Board of Directors
Dwight A. Sangrey, Ph.D., P.E. is a co-founder of Znomics and Chairman of the Board of Directors. He has over 40 years experience in management, engineering, higher education and public policy. Practicing experience includes more than 30 years in project management or more senior responsibilities, including 10 years as Division or Chief Operating Officer and 12 years as Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Sangrey has been involved for more than 25 years in the process of developing viable businesses based on technology research and the leadership of university/industry/government economic development organizations. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors of 10 public corporations or privately funded technology-based start-up companies. He is the author of more than 120 technical publications. Dr. Sangrey has a Ph.D. in engineering from Cornell University.
Richard A. Sessions, M.B.A., Chief Executive Officer, is a co-founder of Znomics and has served as Chief Executive Officer on a consulting basis since 2001. Mr. Sessions brings extensive experience in research management to the Company. He co-founded Northwest NeuroLogic and served as its Chief Executive Officer from 1993 to 1996. From 1990 to 2001 he served as Administrative Director of the privately endowed ($40 million) Vollum Institute at OHSU. Prior to that he spent nineteen years in engineering and medical research management at UCLA including positions as the Executive Officer of the UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Administrative Director of the School of Medicine’s Center for Ulcer Research and Education. Mr. Sessions holds a B.A. from California State University, Fresno, an M.S.W. from the University of Southern California and an M.B.A. from the UCLA Graduate School of Management.
Roger D. Cone, Ph.D., President and Chief Science Officer, is a co-founder of Znomics and has served as Director, President and Chief Scientific Officer since 2001. In addition to serving as an officer of the Company, Dr. Cone is currently Director of the Center for the Study of Weight Regulation and a Senior Scientist at the Vollum Institute at OHSU (Oregon Health & Science University) in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Cone was also a co-founder of Northwest NeuroLogic, along with Mr. Sessions. He has served as a scientific advisory board member to Neurocrine Biosciences, Lexicon Genetics and Trega Biosciences, and is a current scientific advisor to the public biopharmaceutical company, Mannkind Corporation. He has authored over 130 publications in the field of neuroendocrinology and obesity, and is the recipient of national and international awards for his research in this area. Dr. Cone earned his B.A., summa cum laude, in Biochemistry from Princeton University, and his Ph.D. in Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Stephen E. Kurtz, Ph.D., Director of Marketing, is a co-founder of Znomics and serves as the Manager of Marketing and Product Development. He was previously Chief Scientific Officer at Northwest NeuroLogic. From 1992 to 1997 Dr. Kurtz was a Senior Scientist in the Department of Microbial Molecular Biology at the Bristol-Myers Squibb Research Institute, Princeton, New Jersey. Dr. Kurtz received his B.A. in Biology from Brown University, and his Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology from the University of Chicago.
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