The stewardship and oversight of the affairs, business, and effective management of the IGI are the responsibility of the IGI Governance Board, a group of groundbreaking thinkers with broad experience in biological sciences and the leadership of dynamic institutions.
For inquiries about the IGI Governance Board, please contact Pattie Altizio at [email protected].
Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D.
Founder and President, Innovative Genomics Institute; Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology and Chemistry, UC Berkeley. (Board Chair)
Steven Altschuler, M.D.
Managing Director of Healthcare Ventures at Ziff Capital Partners, CEO and board chair at Corner Therapeutics, and co-founder of Spark Therapeutics (now part of Roche).
Alan Ashworth, Ph.D., F.R.S.
E. Dixon Heise Distinguished Professor in Oncology, UCSF; President, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; Senior Vice President for Cancer Services, UCSF Health; Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, UCSF.
Mike Botchan, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Innovative Genomics Institute; Dean of Biological Sciences Division, UC Berkeley. (Non-Voting Member)
Carol Christ, Ph.D.
Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 2017–2024, scholar of Victorian literature, an advocate for quality, accessible public higher education, and a champion of women’s issues and diversity on college campuses.
Sam Hawgood, MBBS
Chancellor of UC San Francisco, 2014–present, Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Distinguished Professor. Member American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Association of Physicians, and the National Academy of Medicine.
Katherine High, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics Emerita, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania.
Reed Jobs
Reed Jobs is the Managing Director of the Health Team of Emerson Collective, a social change focused family office based in Palo Alto.
Rich Lyons, Ph.D.
Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 2024–present, former Associate Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at UC Berkeley, and Professor of Economics and Finance at the Haas School of Business, where he served as Dean from 2008–2018.
Edward Penhoet, Ph.D.
Associate Dean of Biological Sciences and Professor Emeritus of Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley.
Robert Tjian, Ph.D.
Li Ka Shing Chancellor’s Chair in Biology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley; Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator.