Peter Emtage Ph.D.

Peter Emtage Ph.D. currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer at Santa Ana Bio, Inc. since June 2021 and is a Venture Partner at Versant Ventures since October 2020. Previously, Peter held the position of Global Head of Cell Therapy Research at Kite Pharma from February 2018 to October 2020 and acted as Chief Scientific Officer at Cell Design Labs from March 2016 to February 2018. At Cell Design Labs, a biotherapeutics company focused on developing innovative cell-based therapies for cancer and other serious diseases, Peter contributed to advancements leveraging the immune system to create effective living therapies.