Meet the Team
The Nashville Biosciences team is comprised of industry veterans, physicians and scientists dedicated to serving our clients.
Leadership
Leeland Ekstrom, PhD (opens in a new tab)
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Director
Dan Benetz
Chief Financial Officer
Elizabeth Ann Stringer, PhD (opens in a new tab)
Chief Operating Officer
Wacey Richards, BSE (opens in a new tab)
Chief Technology Officer
Kerri Anthony
Chief People Officer
Michael Hultner, PhD (opens in a new tab)
GM - Data Products
Geoff Nilsen (opens in a new tab)
Vice President & Head of 'Omics
Kamraan Shariff (opens in a new tab)
Head of Strategy & Corporate Development
Amber Watson, PharmD, BCMAS (opens in a new tab)
Medical Director
Board of Directors
Leeland Ekstrom, PhD (opens in a new tab)
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Director
Jon Duane, MBA
Co-Founder & Director
Senior Partner Emeritus, McKinsey & Co.
John F. Manning, Jr., PhD, MBA (opens in a new tab)
Chairman
Chief Operating Officer & Corporate Chief of Staff, VUMC
Jim Kasnick
Secretary & Treasurer
Jennifer Pietenpol, PhD
Director
Chief Scientific & Strategy Officer, VUMC
Mace Rothenberg, MD
Director
Former Professor of Medicine, VUMC | Former Chief Medical Officer, Pfizer
John F. Stein, B.S., MBA
Director
Former State President & former National Healthcare Industry Executive, Bank of AmericaVice-Chairman of the Board, VUMCBoard member, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame & Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at VanderbiltCouncil member, W.O. Smith Music SchoolExecutive Council Member, American Securities LLC
Scientific Advisors
Alexander Bick, MD PhD
Associate Professor of MedicineDirector, Division of Genetic Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Matthew R. Nelson, PhD
CEO, GenScience
Dan M. Roden, M.D.C.M.
Director, Oates Institute for Experimental TherapeuticsAssistant Vice Chancellor for Personalized MedicineSam Clark Professor of Experimental TherapeuticsProfessor of Medicine & Pharmacology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Yu Shyr, PhD
Harold L. Moses Chair in Cancer ResearchChair, Department of BiostatisticsDirector, Vanderbilt Center for Quantitative SciencesDirector, Vanderbilt Technologies for Advanced Genomics Analysis and Research DesignProfessor of Biostatistics, Biomedical Informatics, and Health Policy
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Want to join them?
We are continually looking for exceptional people to add to the team.