Richard Douglas

Dr. Douglas formerly served as the Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Corporate Officer at Genzyme Corporation from 1989 until Genzyme was acquired by Sanofi in 2011. During this period, Dr. Douglas led numerous acquisitions, licenses, financings, joint ventures, and strategic alliances. He had previously served in science and corporate development capacities at Integrated Genetics prior to its acquisition by Genzyme. He currently serves as an adviser to RedSky Partners, a Biotechnology-focused advisory firm. He is Chairman of the Board of Aldeyra Therapeutics and on the Board of Novavax Inc. Dr. Douglas received a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, and was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at California Institute of Technology in Leroy Hood’s laboratory. He has a degree in Chemistry from the University of Michigan, where he now serves as chair of the National Advisory Board for the Office of Technology Transfer and also on two translational research oversight committees for the University’s Medical School.