CROZET BIOPHARMA - Key Persons


Becky Barrentine

Job Titles:
  • Partner and Head of Finance, Administration, and Communications
Becky has 25+ years of experience in corporate business roles from marketing communications to administration to accounting & finance in a variety of industries and for non-profits to Fortune 50 firms.

D. Gray Heppner - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Medical Officer
  • Managing Partner
Dr. Heppner is a vaccinologist and board-certified infectious disease physician with 29 years of of research and development experience, including clinical trial design and execution in the US and overseas.

Gary McNeil

Job Titles:
  • Development
Gary brings over 25 years of experience in the biotech industry. During this time he has performed bench research and developed the downstream process

Joan Fusco - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Development Officer
  • Managing Partner
Dr. Fusco has 30 years experience in the biotechnology/vaccines industry serving across major functional areas with 20 years in executive management responsibile for technical, programmatic and general operations.

Joe Crowell

Job Titles:
  • Partner and Head of Technical Operations
Mr. Crowell is responsible for directing the tech transfer, process development, cGMP manufacturing and vaccine supply chain efforts in support of vaccine clinical development programs.

Kelly Scappaticci

Job Titles:
  • Partner and Head of Project Management
Kelly has 20 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical and vaccine industry with expertise in project management and quality control.

Lewis Markoff

Job Titles:
  • Regulatory Affairs
Dr. Markoff is a widely known virologist with special expertise in vaccine development and regulatory science. He has more than 40 years experience in these fields including 27 years US FDA in the Division of Viral Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER).

Lynda Tussey

Job Titles:
  • Partner and Head of Immunology and Translational Medicin
Dr Tussey has been a senior researcher, director and executive manager of vaccine development for over 20 years. She specializes in the transition of products from discovery to clinical stage.

Michele DeVries

Job Titles:
  • Regulatory Affairs
Ms. DeVries has over 20 years of experience in drug development in the biopharmaceutical industry, including work in vaccines, endocrinology, oncology, infectious disease, combination products, and dermatology.

Rick Nichols

Job Titles:
  • Partner and Head of Analytical Development and Clinical Immunology
Rick brings over 25 years of experience in vaccine research, analytical development, validation and GCLP testing of clinical trial specimens and for analytics supporting manufacturing and control of biological products.

Thomas Monath - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Scientific Officer
  • Managing Partner
Dr. Monath is an internationally renowned virologist and vaccinologist with over 50 years' experience in research on viral and bacterial diseases, 25 of which have been in the vaccines industry.

Tracy Kemp

Job Titles:
  • Partner and Head of Clinical Operations
Tracy has 25 years of experience in global drug development and clinical operations from preclinical research through Phase I-IV trials and regulatory submissions.