Mary C. Beckerle, Ph.D., has been a director since January 2024. Since 2006, Dr. Beckerle has served as Chief Executive Officer of the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, and is also currently serving as Associate Vice President for Cancer Affairs and a Distinguished Professor of Biology and Oncological Sciences at the University of Utah. She first joined the faculty of the University of Utah in 1986, serving in numerous research and leadership positions over the years, and currently holds the Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Endowed Chair. Dr. Beckerle has served as a member of the board of directors of Huntsman Corporation, a publicly held global manufacturer of specialty chemicals, since 2011, and as a member of the board of directors of Johnson & Johnson, a publicly held diversified healthcare company, since 2015. She has been named a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Corporate Governance Fellow and was a 2018 NACD Directorship 100 Honoree. In addition, she currently serves on a number of scientific and other advisory boards, including the Medical Advisory Board of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute since 2015, as well as on various external advisory boards of National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers. Previously, Dr. Beckerle served as a member of the Board of Scientific Advisors of the National Cancer Institute from 2018 to 2022, the External Advisory Board of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center from 2013 to 2022, the Board of Directors of the American Association for Cancer Research from 2013 to 2016, the American Cancer Society Council for Extramural Grants from 2008 to 2012 (serving as Chair from 2010 to 2012) and the National Institute of Health’s Advisory Committee to the Director from 2007 to 2010, as well as President of the American Society for Cell Biology from 2006 to 2007. She is also an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Beckerle holds a B.A. in Biology and Psychology (magna cum laude) from Wells College and a Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology from the University of Colorado, Boulder. She completed her post-doctoral fellowship in Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.