Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Board of Directors

Board of Directors

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Nicole S. Williams M.B.A.: Ms. Williams served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Abraxis Bioscience, Inc. a biopharmaceutical company (formerly American Pharmaceuticals Partners, Inc.). Previously, Ms. Williams was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of R.P. Scherer Corporation, a leading drug delivery company. She earned her MBA from the University of Chicago, as well as a Master of Science in International Affairs and her undergraduate degree from the Université de Genève. Ms. Williams also serves on the Board of Directors and is Audit Chair for Orchid Cellmark, Inc.
Kurt W. Briner
Co-Chairman of the Board: Kurt W. Briner is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Sanofi Pharma S.A. in Paris, France, a position he held from 1988 until his retirement in 2000, and he has nearly 32 years' experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Mr. Briner is currently also a director of Novo Nordisk Danmark and Galenica S.A., each a European-based pharmaceutical company. He attended Humanistisches Gymnasium in Basel and Ecole de Commerce in Basel and Lausanne.
Paul F. Jacobson
Co-Chairman of the Board: Paul F. Jacobson has been the Chief Executive Officer of Diversified Natural Products Co., a privately held industrial biotechnology company, since 2003. Mr. Jacobson has also been a general partner of Starting Point Venture Partners, a private investment fund, since 1999. Previously, Mr. Jacobson was Managing Director of fixed income securities at Deutsche Bank from January 1996 to November 1997. He was President of Jacobson Capital Partners from 1993 to 1996. From 1986 to 1993, Mr. Jacobson was a partner at Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he was responsible for government securities trading activities. Mr. Jacobson received a B.A. from Vanderbilt University and an M.B.A. from Washington University.
Paul J. Maddon M.D., Ph.D.: Paul J. Maddon, M.D., Ph.D. is our founder and has served in various capacities since our inception, including as our Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Science Officer. From 1981 to 1988, Dr. Maddon performed research at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Columbia University in the laboratory of Dr. Richard Axel. Dr. Maddon serves on several NIH scientific review committees and also serves on the board of directors of Epixis SA, a French biotechnology company. He received a B.A. in biochemistry and mathematics and a M.D. and a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biophysics from Columbia University. Dr. Maddon has been an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University since 1989.
Charles A. Baker: Charles A. Baker is a business advisor to biotechnology companies. He is the former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Liposome Company, Inc., a biotechnology company located in Princeton, New Jersey, a position he held from 1989 until his retirement in 2000. Mr. Baker is currently a director of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company. Mr. Baker has 42 years of pharmaceutical industry experience and has held senior management positions at Pfizer, Abbott Laboratories and Squibb Corporation. Mr. Baker received a B.A. from Swarthmore College and a J.D. from Columbia University.
Mark F. Dalton: Mark F. Dalton has been the President and a director of Tudor Investment Corporation, an investment advisory company, and its affiliates since 1988, and has been the President and Vice Chairman of such companies since 2005. From 1979 to 1988, he served in various senior management positions at Kidder, Peabody & Co. Incorporated, including Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Dalton is currently a director of several private companies. Mr. Dalton received a B.A. from Denison University and a J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School.
Stephen P. Goff Ph.D.: Stephen P. Goff, Ph.D. has been a member of our Virology Scientific Advisory Board since 1988 and has been its Chairman since April 1991. Dr. Goff has been the Higgins Professor in the Departments of Biochemistry and Microbiology at Columbia University since June 1990. He received an A.B. in biophysics from Amherst College and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Stanford University. Dr. Goff performed post-doctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the laboratory of Dr. David Baltimore.
David A. Scheinberg M.D., Ph.D.: David A. Scheinberg, M.D., Ph.D. has been a member of our Cancer Scientific Advisory Board since 1994. Dr. Scheinberg has been associated with Sloan-Kettering since 1986, where he is the Vincent Astor Chair and Member, Leukemia Service; Chairman, Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program; Chairman, Experimental Therapeutics Center; Member, Clinical Immunology Service; and Head, Laboratory of Hematopoietic Cancer Immunochemistry. He also holds the position of Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, Weill-Cornell Medical College. He received a B.A. from Cornell University and an M.D. and a Ph.D. in pharmacology and experimental therapeutics from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.