Elaine Sun

Ms. Sun has been a member of the Dynavax board since December 2021. Over her career Ms. Sun has led and played key roles in a broad range of transactions, including multiple mergers, acquisitions and financings, valued in excess of $50 billion. Most recently, Ms. Sun served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Halozyme. Prior to Halozyme, she served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer at SutroVax, Inc. (now known as Vaxcyte, Inc.), a private biopharmaceutical company developing vaccines to prevent serious infectious diseases. While at SutroVax she provided strategic, operational and financial leadership for a rapidly growing organization, including establishing innovative agreements with external contract manufacturers. Previously, Ms. Sun served as Managing Director and Head of West Coast Healthcare for Evercore Partners and Managing Director at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Ms. Sun previously served on the Board of Directors of Cirius Therapeutics, a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company. Ms. Sun received her B.A. from Wellesley College and M.B.A from Harvard Business School.