Nonnie Licona

Nonnie Licona has over 30 years of work experience in various roles related to contracts, vendor management, and finance. Nonnie'smost recent position is as a Sr. Director of R&D Outsourcing, Contracts, and Vendor Management at Terns Pharmaceuticals since March 2021. Prior to that, they worked at Gilead Sciences, Inc. for 10 years as an Associate Director of Clinical Contracts and Finance. Nonnie also has experience as a Grants and Contracts Manager at Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute and Lovelace Scientific Resources, Inc., and as a Bids and Proposals Manager at Paragon Biomedical. Earlier in their career, they worked as an Incentives Analyst at Mitsubishi Motors and as a Sr. Pricing/Contract Administrator at Medtronic.

Nonnie Licona earned an MBA from Chapman University between 1997 and 2000. Nonnie also studied Essentials of Government Contract Management at Villanova University. Prior to these higher education experiences, Nonnie attended Regina Pacis.