Kathleen Fanning

Kathleen Fanning is President and Chief Executive Officer of Mozart Therapeutics, a private Seattle based biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel CD8 T cell immune modulators in autoimmune disease. Ms. Fanning has over 35 years of industry experience holding previous leadership roles in both public and private biopharmaceutical companies. Prior to Mozart she served as President and CEO at Nohla Therapeutics; a private cell therapy company. During her tenure at Nohla she provided strategic and operational leadership to quickly transition the company from an academic focus to a fully integrated operating business. Prior to joining Nohla, Ms. Fanning was Chief Operating Officer at VentiRx where she was instrumental in the strategic collaboration with Celgene. She has held senior leadership roles at Cell Therapeutics Inc., and CellPro Inc. that included Vice President of Business Development and Vice President of Sales and Marketing where she built and led global sales and marketing organizations. Earlier in her career she spent 13 years at Zeneca Pharmaceuticals (now AstraZeneca) holding positions of ascending responsibility in sales, marketing and early commercial development. Ms. Fanning received her B.A. in Zoology from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She is also a director of Egenesis Bio.