Cynthia M. Butitta has served as our director since October 2017. Ms. Butitta served as Chief Financial Officer of Kite Pharma, Inc. from January 2014 to May 2016 and as its Chief Operating Officer from March 2014 to September 2017. From May 2011 to December 2012, she was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at NextWave Pharmaceuticals Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company. Prior to that, Ms. Butitta served as Chief Operating Officer of Telik, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, from March 2001 to December 2010 and as its Chief Financial Officer from August 1998 to December 2010. Ms. Butitta also served as Principal Accounting Officer of Telik, Inc. until December 2010. She has served as a Director of Autolus, Ltd., a biotechnology company, since March 2018; a board member of Olema Oncology since August 2020 and Century Therapeutics, Inc. from February 2021 to August 2025. Ms. Butitta received her B.S. degree with honors in Business and Accounting from Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin and her M.B.A. degree in Finance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Our Board believes Ms. Butitta s financial knowledge and experience qualify her to serve on our Board.