Board of Trustees

Trustees bear ultimate responsibility for directing the conduct of KGI’s activities and affairs and for overseeing its operations, including:

  • Approval of the Institute’s strategic plan, mission, and goals
  • Approval of the Institute’s annual operating plans, budget, and financial performance
  • Oversight of the Institute’s annual audit
  • Advisement on significant Institutional and academic issues, actions, transactions, and legal matters
  • Nominations of trustees and assurance of effective governance
  • Selection of the president and plans for succession
  • Oversight of evaluations and compensation for the president and senior staff

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Board Members

Mohamaed Abousalem

Mohamed Abousalem

President

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Wade Ackerman

Wade Ackerman

Partner at Covington & Burling LLP

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Bonnie Anderson

Bonnie Anderson

Co-founder, CEO & Chair, PinkDx, Inc.

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Karen Bernstein

Karen Bernstein

Co-founder and Chairman, BioCentury

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Teresia Bost

Teresia L. Bost

Former Interim CEO/General Counsel

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Daniel Bradbury

Daniel M. Bradbury

Executive Chairman, Equillium, Inc.

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Robert E. Curry

Robert E. Curry

Board Chair Emeritus, KGI; Former President, PerceptiMed, Inc.

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Ross Grossman

Ross A. Grossman

Board Chair; Former Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc

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Harlan Levine

Harlan Levine

President of Strategy and Business Ventures, City of Hope

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Maria Millan

Maria Millan

Expert and Entrepreneur in Resident for DigitalDx Ventures

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Yolanda T. Moses

Yolanda T. Moses

Professor of Anthropology and former Associate Vice Chancellor, Diversity and Inclusion, University of California, Riverside

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Carol A. Nacy

Carol A. Nacy

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Sequella, Inc.

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José Ignacio Santos

José Ignacio Santos

Professor of Experimental Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, former Secretary of the General Health Council for the Mexican Government

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Michelle Schroeder

Michelle Schroeder

VP, Research & Development Strategy and Operations, Amgen

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Rahul Singhvi

Rahul Singhvi

Chief Executive Officer, National Resilience, Inc.

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Neil Tolaney

Neil Tolaney

Partner, TCV Investments

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Lydia Villa-Komaroff

Lydia Villa-Komaroff

Consultant of Intersections: Science, Business, Diversity

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Timothy P. White

Timothy P. White

Former Chancellor, California State University

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James F. Widergren

James F. Widergren

Former CEO and President, Corgenix and ORGENTEC

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Cissy Young

Cissy Young

Partner at Catalyst Advisors

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Emeritus Trustees in Memoriam

Judy Heyboer

Judy Heyboer

Human Resources Consultant; Former Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Genentech Inc.

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John D. Leland, Jr.

John D. Leland, Jr.

Retired, Founding Partner, RCM Capital Management

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Arthur D. Riggs

Arthur D. Riggs

Former Director Emeritus & Chair, Diabetes Research Department, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope

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Trustees Emeriti

John Baldeschwieler

John D. Baldeschwieler

Former Director Emeritus & Chair, Diabetes Research Department, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope

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Dennis M. Fenton

Dennis M. Fenton

KGI Amgen Bioprocessing Center Advisory Board Member; Principal, Fenton & Associates, LLC

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Alice S. Huang

Alice S. Huang

Senior Faculty Associate in Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology

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Howard B. Keck, Jr.

Howard B. Keck, Jr.

President, Brighton Distributing Company

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Bernard E. Kury

Bernard E. Kury

Former Vice President and General Counsel, Guidant Corporation

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Richard L. McConnell

Richard L. McConnell

Former President, Pioneer DuPont

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William H. Rastetter

William H. Rastetter

Chairman, Board of Directors, Illumina Inc.

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Louis T. Rosso

Louis T. Rosso

Chairman Emeritus, Beckman Coulter Inc.

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Jack L. Stark

Jack L. Stark

President Emeritus, Claremont McKenna College

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Murli Tolaney

Murli Tolaney

Chairman Emeritus, MWH Global, Inc.

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Richmond Wolf

Richmond Wolf

Partner, Portfolio Manager, and Investment Analyst, Capital World Investors

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