, Inc., a publicly-held biopharmaceutical company. Dr. Papadopoulos previously served as a member of the board of directors of GenVec, Inc., a publicly-held biotechnology company from August 2003 until October 2006 and as a member of the board of directors of SGX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from July 2001 to September 2006 prior to its acquisition by Eli Lilly and Company. Dr. Papadopoulos is a co-founder and member of the board of directors of Cellzome Inc., a privately held drug discovery company. Dr. Papadopoulos is vice-chairman of the board of directors of BG Medicine, Inc., a privately-held life sciences company, a member of the board of directors of Joule Biotechnologies, Inc., a privately-held biotechnology company, and a member of the Board of Directors of Regulus Therapeutics Inc., a privately-held biotechnology company. In the not-for-profit sector, Dr. Papadopoulos is a co-founder and Chairman of Fondation Santé, a member of the board of visitors of Duke University Medical Center and a member of the board of directors of the National Marrow Donor Program. Dr. Papadopoulos holds a Ph.D. in Biophysics and an M.B.A. in Finance, both from New York University.

Charles Cohen, PhD

Charles Cohen, Ph.D., has been a director since November 1995. Since May 2007, Dr. Cohen has been a managing director of Advent Healthcare Ventures, a venture capital firm. From 2003 to 2007, Dr. Cohen was Vice President of Advent International, a global private equity firm. From 2000 to 2002, Dr. Cohen was the Chief Executive Officer of Cellzome AG. Prior to that, Dr. Cohen co-founded Creative BioMolecules, Inc., a biotechnology company, in 1982 and was a director and its Chief Executive Officer from 1985 to 1995. Currently, Dr. Cohen is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Cellzome AG, a post-genomics biotechnology company. Dr. Cohen has served as a member of the board of directors of various publicly-held biopharmaceutical companies, including Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2000 to 2005 and Anesiva, Inc. from 2005 to 2007. Dr. Cohen serves on the board of directors of several private companies. Dr. Cohen has also served as the Chief Executive Officer of several companies. Dr. Cohen received his Ph.D. from New York University School of Medicine.

Carl B. Feldbaum, Esq.

Carl B. Feldbaum, Esq.,has been a director since February 2007. Mr. Feldbaum is currently a member of the board of directors of Actelion, Ltd, a biopharmaceutical company, and previously served as a member of the board of directors of Connetics Corporation from 2005, until its acquisition by Stiefel Laboratories, Inc. in 2006. In 2009, Mr. Feldbaum was elected as chairman of BIO Ventures for Global Health, a non-profit organization, where he has served as a member of the board of directors since its inception in 2004. Mr. Feldbaum also serves as a member of the board of directors of the Biotechnology Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to biotechnology education. Mr. Feldbaum is president emeritus of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), which represents more than 1,000 biotechnology companies, academic institutions and state biotechnology centers internationally. Mr. Feldbaum served as president of BIO from 1993 until his retirement in 2005. Prior to joining BIO, Mr. Feldbaum was chief of staff to Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. He also was president and founder of the Palomar Corporation, a national security "think tank" in Washington, D.C. Before founding Palomar Corporation, Mr. Feldbaum was Assistant to the Secretary of Energy and served as the Inspector General for defense intelligence in the U.S. Department of Defense. Mr. Feldbaum received an A.B. in Biology from Princeton University and his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Alan M. Garber, MD, PhD

Alan M. Garber, M.D., Ph.D. has been a director since January 2005. Dr. Garber has been the Henry J. Kaiser Jr. Professor and a Professor of Medicine at Stanford University since 1998. Dr. Garber is also a Professor (by courtesy) of Economics, Health Research and Policy, and of Economics in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. Dr. Garber is the Director of the Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research at Stanford University School of Medicine, the Center for Health Policy at Stanford University and the former Director of the Health Care Program of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is a Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University and a staff physician at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. Dr. Garber is a member of the Institute of Medicine, the American Society of Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians. Dr. Garber is on the editorial board of acclaimed scientific journals and has received numerous awards and honors. Dr. Garber holds an A.B. summa cum laude, an A.M. and a Ph.D., all in Economics, from Harvard University, and an M.D. from Stanford University.

Vincent Marchesi, MD, PhD

Vincent T. Marchesi, M.D., Ph.D. has been a director since May 2001. Since 1973, Dr. Marchesi has been a Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology at Yale University and, since 1991, the Director of the Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine at Yale University. In 1982, Dr. Marchesi co-founded Molecular Diagnostics, Inc., a diagnostic development company. Dr. Marchesi was formerly Chair of Pathology at the Yale-New Haven Hospital. Dr. Marchesi holds an M.D. from Yale University and a Ph.D. from Oxford University, and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine.

Frank McCormick, PhD

Frank McCormick, Ph.D., FRS, has been a director since July 2003. Since 1998, Dr. McCormick has been Director of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and he is currently the Associate Dean, School of Medicine, UCSF. Dr. McCormick is the David A. Wood Professor of Tumor Biology and Cancer Research in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at UCSF as well as the E. Dixon Heise Distinguished Professor in Oncology. From 1992 to 1998, Dr. McCormick was the founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company. From 1991 to 1992, he served as Vice President of Therapeutic Research at Chiron Corporation, a pharmaceutical company, and from 1981 to 1990, he served as Vice President of Discovery Research with Cetus Corporation, a biotechnology company. Dr. McCormick is on the editorial board of some of the most prestigious international cancer publications and serves as a board member or advisor to multiple cancer research organizations. Dr. McCormick currently serves as a member of Exelixis' Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. McCormick was a Post-Doctoral Fellow with Dr. Allen Smith at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in London, England, and with Professor Seymour S. Cohen at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Dr. McCormick holds a B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Birmingham, England and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Cambridge, England.

Michael M. Morrissey, Ph.D.

Michael M. Morrissey, Ph.D., has served as a director and as Exelixis' President and Chief Executive Officer since July 2010.  From January 2007 through July 2010, he served as President of Research and Development. Previously, Dr. Morrissey served as the Company's Executive Vice President, Discovery (January 2006 -December 2006), Senior Vice President, Discovery (January 2003 - December 2005) and Vice President of Discovery Research (February 2000 - December 2002). From 1991 to 2000, Dr. Morrissey held several positions at Berlex Biosciences, last holding the position of Vice President, Discovery Research. From 1986 to 1991, Dr. Morrissey served as a Senior Scientist and Project Team Leader in Medicinal Chemistry at CIBA-Geigy Corporation, a pharmaceutical company. He is the author of numerous scientific publications in medicinal chemistry and drug discovery and an inventor on 70 issued U.S. patents and 25 additional published U.S. patent applications. Dr. Morrissey holds a B.S. (Honors) in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Harvard University.

George Poste, DVM, PhD

George Poste, D.V.M., Ph.D., FRS, has been a director since August 2004. Since February 2009, Dr. Poste has been the Chief Scientist at Complex Adaptive Systems Initiative and Regents' Professor and Del E. Webb Professor of Health Innovation at Arizona State University. From May 2003 to February 2009, Dr. Poste served as the director of the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University. Dr. Poste has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Health Technology Networks, a consulting company that specializes in the application of genomic technologies and computing in healthcare, since 2000. From 1992 to 1999, he was the Chief Science and Technology Officer and President, R&D of SmithKline Beecham Corporation, a pharmaceutical company. Dr. Poste serves on the Defense Science Board of the U.S. Department of Defense (and chairs the Task Force on Bioterrorism) and is a member of other organizations dedicated to advance the defense against bioweapons and biowarfare. Since February 2003, Dr. Poste has served as a member of the board of directors of Monsanto Company, a publicly-held provider of agricultural products and solutions. From April 2000 until August 2009, Dr. Poste served as the Non-Executive Chairman of Orchid Cellmark, Inc., a publicly-held DNA forensics company. Dr. Poste currently serves as the Vice Chairman and Chief Scientific Advisor for Caris Life Sciences, a privately held medical diagnostics company. Dr. Poste is a Fellow of the Royal Society, the UK Academy of Medical Sciences, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and various other prestigious organizations and has been awarded honorary doctorates from several universities. Dr. Poste holds a D.V.M. in veterinary medicine and a Ph.D. in Virology from the University of Bristol, England.

George A. Scangos, PhD

George A. Scangos, Ph.D. is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Biogen-Idec, Inc.  He served as a director and as Exelixis' President and Chief Executive Officer from October 1996 through July 2010. From September 1993 to October 1996, Dr. Scangos served as President of Biotechnology at Bayer Corporation, a pharmaceutical company, and was responsible for research, business and process development, manufacturing, engineering and quality assurance. Since October 2003, Dr. Scangos has served as a member of the board of directors of Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc., where he assumed the role of Chairman of the board of directors in December 2005. Dr. Scangos has also served as a member of the board of directors of Entelos, Inc. since September 1997 and serves as a member of the board of directors of our former subsidiary, TaconicArtemis GmbH (previously known as Artemis Pharmaceuticals GmbH). Dr. Scangos serves as the Chair of the California Healthcare Institute (CHI), a member of the Board of the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development and as a director of Fondation Santé and BayBio. Dr. Scangos is also a member of the Board of Visitors of the University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy and the Board of Overseers of the University of California, Davis School of Medicine. Dr. Scangos was a Jane Coffin Childs Post-Doctoral Fellow at Yale University and a faculty member at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Scangos currently holds an appointment as Adjunct Professor of Biology at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Scangos holds a B.A. in Biology from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Massachusetts.

Lance Willsey, MD

Lance Willsey, M.D. has been a director since April 1997. Dr. Willsey has been a founding partner of DCF Capital, a hedge fund focused on investing in the life sciences, since July 1998. From July 1997 to July 1998, Dr. Willsey served on the Staff Department of Urologic Oncology at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute at Harvard University School of Medicine. From July 1996 to July 1997, Dr. Willsey served on the Staff Department of Urology at Massachusetts General Hospital at Harvard University School of Medicine, where he was a urology resident from July 1992 to July 1996. Since 2000, Dr. Willsey has served a member of the board of directors of Exact Sciences Corporation, a publicly-held biotechnology company. Dr. Willsey holds a B.S. in Physiology from Michigan State University and an M.S. in Biology and an M.D., both from Wayne State University.

Jack L. Wyszomierski

Jack L. Wyszomierski has been a director since February 2004. From June 2004 to June 2009, Mr. Wyszomierski served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of VWR International, LLC, a supplier of laboratory supplies, equipment and supply chain solutions to the global research laboratory industry. From 1982 to 2003, Mr. Wyszomierski held positions of increasing responsibility within the finance group at Schering-Plough Corporation, a health care company, culminating with his appointment as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 1996. Prior to joining Schering-Plough, he was responsible for capitalization planning at Joy Manufacturing Company, a producer of mining equipment, and was a management consultant at Data Resources, Inc. Mr. Wyszomierski holds a M.S. in Industrial Administration and a B.S. in Administration, Management Science and Economics from Carnegie Mellon University.