Elizabeth Garofalo

Dr Garofalo has served as a member of our Board since June 2021. Since 2016, Dr Garofalo has served as the Principal for EAG Pharma Consulting LLC. Previously, she served in numerous leadership roles, including Senior Vice President and Global Head of Clinical Development for Novartis and member of its Global Development Leadership Team, Chair of the Novartis Portfolio Stewardship Board, Co-Head of the Novartis Neuroscience Franchise, Head of the Neuroscience Therapy Area at Astellas, Ann Arbor Site Head of Worldwide Regulatory Affairs at Pfizer, and Ann Arbor Site Head of Neuroscience at Pfizer. Since September 2020, Dr Garofalo has served on the Board of Directors of Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc., and since September 2021, as Director of Alector, Inc. Dr Garofalo previously sat on the board of Exicure Inc., a biotechnology company, from March 2021 until February 2023, serving as chair of its Board from February 2022. From February 2018 to March 2025, she sat on the Board of the nonprofit Institute for Advanced Clinical Trials for Children (I-ACT), where she served as Chair of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Pediatric Oversight Committee. For several years, she was the Chair of the Business Advisory Board for the Epilepsy Foundation of America. She has an MD from the Indiana University School of Medicine and completed fellowships in pediatric neurology and epilepsy at the University of Michigan Medical School.