Meet the Team

Experienced team

We have assembled a team with deep drug development expertise in gastroenterology, infectious diseases, and immunology, as well as leading technical expertise in microbiome research and manufacture of live organisms.

Anne Kuan SVP, Regulatory Affairs
Christof Marre SVP, Head of Commercial
Jack Kyte SVP, Human Resources
Maggie McGuigan SVP, Finance
Steven Shiff, M.D. SVP, Clinical Research
Edward Armstrong VP, Quality
Guyan Liang VP, Head of Legal & Intellectual Property
Jason Ellow VP, Production
Svetlana Komarnitsky VP, Program & Alliance Management
Aislinn Rowan-Nash Senior Scientist, Molecular Biology
Alexandrea Kreuser Manager, Clinical Supply
Alicia Szretter Senior Director, CMC Operations & Strategic Planning
Anna Yuan Senior Clinical Research Scientist
Azadeh Haghighizadeh Senior Clinical Trial Manager
Charlene Peter Senior AP & Payroll Specialist
Corey Schwartz Manager, IT Infrastructure & Operations
Dewang Mahesh Mehta Quality Control Specialist I
Donata Kline Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs
Erica Darrah Senior Quality Control Specialist
Greg Medlock Senior Director, Research & Analytical Development
Jason Norman, Ph.D. Senior Director, Systems Biology
Jennifer Ward Senior Clinical Trial Associate
Kathryn Dudley Executive Assistant
KerriAnn MacNeil Director, Facilities
Laura Ortiz-Velez Senior Manager, Medical Field Science Lead, U.S.
Lou Cornacchione Associate Director, Microbiology
Marvenlee Horm Principal QA Specialist
Matthew Schinn Senior Scientist, Computational Biology
Neil Roy Clinical Research Scientist
Nicholas Carmilia Manager, Process Development
Prineeta Kulkarni Senior Director, Strategy & Corporate Development
Rajita Menon Director, Modeling & Statistics
Rakesh Somashekar Procurement Specialist
Robert D’Orazio Manager, Manufacturing
Ryan Garrett Director, Process Development
Shana Shukry Senior Clinical Trial Manager
Shannon Cuvilje Associate Director, Clinical Data Management
Silvana Mariani Senior Manager, Accounting
Tao Xu Associate Director, Analytical Development
Timothy Langridge Associate Director, Formulation & Lyophilization
Tyler Hale Senior Manager, Quality Control