George B. Abercrombie
former President and CEO of Hoffman-La Roche North America

George B. Abercrombie has served as a director and as a member of our Compensation and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committees since April 2010. Previously, Mr. Abercrombie served as the President and CEO of Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. and Head of North American Pharmaceutical Operations from 2001 through December 2009. During this time, he led the North American Pharmaceutical Operations for the Roche Group in the U.S. and Canada. Under his leadership, Roche achieved leading market share positions for key marketed products, strengthening the value of Roche's U.S. business. Prior to Roche, Mr. Abercrombie served as Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations at Glaxo Wellcome Inc. from 1997 to 2001. In this role, Mr. Abercrombie was responsible for all commercial operations in the U.S., including pharmaceutical sales and marketing, managed care, business planning and development and late-state clinical drug studies for the entire U.S. portfolio. Mr. Abercrombie held positions as Vice President and General Manager, Business Operations, and Vice President and General Manager of the Glaxo Pharmaceuticals Division from 1993 through 1997. Prior to Glaxo, Mr. Abercrombie spent ten years at Merck & Co., Inc., where he held a broad range of positions in sales, marketing, executive sales management and business development. During his career, Mr. Abercrombie has served as an expert witness on various issues testifying before both houses of the U.S. Congress and has been involved with various industry associations such as the University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy Foundation, the Duke University Fuqua School of Business Health Sector Advisory Board, the Board of Directors for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. Mr. Abercrombie is a member of the Board of Directors of Project HOPE, an organization dedicated to achieving sustainable advances in health care around the world. Mr. Abercrombie holds a B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Dick Bagley
President, Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer
ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc.

Murray Brennan, M.D. (Lead Director)
Emeritus Chairman of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Dr. Brennan is Emeritus Chairman of Memorial Sloan-Kettering's Department of Surgery and previously served as Chairman since 1985. He is widely regarded as being one of the best and most famous surgeons in the world. Dr. Brennan has lectured and been visiting professor throughout the world and has authored more than 800 scientific papers. He has served as director of the American Board of Surgery, Chairman of the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, President of the Society of Surgical Oncology, and President of the American Surgical Association, the oldest and most prestigious surgical association in the United States. Dr. Brennan is currently Vice President of the American College of Surgeons, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He is the recipient of numerous honors and medals for his leadership of surgery and oncology worldwide.

James A. Cannon
Chief Financial Officer and Vice Chairman, BBDO

James (Jim) Cannon is Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of BBDO Worldwide. In this capacity, he oversees the financial management of BBDO operations in 77 countries. Jim joined BBDO in 1967, was promoted to Chief Financial Officer of the agency in 1984, and was elected to its Board of Directors one year later. An integral member of the team that formed Omnicom via a unique three-agency merger of BBDO, DDB and Needham Harper & Steers, Jim became Comptroller of the new group (NYSE: OMC) and a member of its Board of Directors in 1986, a position he held through 2002. In 1987, he was appointed Director of Financial Operations of the Omnicom Group, serving in this capacity until early 1989 when he rejoined BBDO Worldwide as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. His return was concurrent with that of Allen Rosenshine who became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BBDO after heading Omnicom. Jim was promoted to Vice Chairman of the agency in 1990. Jim is a graduate of Pace University and served in the US Marine Corps.

Senator Wyche Fowler, Jr., J.D.
former US Senator and Ambassador to Saudi Arabia

Senator Wyche Fowler, Jr. served for 16 years in the United States Congress. In the US Senate, he served as assistant floor leader, helping mould a bipartisan consensus for major public policy issues. Senator Fowler was a member of the Senate Appropriations, Budget, Energy and Agriculture Committees. First elected to the US House of Representatives, he was a member of the Ways and Means and Foreign Affairs Committees, as well as the Select Committee on Intelligence. President Clinton appointed Senator Fowler US Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 1996 through 2001. On his return, the FBI awarded him its highest civilian honor, The Jefferson Cup, for his assistance in combating terrorism and for helping solve terrorism crimes against the US military in Saudi Arabia. He was named Lion of Judah by the State of Israel for successfully freeing Soviet Jew Yakov Gluzman. Senator Fowler is now engaged in an international business and law practice, and also serves as Chairman of the Board of the Middle East Institute, a non-profit foundation in Washington, DC.

Jonathan Lewis, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer
ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc.

Timothy McInerney
Partner, Riverbank Capital Securities Inc.

In June of 2007, Mr. McInerney joined Riverbank Capital who specializes in financing for the biotech and specialty pharmaceutical industry as a Partner. From 1992 to March 2007, Mr. McInerney was a Managing Director of Paramount BioCapital, Inc. where he oversaw the overall distribution of Paramount's private equity product. Prior to 1992, Mr. McInerney was a research analyst focusing on the biotechnology industry at Ladenburg, Thalman & Co. Prior to that, Mr. McInerney held equity sales positions at Bear Sterns & Co. and Shearson Lehman Brothers, Inc. Mr. McInerney also has worked in sales and marketing for Bristol-Myers Squibb. He received his B.S. in pharmacy from St. John's University at New York. He also completed a post-graduate residency at the New York University Medical Center in drug information systems.

Michael Weiser, M.D., Ph.D.
Partner

Dr. Weiser is currently founder and co-chairman of Actin Biomed, a New York based healthcare investment firm advancing the discovery and development of novel treatments for unmet medical needs. Prior to joining Actin Biomed, Dr. Weiser was the Director of Research at Paramount BioCapital where he was responsible for the scientific, medical and financial evaluation of biomedical technologies and pharmaceutical products under consideration for development. Dr. Weiser completed his Ph.D. in Molecular Neurobiology at Cornell University Medical College and received his M.D. from New York University School of Medicine. He performed his post-graduate medical training in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at New York University Medical Center. Dr. Weiser also completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Physiology and Neuroscience at New York University School of Medicine and received his B.A. in Psychology from University of Vermont. Dr. Weiser is a member of The National Medical Honor Society, Alpha Omega Alpha, American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Hematology and Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. In addition, Dr. Weiser has received awards for both academic and professional excellence and is published extensively in both medical and scientific journals. Dr. Weiser currently serves on the board of directors of Chelsea Therapeutics International, Emisphere Technologies, Inc and Ziopharm Oncology, Inc. as well as several privately held companies.