Naymisha Patel

Ms. Patel is Senior Vice President of Quality at Tenaya Therapeutics, leading quality strategy and quality programs for the company’s GXP operations. Ms. Patel has over 25 years of industry experience in quality and compliance, with a focus on building quality functions from the ground up for diverse therapeutics, including some cell and gene therapies. Most recently, Ms. Patel served as Vice President, Quality, for Evolus Inc., where she strengthened quality systems in support of global commercialization of medical aesthetic products. Previously, she has held positions of increasing leadership at Ocular Therapeutics, Prothena, StemCells, Geron and Nektar Therapeutics.

Ms. Patel earned her B.S. from Maharaja Sayajirao (MS) University, India, her B.A. from California State University, and her MBA from Northcentral University.