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Anisha Wharton

Anisha Wharton serves as Head of Regulatory Affairs at as Senior Vice President of Marketing at AVEO Oncology, an LG Chem company, and brings more than 16 years of global regulatory leadership to support the development, registration and life-cycle management of biologics and pharmaceutical products. Prior to joining AVEO in 2021, Ms. Wharton served as Director, Global Regulatory Affairs – Oncology at Merck & Co., Inc. where she served as the Global Regulatory Lead for early and late-stage clinical development programs for advanced metastatic tumors, women’s cancers, melanoma, and multiple myeloma. While at Merck, Ms. Wharton led a global regulatory team responsible for the approval of a new dosing regimen of KEYTRUDA® across all approved adult indications in over 35 countries. Prior to Merck, she served in global Regulatory Affairs roles of increasing complexity and responsibility at Nektar Therapeutics, InterMune, Inc. (acquired by Roche), InSite Vision, Inc. (acquired by Sun Pharma), and Genentech, Inc. She helped lead a cross functional team in the approval of ESBRIET® and AZASITE®, as well as the development of a global regulatory intelligence database.  Ms. Wharton earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Clark Atlanta University and her Master of Business Administration degree from the University of San Francisco School of Management.

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Noelia Rycerz

Noelia Rycerz brings more than 19 years of global drug development experience to her role as Vice President of Clinical Operations at AVEO Oncology, an LG Chem company. Ms. Rycerz has held roles of increasing seniority in Clinical Operations and Program Management at Amgen Inc. (“Amgen”), Pfizer Inc. (“Pfizer”), and Odonate Therapeutics, Inc. She has led and executed phase 1–3 clinical trials in varying therapeutic areas, including oncology, rheumatology, and cardiovascular disease. During Ms. Rycerz time at Amgen as a Program Manager, she supported CMC, Regulatory and Safety Affairs to ensure delivery of marketing applications leading to approval of Corlanor®. While at Pfizer, Ms. Rycerz was accountable for oversight of pivotal clinical trials and support of regulatory inspections leading to marketing application approvals for Xeljanz®, Besponsa®, and Daurismo®.

Ms. Rycerz received her Bachelor of Science from Boston University. 

Scarlett Spring

Scarlett Spring currently serves as Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of TapRoot Interventions & Solutions, a platform technology company focused on providing real-time, tailored interventions to caregivers managing patients with Alzheimer’s and dementia behaviors. She previously served as President and Chief Commercial Officer for VisionGate, Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical and diagnostics company developing products for the early detection, prevention, and treatment of lung cancer. Prior to VisionGate, Ms. Spring served in various sales and commercial roles of increasing responsibility at Merck and AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals. At AstraZeneca, she was involved in the successful launches of Prilosec®, Nexium®, Crestor® and Iressa®, and managed the hormonal portfolio for AstraZeneca Oncology. Ms. Spring also previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council. She currently serves on the Arizona Bioscience Board and Risk Capital Committee of the Flinn Foundation, as well as on the Boards of Republic Bank of Arizona and the Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority. Ms. Spring  received a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master’s in Business Administration from Pepperdine University.  Ms. Spring has served as a director of AVEO since 2019 and is chairperson of the compensation committee and a member of the audit committee.   

Manoj Patel, PharmD

Manoj Patel has more than 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, over 15 of which are directly in the development of oncologic treatments and joins AVEO Oncology, an LG Chem company, as Vice President of Program Management. Prior to joining AVEO’s management team, Dr. Patel led the development of several biologics programs as a Project Leader within Teva’s specialty pharma group. Prior to Teva, he held several senior level positions within Project and Program Management as well as Customer Solutions at PRA Health Sciences (now part of ICON) and IQVIA. During his tenure at these CROs, Dr. Patel oversaw the development of oncology treatments for several major pharmaceutical and biotech clients. Prior to IQVIA, he worked at GlaxoSmithKline for more than 10 years across multiple functions that included Clinical Development, Medical Affairs and Project Management. Dr. Patel was also Sr. Director of Program and Alliance Management at ImClone Systems and was involved in the process leading to the ultimate sale of the company to Eli Lilly. Dr. Patel received BS degrees in Chemistry and Pharmacy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Doctorate of Pharmacy from Campbell University.

Jason Noto

Jason Noto brings over 20 years of broad commercial leadership experience to his role as Senior Vice President of Market Access at AVEO Oncology, an LG Chem company. Prior to joining AVEO, Jason served as Vice President at 1798 Consultants, a strategic market access consultancy specializing in integrated channel strategy, patient support services (HUB), payer contract development and assessment, financial impact analysis, and related Access functions. Earlier, Jason served as Senior Director of Market Access Strategy and Payer Marketing at Amag Pharmaceuticals, leading Payer marketing efforts across all business units totaling >$600M in revenue in 2019.

Prior to his tenure at Amag Pharmaceuticals, Mr. Noto held various launch, in-line, and multi-channel marketing leadership roles of increasing responsibility at Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Alkermes, and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. During his career, Mr. Noto has had responsibility for the US commercial launch of various specialty products in oncology, immunology, CNS, & ultra-orphan disease states. Mr. Noto received a B.S. in Business Administration from Le Moyne College and an M.B.A. in finance from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College.

Jeb Ledell

Mr. Ledell serves as Chief Operating Officer of AVEO Oncology, an LG Chem company. He joins AVEO from Enzyvant Therapeutics, a biotechnology company dedicated to developing novel, transformative regenerative therapies for people with devastating rare diseases, where he served as Chief Operating Officer and led key business operations during the recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of RETHYMIC®. Prior to Enzyvant, Mr. Ledell served as the Chief Operating Officer at Compass Therapeutics and Horizon Discovery Group. He was responsible for leading operations at both organizations through several changes in scale. Prior to Horizon, he held multiple technology, operations and development roles at Zalicus Inc. Mr. Ledell holds a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Jinchul Jeong (J.J.)

Mr. Jeong serves as as Chief Financial Officer of AVEO Oncology, an LG Chem company. Mr. Jeong joins AVEO from its parent company, LG Chem, Ltd. (“LG Chem”), where he has served as a financial and accounting officer since 1999. During his time at LG Chem, Mr. Jeong has served as the financial director and controller for several entities where LG Chem invested in joint ventures and/or subsidiaries, the majority of them in Thailand. He has provided strategic financial counsel on the new entities’ successful stabilization, spearheaded the implementation of financial controls and systems, and overseen the expansion of the Finance/Accounting departments.

Mr. Jeong received his B.S. in Business Administration from Kyunghee University in South Korea.

Danielle Holland

Danielle Holland serves as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of AVEO Oncology, an LG Chem company. Prior to joining AVEO, Ms. Holland served as an Associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP where she advised public and private clients in a variety of industries in corporate and securities law matters, mergers and acquisitions, governance, corporate finance and other matters. Prior to her legal career, Ms. Holland taught elementary education in New York City through Teach For America. Ms. Holland received a B.A. in International Studies from Boston College and a J.D. from Boston University School of Law.

Corinne Epperly, M.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Epperly brings over 15 years of deep oncology experience as a physician and scientist blending medicine and business with a proven track record in oncology drug development and launches. She has served as Senior Vice President of Strategy and Operations at Iovance Biotherapeutics, a public clinical-stage immuno-oncology company, leading clinical operations overseeing all clinical trials, developing and implementing business strategy to advance drug development including clinical trial design, global business development, and the commercial operating model for the launch of Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes (TIL), with the potential to be the first approved cell therapy for solid tumor cancers. Previously she served as the US Chief Operating Officer at VBL Therapeutics, a public biopharmaceutical company focused on first-in-class cancer treatments, where she helped lead corporate strategy, financing, business development, designed a US commercial operating model and marketing plan, and supported immuno-oncology clinical drug development. Prior to VBL, in her 7 years at Bristol Myers Squibb she delivered results across multiple leadership roles spanning marketing, including helping drive the launches of OPDIVO® (nivolumab) and YERVOY® (ipilimumab) in 6+ tumor indications under accelerated timelines, M&A leading global transactions and negotiations, strategic operations and medical strategy in the US Immuno-Oncology Business. Previously at Goldman Sachs International in London she served as an equity analyst in Global Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Investment Research. Dr. Epperly holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry and Biology from the University of Virginia, a Doctorate of Medicine and a Masters of Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). She completed her medical training at the UNC Hospitals. She trained at the National Cancer Institute of the NIH in translational medicine, experimental cancer immunology in checkpoint inhibition, tumor suppressor genes, and bone marrow transplant clinical trials. Dr. Epperly has served as a director of AVEO since 2021 and is a member of the nominating and governance and compensation committees.