Our leadership & board of directors

Management Team

  • Judy Van de Water, PhD

    Judy Van de Water, PhD

    FOUNDER,
    CHIEF SCIENCE ADVISOR

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  • Michael S. Paul, PhD

    Michael S. Paul, PhD

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER & PRESIDENT

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  • E. Robert Wassman, MD

    E. Robert Wassman, MD

    CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER,
    EVP OF CLINICAL AFFAIRS

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  • James N. Woody, MD, PhD

    James N. Woody, MD, PhD

    CHIEF SCIENCE OFFICER

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  • Mags McInerney, PhD MBA

    Mags McInerney, PhD MBA

    HEAD OF ASSAY DEVELOPMENT

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Board of Directors

  • Gail Page

    Gail Page

    BOARD MEMBER

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  • Vincent A. Forlenza, MBA

    Vincent A. Forlenza, MBA

    CHAIRMAN,
    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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    Michael Kaufman

    BOARD MEMBER

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    Craig Nemiroff

    BOARD MEMBER

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    Michael S. Paul, PhD

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER & PRESIDENT

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Board of Advisors

  • Marnin Kligfeld, PhD

    Marnin Kligfeld, PhD

    CHAIRMAN,
    ADVISORY BOARD

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  • Chuck Gardner, PgMP

    Chuck Gardner, PgMP

    ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER

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Key Opinion Leaders

Developmental and Behavioral and General Pediatricians:

Dan Coury, MD

Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician

Nationwide Children’s Director of Autism Treatment Network

Tom Frazier, PhD

Professor, Department of Psychology, John Carroll University

Former CSO, Autism Speaks

Former Dir., Center for Autism, Cleveland Clinic

Robin Hansen, MD

Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician UC Davis / MIND Institute

David Traver, MD

General Pediatrician ASD practice in the San Francisco Bay Area

OB and IVF clinicians:

Mary Lake Polan, MD

Currently a Clinical Professor at Yale University School of Medicine.

Currently serves on the board of Quidel Corp and Motif Biosciences as well as on the boards of several privately held life sciences companies.

Managing Director of Golden Seeds, an angel investing group which invests in women led companies

Former Head, Stanford University IVF program

Sandra Carson, MD

Yale IVF Program Head

Former Chair ACOG Reproductive Medicine

Jan Rydfors, MD

Practicing OB/GYN with ASD families

Tony Manning, PhD

Experienced C-Level Pharma/Biotech Executive

Previous Chief Science Officer at Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Developed Nipocalimab biologic, best-in-class FcRn antagonist in maternal-fetal medicine, Successful exit via trade sale to J&J for $6.5 billion

Commercial Advisors

Kristy Consalvo

Head of Marketing

18+ years of diagnostic products and services experience with multiple companies including BD Biosciences, Boston Heart Diagnostics, CareDx, Aspire Women’s Health, and Pion Instruments.

Head of Marketing at Allergenis

Rich Minicus

Chief Financial Advisor

Director, Corporate Business Development, Becton, Dickinson & Co., Chief Investment Officer, BD Ventures; Pfizer Medical Technology Group; Merrill Lynch Venture Capital and Investment Banking; J.P. Morgan Corporate Loan Officer

Stan Lapidus

Experienced Serial Entrepreneur in Autism and Diagnostic Testing Markets

Former CEO, SynapDx (Gene Expression Dx Testing for ASD), Founder of Cytyc Corp. / Thin Prep Pap Smear (acquired by Hologic for $6.2 billion in 2017), Founding President and CEO of Exact Sciences / Cologuard ($10 billion market capitalization in 2025)

Jeff Knupp

Head of Sales & Payor Relations

+25 years managing multi-million-dollar operations and diagnostics sales teams, including at PerkinElmer; responsible for numerous successful product launches and strategic reimbursement programs in prenatal, cancer and autism spaces

Prev. Sales Dir. and Dir. Market Dev. Specialty Diagnostics PerkinElmer