Dominga
Scientific
Advisory Board
Ronald Green,
Ph.D. – Medical Ethicist
As a
member of the founding team with 27 years experience in Ethics, Ron has had
a substantial influence on the direction of Dominga. Currently he serves as
the Chairman, Religion Department of Dartmouth College, where he also directs
the Institute for the Study of Applied and Professional Ethics. He has taught
at Dartmouth Medical School, Amos Tuck Business School, Stanford, and Harvard.
His positions of distinction include working with the National Institutes of
Health to develop an Institute on “The Ethical, Social, and Legal Implications
of the Human Genome Project.” He served as Director, Office of Genome Ethics,
and was a member of the Human Embryo Research Panel. Professional associations
include American Academy of Religion serving as Secretary, Bioethics Committee
of March of Dimes Birth Defect Fdn, and The Business Enterprise Trust. Ron is
on the Editorial Review Board of Business Ethics Quarterly and The
Journal of Religious Ethics. He has published six books, over 100 articles,
and co-produced an award-winning film aired on public television.
Dennis Drayna,
Ph.D. - Geneticist
Dennis has over 26 years experience in the field of Molecular Genetics. He has
been with the National Institute of Health for the past five years, from 1996
- 1997 at the National Center for Human Genome Research, and currently as Special
Expert to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.
In 1992 he founded Mercator Genetics and served as Director of Research until
its merger in 1996. From 1985 to 1992 he worked for Genentech as a Senior Scientist.
He completed his Postdoctoral Fellowship at Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
his Ph.D. in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at Harvard Medical School.
Douglas T. Dieterich, M.D. – Medical Clinician
Dr. Dieterich was recently named one of the top 50 physicians by New York Magazine.
He serves as the Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Cabrini
Medical Center. At New York University School of Medicine, he serves as a Clinical
Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine. He also has attending physician
responsibilities at New York University Tisch Hospital, Bellevue Hospital Center,
and Beth Israel North. At the National Institutes of Health, he has served
as Chair of several committees of the AIDS Clinical Trials Group. Dr. Dieterich
is the author of numerous journal articles, abstracts, and book chapters on
Viral Hepatitis and AIDS-associated infections of the Gastrointestinal Tract
and Liver. After undergraduate work at Yale University, he attended New York
University School of Medicine followed by residency and fellowship at Bellevue
Hospital Center.
Business Advisory Board
Jack Harding
- Technology Venture Consultant
Jack currently serves as the Chairman and CEO eSilicon, a web based integrated
circuit design and manufacturing company. Prior, to eSilicon, he served as President
and CEO of Cadence Design Systems, Inc., the world's largest supplier of design
software and services for the electronics industry. As the CEO of Cooper and
Chyan Technology, he guided the electronic design automation company from IPO
to merger with Cadence Design Systems. Jack is a member of the Council on Competitiveness,
a Washington, D.C. based, non-partisan organization of Fortune 500 CEOs and
University presidents dedicated to the global competitiveness of the U.S. He
is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Development Strategies, Graduate
School of Public Policy, Indiana University. Jack holds a B.A. in Economics
and Chemistry from Drew University, where he is a member of the Board of Trustees.
Jack Strauss,
MSEE, PMP, CISSP - Internet Security Expert
Jack Strauss is an information security expert with more than two decades of
experience in the design, development, and management of complex military and
commercial computer and communications systems. While in the military, Jack
became an expert in Internet technologies for command, control, and communication
systems, as well as specialized high-performance, classified computing systems
for military fighter and reconnaissance aircraft. He has worked at the highest
levels of classification and has held a Top Secret Security Clearance throughout
his career. While president and CEO of Spectral Systems, Inc. (SSI), Jack was
the chief architect of highly complex and sophisticated reconnaissance and intelligence
programs for the U.S. Air Force. In January 2000, Jack founded SafeCorp, a professional
information security consultancy that helps growing technology companies identify,
develop, implement and monitor information security best practices. Jack has
a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Loyola Marymount University and
a M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology.
Team
Alice
Rathjen – Founder
Her vision is that the company
would mobilize the public for cures and empower individuals to become informed
and involved in shaping the direction of genetic technology.
CEO - Search Initiated (by Charles Grebenstein of Skott/Edwards)
Susan Stuart,
Ph.D. – Chief Technology Officer (Consultant)
Susan brings
to Dominga her passion for patient advocacy and extensive network of cancer
researchers throughout the country. She previously served as Senior Director of
Functional Genomics at Signature BioSciences. Previously Dr. Stuart had
served as the Sr. Director of Biology and Functional
Genomics at Incyte where she established a program in Cancer Biology as Sr.
Director including active research collaborations with the Huntsman Cancer Institute,
The Texas Children’s Cancer Center and the Baylor College of Medicine, and the
University of California at San Francisco.
Dr. Stuart has published extensively and co-authored many of the utility
patents for newly discovered genes.
Susan
completed her Ph.D. in Genetics and Biochemistry at the University of New Hampshire
in 1983. Her post-doctoral training
was at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. This was followed by a fellowship in the Department
of Immunology at the DNAX Research Institute in Palo Alto with Dr. Ira Mellman
at Yale University. Dr. Stuart spent
the next four years as a Research Specialist of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
at the University of California at San Francisco investigating the developmental
and functional roles of T lymphocyte cell surface receptors and intracellular
kinases (laboratory of Dr. Dan Littman) prior to joining Incyte.
William
Kimmerly, Ph.D. –Scientist (Consultant)
Previously as Director of Genomic and Information Resources for Ceres, Inc.,
a plant functional genomics company in Malibu, CA. At Ceres, Dr.
Kimmerly managed high-throughput DNA sequencing, high-throughput
cloning and plant transformation vector construction, bioinformatics,
and information technology. Previously, as Principal Scientist and
Department Head at Novartis Agricultural Discovery Institute, Bill
directed his efforts toward discovery of single-nucleotide polymorphisms
(SNPs) in crop plant genomes, and developing high-throughput methods for
detecting SNPs to support marker-assisted breeding programs. At Glaxo
Wellcome he held the position of Senior Research Investigator and head
of DNA Sequencing. While at DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
he served as Assistant Director of the Human Genome Sequencing Center at
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He has had broad strategic
authority and day-to-day operational responsibility covering a wide
range of activities from production DNA sequencing to laboratory
instrumentation to bioinformatics and administration. Bill received his
Ph.D. in Biochemistry from UC Berkeley.
Lois
Harding, M.D. - Medical Consultant
After completing her medical degree at the University of Medicine and Dentistry
of New Jersey, Lois received specialty training in Adult Psychiatry at California
Pacific Medical Center. Her interest in Dominga stems from her clinical experience
with the varied responses people exhibit related to personal health issues.
Keith
Dieterich - Business Consultant
Keith
is formerly from Etrade and has over 20 years experience in the securities industry
both domestically and abroad. He currently owns and operates an antique and
art business in San Francisco. Keith
has supported and funded Dominga since its inception.
Xavier
Thomas – Visualization Specialist
Xavier
currently works in Autodesk's Kinetix division, using the latest in 3D animation
and streaming media software to create next generation environments. He’ll be
using his his expertise in surface texture, lighting, and special effects to
depict the essence of life.
Jackie recently served as project manager for a series of international award-winning
technical publications at Autodesk. Her experience in project management and developing
custom applications will be critical for managing the development of the software
that Dominga will create to display genetic information.
Alex Fordyce – Application Developer
Alex currently has his own consulting business performing custom web application
development. While at Autodesk, he served as the Webmaster and Systems Administrator
for a product site where he was application designer, project manager and development
manager for the site's sample applications.