George Vratsanos, M.D., FACR has served on our Board of Directors since June 2024. Dr. Vratsanos has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Jnana Therapeutics Inc., a privately held clinical-stage biotechnology company, since November 2024, where he joined as Head of Research and Development and Chief Medical Officer in July 2023. Previously, Dr. Vratsanos held several senior leadership roles at Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a pharmaceutical company, including SVP, Translational Science and Medicine, Immunology from September 2018 to July 2023 and Vice President from September 2016 to September 2018. Before joining Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Dr. Vratsanos was the Executive Global Program Head of the Immunology and Dermatology Franchise at Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS) from January 2013 to September 2016 and their Vice President, Autoimmunity Clinical Science Unity Head from November 2011 to January 2013. Dr. Vratsanos previously worked at Roche Pharmaceuticals as a Translational Medicine Leader from August 2009 to November 2011 and at Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) as a Group Director from 2007 to 2009. Dr. Vratsanos earned a B.S. and M.S. in biomedical engineering from Columbia University, an M.S. in clinical investigation from Vanderbilt University, an M.D. from New York University School of Medicine, and he completed a postdoctoral fellowship in investigative rheumatology/immunobiology at Yale University. Dr. Vratsanos is also a Fellow of the American College of Rheumatology.