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CICR Steering Committee

Mary M. Mader, PhD
Chair

Mary M. Mader, PhD

(2022-2024)

Vice-President
Molecular Innovation
Indiana Biosciences Research Institute
Indianapolis, Indiana

Lori S. Friedman, PhD
Chair-Elect

Lori S. Friedman, PhD

(2023-2024)

Chief Scientific Oficer
ORIC Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
San Francisco, California

Joachim Rudolph, PhD
Past Chair

Joachim Rudolph, PhD

(2023-2024)

Principal Scientist
Discovery Chemistry
Genentech, Inc.
South San Francisco, California

Rima Al-awar, PhD

Rima Al-awar, PhD

(2021-2024)

Head, Therapeutic Innovation and Drug Discovery
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
Toronto, Canada

Michelle Arkin, PhD

Michelle Arkin, PhD

(2021-2024)

Professor, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California 

Sara Buhrlage, PhD

Sara Buhrlage, PhD

(2022-2025)

Associate Professor
Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Danette L. Daniels, PhD

Danette L. Daniels, PhD

(2022-2025)

Vice-President
Protein Degrader Platform
Foghorn Therapeutics
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Benjamin L. Ebert, PhD

Benjamin L. Ebert, PhD

(2021-2024)

George P. Canellos, MD, and Jean S. Canellos Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School;
Chair of Medical Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts

Lawrence Hamann, PhD

Lawrence Hamann, PhD

(2023-2026)

President
Chief Executive Officer
Interdict Bio
San Francisco, California

Ingo Hartung, PhD

Ingo Hartung, PhD

(2021-2024)

Director and Head of Medicinal Chemistry GER
Merck Healthcare KGaA
Darmstadt, Germany

Katrina Jackson, PhD

Katrina Jackson, PhD

(2023-2026)

Senior Director
C4 Therapeutics
Watertown, Massachusetts

Daniel La, PhD

Daniel La, PhD

(2023-2026)

Vice President
Triana Biomedicines
Lexington, Massachusetts

David Millan, PhD

David Millan, PhD

(2021-2024)

Vice President, Head of Chemistry
Foghorn Therapeutics
Cambridge, Massachusetts 

Daniel K. Nomura, PhD

Daniel K. Nomura, PhD

(2022-2025)

Professor of Chemical Biology
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley

Jennifer C. Petter, PhD

Jennifer C. Petter, PhD

(2022-2025)

Founder and Chief Innovation Officer
Arrakis Therapeutics
Waltham, Massachusetts

Monica Schenone, PhD

Monica Schenone, PhD

(2023-2026)

Head of Chemical Biology East Coast
Pfizer Inc.
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Hong Shen, PhD

Hong Shen, PhD

(2022-2025)

Head of China Innovation Center of RocheSenior Vice President
Shanghai, China

Frederic Zecri, PhD

Frederic Zecri, PhD

(2023-2026)

Global Head Oncology and Immuno-Oncology Chemistry
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)
Brookline, Massachusetts