H. Stewart Parker, age 68, has been a member of our Board of Directors since June 2014, and has been Chair of the Board since June 2017.

Ms. Parker has over 40 years of experience in the biotechnology industry. Prior to focusing on board service and consulting, she served as the Chief Executive Officer of The Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI), a not-for-profit global health research institute from 2011 to 2013. In 1992, Ms. Parker founded Targeted Genetics Corporation, a public Seattle-based biopharmaceutical company formed to develop gene-based treatments for acquired and inherited diseases that became a world leader in adenoassociated virus, or AAV, gene therapy. She held the position of President and Chief Executive Officer and was a member of its board of directors from the company’s inception until 2008. Prior to founding Targeted Genetics Corporation, Ms. Parker served in various capacities at Immunex Corporation, or Immunex, from 1981 through 1991, most recently as Vice President, Corporate Development. From 1991 to 1993, Ms. Parker served as President and a Director of Receptech Corporation, a company formed by Immunex in 1989 to accelerate the development of soluble cytokine receptor products. She has served on the board of directors and the executive committee of BIO, the primary trade organization for the biotechnology industry. She currently serves on the board of directors of Codexis Inc., a public protein engineering company, and previously served on the board of directors of Impel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a public biotechnology company, from May 2014 to April 2023, Armata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a public biotechnology company, from May 2019 to December 2020, and Achieve Life Sciences, Inc., a public pharmaceutical company, from August 2017 to May 2021. Ms. Parker also serves on the advisory board of the Eshelman Institute of Innovation within the Eshelman School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina.

Ms. Parker received her B.A. and M.B.A. from the University of Washington.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Board believe that Ms. Parker’s senior executive experience in AAV gene therapy and biotechnology drug development provides valuable operational, commercial assessment and management skills to the Board.