Director
Mr. Ades has served as a member of our board of directors since 2003. Mr. Ades is a Co-founder and Principal Owner of A & E Stores, Inc., and has served as its President and Chief Executive Officer since 1966. Mr. Ades founded Rugby Realty Co., Inc. in 1980 and has served as its Principal since 1980. Mr. Ades has served as a director of A & E Stores, Inc. since 1967. Mr. Ades has a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Michigan and an L.L.B. from New York University Law School. We believe Mr. Ades is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his investment and financial experience as well as his expertise in business management.
Director
Robert Ades has been a member of our board of directors since 2020. Mr. Ades has been a Principal of Rugby Realty Co., Inc. since 2005. Mr. Ades has over fifteen years of experience in commercial real estate. Mr. Ades received a B.A. in English Literature from the University of Michigan. We believe Mr. Ades is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his business experience and the Ades family’s long-term, significant ownership interest in the Company. Mr. Ades is the son of Alan A. Ades.
Director
Dr. Driscoll most recently served as the dean of the Richard J. Bolte, Sr. School of Business at Mount St. Mary’s University from 2018 to 2020. He was previously a Clinical Professor and Senior Executive in Residence for the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business at Adelphi University from 2010 to 2018. Prior to his career in education, Dr. Driscoll worked for 28 years in the financial services industry. Among his career highlights during this period, he served as the Global Head of Trading for Geosphere Capital LLC, a hedge fund focused on global natural resources and industrials, from 2007 to 2010 and as a Senior Managing Director of Equity Trading at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., a global investment bank, from 2002 to 2007. Dr. Driscoll holds an Ed.D. in Higher Education Management from the University of Pennsylvania, an MBA in International Business from Adelphi University and a B.S. in Management and Marine Transportation from the State University of New York Maritime College.
Director
Ms. Duraibabu currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Sangamo Therapeutics (NASDAQ: SGMO), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company with a robust genomic medicines pipeline. Prior to joining Sangamo, Ms. Duraibabu was Corporate Controller at Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (NASDAQ: PACB) from 2010 to 2019, a leading commercial DNA sequencing instrument company. Ms. Duraibabu began her career as an international tax and audit professional and served in a variety of accounting and finance roles of increasing responsibility for companies in the software and semiconductor sectors. She holds a Bachelors of Accounting from Oxford Brookes University, and an MBA from San Jose State University. She is a Certified Public Accountant.
Director
David Erani has served as a member of our board of directors since 2020. Mr. Erani has served as a Senior Consultant for UIC Inc. since 2015. Mr. Erani received a B.A. in Mathematics and a B.S. in Physics from Johns Hopkins University. We believe Mr. Erani is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his business experience and the Erani family’s long-term, significant ownership interest in the Company. Mr. Erani is the son of Albert Erani, a former director.
Director
Mr. Giacomin currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer of the American Medical Association (“AMA”), a position he has held from January 2023 to present. Before joining the AMA, Mr. Giacomin served as the Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Anesthesia Partners, Inc. (“USAP”), a privately-owned, single-specialty anesthesia practice, from 2019 until 2021. Prior to joining USAP, Mr. Giacomin held various leadership positions at Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) from 2001 to 2019, a leading distributor of pharmaceuticals, global manufacturer and distributor of medical and laboratory products and provider of performance and data solutions for health care facilities. Mr. Giacomin most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of Cardinal Health’s Medical Segment, a business which generated over $15 billion in revenue during the most recently completed fiscal year. During his career at Cardinal Health, he also served as Chief Executive Officer of its Pharmaceutical Segment from 2014 to 2018, which generated over $130 billion in revenue during the most recently completed fiscal year. Mr. Giacomin began his career as a Nuclear Engineer and Surface Warfare Officer in the U.S. Navy and subsequently held positions at Sotera Health Company (Nasdaq: SHC) and Griffith Micro Science International Inc. before joining Cardinal Health. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, and an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.
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.
Chairman of the Board
Director
Ms. Korfin has served Gamida Cell’s leadership team as Chief Operating and Chief Commercial Officer since 2020. Prior to Gamida Cell, Michele served as Chief Operating Officer at TYME Technologies. From 2016 until 2018, she was Vice President of Market Access at Kite Pharma, where she oversaw market access strategy, including payer relations, reimbursement and government affairs for YESCARTA®, the first approved CAR-T therapy in lymphoma. She also worked closely with the manufacturing and supply chain teams at Kite to prepare for FDA approval and commercialization. Before joining Kite, Michele spent more than a decade at Celgene (now part of Bristol Myers Squibb) in a variety of key strategic and operational roles, including in commercial leadership and oversight of the global development programs for REVLIMID®, a therapy approved for patients with certain hematologic malignancies. She also led the Celgene oncology sales force responsible for ABRAXANE®, which is now a standard of care in pancreatic cancer. Michele holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Pharmacy from Rutgers University. She is also on the Board of Trustees of BioNJ, the organization that represents the biotechnology industry for New Jersey.
Lead Independent Director
Mr. Leibowitz is a clinical professor at the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business at Adelphi University, where he teaches courses in accounting and auditing to both graduate and undergraduate students. Mr. Leibowitz began as an adjunct professor at Adelphi University in 2008, became a full-time lecturer in 2010 and was promoted to clinical professor in 2013. Mr. Leibowitz previously served as a member of the board of directors and the audit committee of Arotech Corporation from 2009 to 2014. Before joining Adelphi University, Mr. Leibowitz was an audit and business assurance partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers. During his twenty-seven years at PwC, Mr. Leibowitz served in a national leadership role for PwC's retail industry group and was the portfolio audit partner for one of PwC's leading private equity firm clients. Mr. Leibowitz is a certified public accountant in New York State and received a B.S. in accounting from Brooklyn College and a Masters of Accountancy from Stetson University.
Independent Director
Director
Mr. Lustig currently serves as a Principal at Avista Healthcare Partners. He has served as a Director of several private companies, including ACP Northern Holdings, eMolecules, Solmetex, Spear Education, Taconic Biosciences, Terrats Medical, United BioSource Corporation, and XiFin. Prior to joining Avista in 2015, Mr. Lustig worked in investment banking at Centerview Partners. Mr. Lustig received a B.S. in Economics from Duke University.
Director
Mr. Nussdorf has served as a member of our board of directors since 2003. Mr. Nussdorf has served as Chief Executive Officer of Quality King Distributors, Inc., a distributor of health and beauty care products and prescription drugs, and its subsidiary QK Healthcare, Inc., since 1999. Previously, Mr. Nussdorf served as Chief Operating Officer of Quality King from 1997 to 1998 and as a Senior Vice President from 1994 to 1996. Mr. Nussdorf is also a major shareholder of Perfumania Holdings, Inc., a vertically integrated wholesale distributor and specialty retailer of perfumes and fragrances. Since 2017, Mr. Nussdorf has also served as a member of the board of directors of Perfumania Holdings, Inc. We believe Mr. Nussdorf is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his investment and financial experience as well as his expertise in business management.
Director
Dr. Quintero has served as Chief Quality Officer of Global Quality, Regulatory and Compliance at Kimberly-Clark since 2019. Before joining Kimberly-Clark, Gilberto spent more than a decade at Cardinal Health in roles of increasing responsibility most recently serving as Chief Quality and Regulatory Affairs Officer for Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices. Gilberto’s experience also includes eleven years at Wyeth/Pfizer where he had technical leadership positions in R&D, Quality and Technical Operations. Gilberto earned a B.S. in Chemistry from Catholic University, a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Texas A&M University and an MBA from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.