Susan M. Molineaux, Ph.D.
Compensation Committee (Chair), Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Susan M. Molineaux, Ph.D. has served as a director of Geron since September 2012.
Background
Dr. Molineaux currently serves as the Executive Chair of Seranova Bio Inc., an early-stage private therapeutics company, a position she has held since January 2026. Dr. Molineaux also served as the Chief Executive Officer at Para Therapeutics, Inc., from April 2023 to July 2025 and as a member of the board of directors of Repare Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage precision oncology company, from June 2023 to December 2025. Prior to her role at Para Therapeutics, Inc., Dr. Molineaux was Chief Executive Officer, President, and a member of the board of directors of Calithera Biosciences, Inc., since co-founding the company in June 2010 until March 2023. Dr. Molineaux previously served as a member of the boards of directors of Cyteir Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage DNA repair and synthetic lethality company, from December 2020 until May 2023, and Theravance Biopharma, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, from April 2015 to April 2022. Before she co-founded Calithera Biosciences, Dr. Molineaux co-founded Proteolix, Inc., a privately-held oncology-oriented biopharmaceutical company, where she served as Chief Scientific Officer from December 2003 to December 2005, Chief Executive Officer from January 2006 to January 2009, and again as Chief Scientific Officer from February 2009 until Proteolix’s acquisition by Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a global oncology-oriented biopharmaceutical company, in November 2009.
Previously, Dr. Molineaux held several senior management positions in the biopharmaceutical industry, including Vice President of Biology at Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on inflammatory and autoimmune diseases; Vice President of Biology at Praelux, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company; and Vice President of Drug Development at Praecis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company. Dr. Molineaux also serves as a Scientific Advisor to Lightstone Ventures, a private life sciences investment company, since September 2016. Dr. Molineaux holds a B.S. in biology from Smith College, a Ph.D. in molecular biology from Johns Hopkins University, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Columbia University.