John B. Henneman Ill has served as a member of our board of directors since August 2019 and was appointed Lead Independent Director in September2020. Mr. Henneman has more than 25 years of combined financial and operational management experience in the life sciences industry. From July 2018until November 2018, Mr. Henneman served as the Chief Administrative Officer of NewLink Genetics Corporation, a biotechnology company, and prior to that, served as NewLink's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from October 2014 to July 2018. From 1998 to 2014, Mr. Henneman served at Integra Life Sciences Holdings Corp., a publicly-held medical device company, in various capacities. Before becoming Integra's Chief Financial Officer in 2007,Mr. Henneman was Chief Administrative Officer, responsible for Integra's regulatory affairs, quality systems, clinical affairs, human resources, information systems and legal affairs functions, the management of Integra's surgical instruments business, and Integra's business development function. Mr. Henneman serves on the boards of directors of R1 RCM, Inc., a publicly-held revenue cycle technology and management services company, SeaSpine Holdings Corporation, a publicly-held medical technology company, and Alafair Biosciences, Inc., a privately-held medical device company. Mr. Hennemar also senior advisor to Prettybrook Partners, a private equity firm, and a consultant to SparkMed Advisors LLC, which provides consulting and other services to start-up medical device and biotechnology companies.