Stewart Parker

Director at Codexis

Stewart Parker has over 30 years of experience in the biotechnology industry. Since January 2009, Ms. Parker has served as a Principal at Parker BioConsulting, a biotechnology consulting firm. From March 2011 to June 2014, Ms. Parker served in various roles at the Infectious Disease Research Institute, a not-for-profit global health research institute, including as its Chief Executive Officer, strategic advisor and a member of the board of directors. Prior to that, Ms. Parker has also served in various roles of leadership at biopharmaceutical companies since 1992, including as Chief Executive Officer of Targeted Genetics Corporation, a publicly-traded biopharmaceutical company, which she founded. Since 2014, Ms. Parker has served on the board of directors of IMPEL Pharmaceuticals Inc., a publicly-traded pharmaceutical company and Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc., a publicly-traded genomic therapies company. Ms. Parker also currently serves on the board of directors of various private companies. Previously, Ms. Parker served on the board of directors of Achieve Life Sciences, Inc., a publicly-traded pharmaceutical company, from August 2017 to May 2021, and Armata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (formerly C3J Therapeutics, Inc.), a publicly-traded biotechnology company, from May 2019 to December 2020. Ms. Parker also serves on the advisory boards of the University of Washington Foster School of Business and College of Arts & Sciences. Ms. Parker obtained a B.A. in Slavic Language & Literature and an M.B.A. in Finance and International Business from the University of Washington.

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  • Director

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