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EXECUTIVES AND ADVISORS

MARIA L. MACCECCHINI, Ph. D.
Founder, President, CEO and Executive Board Member
Dr. Maccecchini founded Annovis in May 2008 to develop better therapeutics for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. Was partner and director of two angel groups, Robin Hood Ventures and MidAtlantic Angel Group; Founder and CEO of Symphony Pharmaceuticals/Annovis a biotech company that sold in 2001 to Transgenomic; General Manager of Bachem Bioscience, the US subsidiary of Bachem AG, Switzerland and Head Molecular Biology Mallinckrodt; Dr. Maccecchini did one postdoc at Caltech and one at the Roche Institute of Immunology, her PhD in biochemistry is from the Biocenter of Basel with a two-year visiting fellowship at The Rockefeller University.
JEFFREY MCGROARTY
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. McGroarty is a financial executive with experience in investor relations, working with analysts, creditors and financial institutions, planning and analysis, capital allocation, SEC communications and reporting, accounting, acquisitions and turnarounds. He is experienced in effectively managing complex projects, building professional relations and developing staff. Mr. McGroarty was previously employed as CFO of Safeguard Scientifics, Interim Controller at Cephalon, Inc., Vice President-Financial Planning and Analysis of Exide Technologies, Inc., and Senior Manager at PWC. Jeff’s MBA is from the Wharton School of Business.
JEFFREY CUMMINGS, M.D.
Chef Medical Advisor and SAB Member
Dr. Cummings completed a Neurology residency and a Fellowship in Behavioral Neurology at Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts. US training was followed by a Research Fellowship in Neuropathology and Neuropsychiatry at the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square, London, England. Dr. Cummings was formerly Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at UCLA, director of the Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research at UCLA, director of the Deane F. Johnson Center for Neurotherapeutics at UCLA and director of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas, Cleveland, and Florida. He is a past president of the Behavioral Neurology Society and of the American Neuropsychiatric Association. Dr. Cummings has authored or edited 30 books and published nearly 600 peer-reviewed papers.
WILLIAM MOBLEY, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Advisor and SAB Member
Dr. Mobley is a distinguished Professor, Department of Neurosciences, Florence Riford Chair for Alzheimer Research and Associate Dean for Neurosciences Initiatives at UC San Diego. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine. His research focuses on the neurobiology of neurotrophic factor actions/signaling and on the hypothesis that dysfunction of such signaling mechanisms contributes to neuronal dysfunction in developmental and age-related disorders of the neurosystem.
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