Rachel K. King

Mrs. King is co-founder and former CEO of GlycoMimetics, Inc. (GMI). Before founding GMI, she was an Executive in Residence at New Enterprise Associates (NEA), one of the nation’s leading venture capital firms. Mrs. King came to NEA after serving as a senior vice president of Novartis Corporation. Before joining Novartis, Mrs. King spent 10 years with Genetic Therapy, Inc. through the company’s early stage, initial public offering, and eventual sale to Novartis. After the sale to Novartis, she was named CEO and ran the company as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Novartis. Mrs. King also worked previously at ALZA Corporation in Palo Alto, CA, and at Bain & Company in Boston. Mrs. King is the past Chair of the Board as well as part of the Chair Emerging Companies Governing Board of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (“BIO”); she continues to serve on BIO’s board. She also served as Chair of the Maryland Life Sciences Advisory Board under former Governor Martin O’Malley. Mrs. King now serves on the boards of Novavax, Inc. and the University of Maryland BioPark. She received her B.A. degree from Dartmouth College and her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.