Board of Directors

Dr. Vlock brings extensive pharmaceutical industry and academic experience in pharmaceutical drug development. As CEO of Alopexx Pharmaceuticals (founded in 2006), he and co-founder Dr. Gerald Pier developed F598, a human monoclonal antibody directed against S. aureus. Vaccine AV0328 was also developed by Drs. Vlock and Pier. Dr. Vlock has held his current position in Alopexx since 2021 and he has held similar positions in Alopexx's predecessor companies.

Previously, Dr. Vlock held senior-level medical and research positions at GPC Biotech, Inc. (2004 to 2005), Pharmacia Corporation (2002 to 2004), Ethicon Endo-Surgery (1999 to 2002) (a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson Company), and Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (1996 to 1999), where he was involved in the development of numerous oncology drugs, medical devices and drug-device combinations. While at Pharmacia he ran the Celebrex Oncology Group. While at other companies he ran programs which successfully developed and introduced monoclonal antibodies into clinical trials. Prior to moving to industry, Dr. Vlock was on the faculty at Harvard Medical School, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Yale University School of Medicine, where he led laboratory and clinical programs in tumor immunology.

Dr. Vlock received his A.B. from Cornell University and an M.D. from Baylor College of Medicine. He completed a research fellowship in clinical immunology at Baylor College of Medicine, an internship and medical residency at Temple University Hospital and a senior medical residency and fellowship in medical oncology at Yale New Haven Hospital.

Dr. Chin is the Bertarelli Professor of Translational Medical Science and Professor of Medicine Emeritus at Harvard Medical School. He is currently advising a number of startup biotech companies and serves on the Boards of Regenacy Pharmaceuticals and Deck Therapeutics. Dr. Chin has been a Director of Alopexx since June 2021.

He was EVP, Science and Regulatory Advocacy, and CMO at the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) (2013 to 2018), where he led PhRMA's efforts in science and regulatory advocacy in the drug discovery and development ecosystem. Prior to PhRMA, he was the Executive Dean for Research at Harvard Medical School (2010 to 2013). Before that, he was at Eli Lilly and Company, last as Senior Vice President for Discovery Research and Clinical Investigation.

Dr. Chin is a Harvard-trained endocrinologist and longstanding faculty member with an extensive bibliography of over 300 papers, chapters and books. During his more than 25 years on the Harvard Medical School faculty, he was Chief of the Genetics Division in the Department of Medicine at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and Professor of Medicine.

As a pioneering molecular endocrinologist, Dr. Chin embraced the early use of emerging DNA technology to make important discoveries regarding the structure, function and regulation of hormone genes. He has been honored with numerous awards for research, mentorship and leadership. He received his A.B. in chemistry from Columbia University and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Cassell is Senior Lecturer, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School. She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) of the National Academy of Sciences, served two terms on the governing board and founded the Forum on Drug Discovery, Development and Translation. She is former Vice President for Scientific Affairs and Distinguished Lilly Research Scholar of Infectious Diseases and former Vice President for Infectious Diseases Drug Discovery and Development of Eli Lilly and Company. Prior to moving to Lilly in 1997, Dr. Cassell was the Charles H. McCauley Professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology at the University of Alabama Schools of Medicine and Dentistry at Birmingham, a department which ranked first in research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) during the decade of her leadership. She obtained her B.S. from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and in 1993 was selected by that institution as one of the top 31 female graduates of the Centennial following the admission of the first female to the University in 1893. She obtained her Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and was selected as its 2003 Distinguished Alumnus. She is a past President of the American Society for Microbiology and is currently serving her second elected term on the Board of Governors of the American Academy of Microbiology.

Dr. Cassell is an elected lifetime member of the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations. She was named to the original Board of Scientific Councilors of the Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and served as Chair of the Board. She has served on the Advisory Board of the of the Director of NIH, Director of CDC, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services Advisory Council of Public Health Preparedness, the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Science Board, the Advisory Committee to the Commissioner. She was a member of the NIH Science Management Board and Advisory Councils of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Fogarty International Center of NIH. For two decades she was a member of the Steering Committee of the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program responsible for advising the respective governments on joint research agendas, (U.S. State Department/Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs). She was instrumental in establishment of the U.S./Russia Cooperative Medical Sciences and Training Program under the Bilateral Presidential Commission in 2009 which was a collaboration involving NIH, the US National Academy of Sciences, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. In 2012, the American Society for Microbiology and the Federation of European Microbiology Societies established the Mäkelä–Cassell Exchange Program for pioneering international engagement for young scientists.

She has served on several editorial boards of scientific journals and has authored over 350 articles and book chapters. She has received national and international awards for her research in infectious diseases, including: two honorary degrees; the CDC Honor Award in Public Health for exceptional leadership and contributions in the development and implementation of CDC's Emerging Infectious Disease Plan 1997; a Citation from the FDA Commissioner for her role as Chair of the review of science and technology at the FDA and the Report FDA: Science and Mission at Risk 2008.

Mr. Cohen has been the President of Richard M Cohen Consultants since 1996, a company providing financial consulting services to both public and private companies. From March 2012 to July 2015, he was the Founder and Managing Partner of Chord Advisors, a firm providing outsourced CFO services to both public and private companies. From May 2012 to August 2013, he was the Interim CEO and member of the Board of Directors of CorMedix Inc. (NYSE: CRMD) a biotech firm developing a catheter lock solution and its successful obtaining of a CE mark in Europe. From July 2008 to August 2012, Mr. Cohen was a member of the Board and Chair of the Audit Committee of Rodman and Renshaw, a publicly traded (NASDAQ: RODM) investment banking firm.

From 2006 to the present, he is a member of the Board and the Chair of the Audit Committee of privately held Helix BioMedix currently developing a topical cream to combat skin lesions and cancers in young children. From September 2018 to the present, Mr. Cohen is member of the Board and Audit Chair for Ondas a publicly traded cyber security firm. Mr. Cohen holds a BS with honors from the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton), an MBA from Stanford University and a CPA from New York State.

Ms. MacDougall has more than 20 years of service with public and private boards as member, advisor and executive management.

Previously, she served as a PwC partner (1994 - 2007), including as US General Counsel and member of the 10-person US Management Committee. After a stint in Paris as PwC's Global Deputy General Counsel, she shifted her focus away from law, first as Chief Operating Officer of Acumen Fund (2007 - 2012), a global impact investment fund focused on goods and services for low-income consumers, then as President of Encore.org (2014 - 2017), a national non-profit that promotes second act careers.

Currently she serves as a board director of Opiant Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPNT), a public company focused on addiction and overdose, where she chairs the Compensation Committee, serves on the Governance and Nominations Committee and has served on the Audit Committee. She is also on the board of Atmos XR, a private IOT technology company. In 2020, she completed her service as Interim Chair of the Board at Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a public company focused on cancer detection and diagnosis. She is an advisor to Nuvo Assets Inc, a rare earths and metals company and is on the Investment Committee of the Builders Fund.

In her volunteer capacity, Ann serves as board member and Governance Committee chair of Strong Minds, a non-profit tackling mental illness in Africa. She is on the Advisory Boards of Global Citizen Year, a U.S. education non-profit, Equality Now, a global women's rights non-organization, The Harvard Advanced Leadership Coalition, and the Global Leadership Council of the World Research Institute, a sustainability research group working with governments and large companies across the world.

Mr. Werth is Founder and CEO of ChemWerth Inc., a privately held Connecticut-based corporation founded in 1982. ChemWerth Inc. is a full-service generic drug development and supply company providing high quality Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients to regulated markets worldwide. Through exclusive development and partnerships with API manufacturers, ChemWerth Inc. provides expertise in product selection and development, analytical and regulatory services, and strong project management to ensure the highest standards of quality.

Mr. Werth began his career working on the chemical side of the generic drug business in 1975 in the areas of Research and Development as well as Sales and Marketing. From 1965 to 1975, he worked in Research and Development for Upjohn Pharmaceuticals, now Pfizer. Prior to starting ChemWerth he was with Ganes Chemicals, a subsidiary of Siegfried Chemicals, where he was Vice President of Sales and Marketing for their U.S. operations.

Mr. Werth envisioned the ability to develop and implement a successful business model for project selection, which he believed was the heart of a successful generic company. Following this business model, ChemWerth has successfully introduced over 130 generic APIs.

Mr. Werth earned a BS degree in Chemistry and Math from Fort Hays State University and a MS degree in Organic Chemistry from Stanford University.