David Mott has served as Chair of our Board of Directors since July 2012. Mr. Mott is a private investor through Mott Family Capital. From September 2008 until his retirement in February 2020, Mr. Mott served as a general partner of New Enterprise Associates, an investment firm focused on venture capital and growth equity investments, where he led the healthcare investing practice. Mr. Mott has served on the boards of directors of Adaptimmune since September 2014 and as chair thereof since January 2017; of Ardelyx, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, since March 2009 and as chair thereof since March 2014; and of Novavax, Inc., a biotechnology company, since June 2020. He previously served as a director of Imara, Inc., a biotechnology company, from January 2016 and as chair of the board of directors from April 2016 until the reverse merger between Imara, Inc. and Enliven Therapeutics, Inc. in February 2023; of Epizyme, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, from December 2009 and as chair of the board of directors from April 2016 until its acquisition by Ipsen Pharma SAS in August 2022; as a director of Nightstar Therapeutics plc, a gene therapy company, from August 2015 until its acquisition by Biogen Inc. in June 2019; and as a director of TESARO from May 2010 and as chair of the board of directors from July 2011 until its acquisition by GlaxoSmithKline in January 2019. Mr. Mott received a B.A. in economics and government from Dartmouth College.