Leah Rush Cann

Leah Cann is a biotechnology research analyst at Brookline. Previously, she was a Managing Director at Oppenheimer & Co. She began her career as a research scientist with Memtec Corporation and moved to Wall Street in 1992, where she was a research analyst with Oppenheimer for nearly nine years. Ms. Cann was a healthcare analyst for the Boston-based asset manager, Cadence Capital, and later the senior biotechnology analyst for Wachovia Securities. Twice recognized as an All-Star analyst by the Wall Street Journal, she is the founder of Leah Rush Cann Research and Consulting, LLC, an oncology research and consulting organization.

Ms. Cann received a B.A. in in Art History and Chemistry and an M.B.A from Stetson University. She was a post-baccalaureate at the College of William and Mary and a post-graduate at Columbia University. While a graduate student at William and Mary in 1984, she was Miss Virginia-USA, and represented her state in the Miss USA pageant. Ms. Cann has been a trustee and member of several committees of International House in New York City for more than 20 years. She has served on the Board of Directors of MEI Pharma, Inc. and currently serves on the Advisory Board of the RNA Institute at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s Cancer Center at Harvard University. In 2007, she founded the RI-based cancer research charity, Hope Funds for Cancer Research, where she continues to serve on the board and chairs its Executive Committee.