Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Chair of the Board
Gary S. Gillheeney, Sr. has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since 2014. Previously, he served as our Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer from 2003 to 2014 and as our Chief Financial Officer from 2002 to 2003. Prior to joining Organogenesis, Mr. Gillheeney held executive positions at Innovative Clinical Solutions, Ltd., a provider of decision support and clinical knowledge solutions to healthcare staff, from 1999 to 2002, as its Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, as well as Treasurer and Secretary. Prior to joining Innovative Clinical Solutions, Mr. Gillheeney held positions as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Assistant Secretary at Providence Energy Corporation. Mr. Gillheeney has a B.S. in Accounting from American International College and an M.B.A. from Bryant College.
Chief Operating Officer
Patrick Bilbo has served as our Chief Operating Officer since 2017. Previously, he served as our Senior Vice President, Regulatory, Government Affairs and Administration and other executive positions from 1999 to 2017. Prior to joining Organogenesis, he was Director, Regulatory and Clinical Affairs, for Cytyc Corporation from 1994 to 1998. Mr. Bilbo earned an M.B.A. from the Boston University Questrom School of Business, an M.A. in Biology and an M.A. in Technology Strategy and Policy from the Boston University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, and a B.S. degree in Biology from Syracuse University.
Chief Financial Officer
David C. Francisco has served as Chief Financial Officer since 2021. Prior to joining Organogenesis, Mr. Francisco spent 20 years at PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a leading provider of products, services and solutions for the diagnostics, life sciences and applied markets with over $3.5 billion in revenue, where he most recently served as Vice President and Treasurer. During his tenure at PKI, he held a series of leadership roles of increasing responsibility across multiple business areas, including as Vice President, Investor Relations and Vice President of Financial Operations as well as Chief Financial Officer of its Human Health segment which generated $1.4 billion in annual revenue. Mr. Francisco holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering & Operations Research from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, as well as an MBA from the McCallum Graduate School of Business at Bentley University.
Chief Administrative and Legal Officer
Lori Freedman has served as our Chief Administrative and Legal Officer since 2023. She joined Organogenesis in 2017 and had served as Vice President and General Counsel since 2018. Previously, she served as Vice President, Corporate Affairs & General Counsel of pSivida Corp., a specialty biopharmaceutical company, from 2001 to 2016 and as Vice President, General Counsel for Allaire Corporation, a computer software company, from 1998 to 2001. Mrs. Freedman holds a J.D. from the Boston University School of Law and a B.A. in economics and psychology from Brandeis University.
Chief Commercial Officer
Brian Grow has served as our Chief Commercial Officer since 2017. Since 2004, he has served in a number of roles at Organogenesis with increasing responsibility, including as our Director of Sales, Commercial Operations, from 2013 to 2016, Associate Director, Marketing, from 2012 to 2013, Project Manager—Apligraf from 2011 to 2013, Regional Sales Manager from 2006 to 2011 and Tissue Regeneration Specialist from 2004 to 2006. Prior to joining Organogenesis, he was a pharmaceutical sales representative for Bristol-Myers Squibb from 2003 to 2004 and a tissue engineering specialist for Innovex/Novartis from 2000 to 2003. Mr. Grow earned a B.A. in Psychology from William Jewell College.