Herb H. Hooper

Herb, who joined Ampersand in 2002, has more than 25 years of experience working with healthcare companies – first as an entrepreneur at Ampersand portfolio company ACLARA Biosciences, and later as an Ampersand Partner and then Managing Partner. His current and past board seats include Avista, Brammer Bio, GENEWIZ, Genoptix, Nexelis and Viracor-IBT Laboratories He also serves on the College of Chemistry Advisory Board for the University of California, Berkeley. Herb holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.