ORIGAMI THERAPEUTICS - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• CEO
• Founder
• Member of the Leadership Team
• President
• Discovery Scientist

Beth Hoffman, Ph.D. is Founder, President and CEO at Origami Therapeutics. She brings more than 25 years of CNS drug discovery and has developed over 30 assets that have advanced into the clinic in cystic fibrosis, metabolic diseases, neurology, pain and psychiatry. Prior to Origami, she was Vice President, Discovery Biology for Vertex Pharmaceuticals, where she generated and launched clinical candidates for respiratory and neurological diseases, including first-in-class blockbuster drugs in cystic fibrosis (Kalydeco, Orkambi, Symdeko, Trikafta). She expanded the market for Orkambi and increased sales to over $1 billion, and also generated a novel non-opioid pain therapeutic and other protein folding programs at Vertex. Dr. Hoffman received an A.B. in Molecular Biology from Wellesley College and a Ph.D. in Cell Biology from Johns Hopkins University. She is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Huntington's Disease Society of America as well as a Scientific Advisor for the Tau Consortium focusing on alleviating diseases associated with tau pathology, such as Alzheimer's Disease. She is also on the Board of Biofrontera Inc. (NASDAQ:BFRI).

Job Titles:

• Principal at MoleculeSmith Consulting, Inc

Christopher is the principal at MoleculeSmith Consulting, Inc. and a medicinal chemist with over 20 years of industrial experience. Christopher has worked in neuroscience, oncology, immunological and metabolic disease therapeutic areas as a project leader, project scientist and drug designer. He has been responsible for 10 development candidates and 6 Initial New Drug (IND) applications. Dr. Smith is also recognized as a leader in the area of Fragment Based Lead Discovery (FBLD) and has deep knowledge in discovering novel lead series for new biological targets. Dr. Smith currently is Senior Director for Mirati Therapeutics. Prior roles include Director, Immunology Chemistry at Takeda California and Director at Iron Horse Therapeutics. He completed his PhD in Organic Chemistry at the University of Glasgow and postdoctoral work at the University of Strathclyde.

Job Titles:

• CFO
• Co - Founder
• Member of the Leadership Team

Leslie Schulze, CPA, CGMA is Co-founder and CFO at Origami Therapeutics. She brings more than 20 years of accounting and finance experience in life sciences. Her expertise includes VC financing, non-dilutive funding, licensing and M&A. Ms. Schulze founded Cornerstone Business Solutions to provide CFO-level finance, accounting, and operations consulting services to start-up biotech companies. Prior to Cornerstone, Ms. Schulze was Co-Founder and Vice President Finance and Administration at Rempex Pharmaceuticals, which was acquired by The Medicines Company for up to $474M. Prior to Rempex, Ms. Schulze served as Controller and Director of Finance at Mpex Pharmaceuticals, which was acquired by Axcan Holdings, (now Allergan) for up to $230M plus royalties. Prior to Mpex, Ms. Schulze was an Audit Manager at CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann, where she specialized in auditing small to mid-sized companies. Ms. Schulze received her bachelor's degree in Accountancy from the University of San Diego and is a Certified Public Accountant and Chartered Global Management Accountant.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Leadership Team
• Vice President
• Vice President, Regulatory, Clinical and Medical Affairs

Lucia Mokres, DVM is Vice President, Regulatory, Clinical and Medical Affairs at Origami Therapeutics. She specializes in helping early stage companies with novel technology gain traction and develop an investable technology and business model. She was previously the Chief Medical Officer of EpiBiome, a precision microbiome engineering company. She led EpiBiome through the iCorps program (UCSF), the Springboard Accelerator program, and supported the team through Johnson and Johnson Innovations JLABS, Illumina Accelerator, and the California Life Sciences Institute FAST Advisory Program. Prior to EpiBiome, she was a Principal Clinical Scientist and medical advisor at Evalve (acquired by Abbott Vascular), supporting medical safety and development of the MitraClip, a minimally invasive device used to reduce mitral regurgitation without the need for open heart surgery. Prior to Evalve, she was a Program Specialist at Hantel Technologies, a contract medical device engineering and manufacturing firm. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics.

Job Titles:

• President of Blazing Star Pharma Advisors

Martin is President of Blazing Star Pharma Advisors, a boutique biotech strategic consultancy. He has over 20 years research experience and additionally almost 25 years of pharmaceutical licensing experience. Prior to founding Blazing Star Pharma Advisors, Dr. Eglitis was Senior Partnering Director, Teva Innovative Ventures, part of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. where he was responsible for the identification and evaluation of potential partnering opportunities in the entire western region of North America. Before joining Teva he was Director of Licensing at Amgen Inc., where he was responsible for the identification, evaluation, and negotiation of in- and out-licensing opportunities across the drug development spectrum, from lead stage to registration. Dr. Eglitis began his pharmaceutical licensing career at Eli Lilly and Company, where he spent six years heading Neuroscience and Cardiovascular licensing. Dr. Eglitis also contributed to the first gene therapy IND filing while at Genetic Therapy, Inc., one of the first public gene therapy companies. He obtained his baccalaureate in Biology and Ph.D. in Anatomy and Developmental Biology from the University of Virginia.

Job Titles:

• Associate Editor of Autophagy
• Is Director

Steven is Director, Taube/Koret Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research and the Center for Systems and Therapeutics at the Gladstone Institutes, Investigator, Roddenberry Stem Cell Center and Professor, Neurology and Physiology, University of California, San Francisco. He is best known for his pioneering work on neurodegenerative diseases. Dr. Finkbeiner invented robotic microscopy, a new form of imaging that has helped unravel cause-and-effect relationships in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease), Huntington's, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases. He has used his robotic microscope to resolve the long-standing puzzle in Huntington's disease. Dr. Finkbeiner studies the molecular mechanisms that are responsible for learning, memory, and neurodegeneration. In conjunction with Bay Area philanthropists, Dr. Finkbeiner established the Taube/Koret Center in 2009 to accelerate development of drug therapies for patients suffering from conditions such as Huntington's disease. At Gladstone, he also directs the Hellman Family Foundation for Alzheimer's Disease Research Program. Dr. Finkbeiner has received numerous awards including the Lieberman Award, the Taube/Koret Prize and the Award for Outstanding Research Achievement from Nature Biotechnology. He is a member of the American Neurological Association, the Society for Neuroscience, the Society for Cell Biology and the Biophysical Society. Dr. Finkbeiner is Associate Editor of Autophagy and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Huntington's Disease. He earned a bachelor's degree from Wheaton College and both an MD and a PhD in neuroscience from Yale University.