Joel S. Marcus, JD, CPA, joined the Board in December 2020. He is Executive Chairman and Founder of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc/Alexandria Venture Investments, which is the preeminent developer of life science campuses with a mission to advance human health. Alexandria is an S&P 500 company with a total enterprise value of $33 billion and Alexandria Venture Investments is the company’s strategic venture capital platform. Prior to co-founding Alexandria, Joel had an extensive legal career specializing in corporate finance and capital markets, venture capital, and mergers and acquisitions. Joel received his BA and JD from UCLA.