Rick Orr

Rick Orr joined SiteOne’s board of directors in May 2014 and brings more than 15 years of operational and legal experience in the biotechnology industry.

Mr. Orr serves as President, Chief Executive Officer and board member of Adynxx, a life science company located in San Francisco, California dedicated to developing transformative pain therapies. Prior to joining Adynxx, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Corthera where he led the successful sale of the company to Novartis in February 2010. Prior to his role at Corthera, he was Sr. Vice President, Operations of Cerexa, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Forest Laboratories. Mr. Orr was one of the founders of Cerexa and served as General Counsel until the company was acquired by Forest Laboratories in January 2007.

Earlier in his career, he served as the Associate General Counsel of Peninsula Pharmaceuticals where he played a central role in structuring the acquisition of Peninsula by Johnson & Johnson in June 2005. Prior to working at Peninsula, Rick was an attorney at Cooley LLP. Mr. Orr received a JD magna cum laude from the University of San Francisco School of Law. He received a BA from The Ohio State University and an MA from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is a member of the State Bar of California.