Board of Directors

Mr. Brown has been active in the venture capital and private equity business for over 30 years, founding Meridian Venture Partners in 1987. Previously, Mr. Brown was a principal in a merchant banking firm active in both private equity and investment banking. Mr. Brown began his professional career as a certified public accountant with Arthur Andersen & Co. Subsequently, he worked for a subsidiary of The Penn Central Corporation as a financial analyst, and after graduation from law school, practiced corporate tax law at the firm of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in Philadelphia. Mr. Brown has served on the board of directors of numerous privately-held companies, including several healthcare related companies such as Implex Corporation, Dorland Data Networks, Omega Health Systems, Air Medical Group Holdings, and MCMC LLC. Mr. Brown holds an A.B. degree from Princeton University, an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a J.D. from the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Haughey held the role of General Counsel and Secretary at Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. (“Par”) from 2003 through 2016. In addition to his role as General Counsel, he has held various additional executive roles at Par including President from 2011 to 2012 and, most recently, Chief Administrative Officer from 2012 to 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Haughey held positions at Schering-Plough Corporation, where he was Chief Counsel from 1998 to 2001 and Legal Director from 2001 to 2003. Previously, Mr. Haughey was an attorney at Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft and a certified public accountant at Arthur Anderson & Co. Mr. Haughey earned a B.S. in accounting at St. John’s University and a J.D. at the New York University School of Law.

Dr. Nash is the founding dean of the Jefferson College of Population Health, located on the campus of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, having taken that position in 2008. Previously, Dr. Nash was the Chairman of the Department of Health Policy of the Jefferson Medical College from 2003 until 2008. Dr. Nash also serves on the following public or privately held boards: Humana, Inc., Vestagen Specialty Textiles, InfoMC, and previously served on the boards of Itrax Corporation and Endo Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Nash is internationally recognized for his work in outcomes management, medical staff development and quality-of-care improvement; his publications have appeared in many articles in major journals. Dr. Nash received his B.A. in economics (Phi Beta Kappa) from Vassar College; his M.D. from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and his M.B.A. in Health Administration (with honors) from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Walsh has been a member of the Board since May 2018. He is President & Managing Member of Diligence Team and Diligence Group LLC, consulting practices he founded and is based in Durham, North Carolina and brings over 35 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. From May 2019 to April 2020, He was co-founder and CEO of TriPharm Services, an injectable manufacturing business which was acquired by Alcami. From 2015 to February 2019, Mr. Walsh was the chief executive officer of Avista Pharma, a private equity backed global provider of contract manufacturing, development and analytical testing services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients that was acquired by Cambrex. Prior to Avista, from 2010 to 2014, Mr. Walsh was the chief executive officer of AAIPharma Services Corporation in Wilmington, North Carolina, a private equity backed global provider of contract manufacturing services. Mr. Walsh’s earlier career includes serving as chief executive officer of Kadmus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., in Irvine, California, and serving as president and chief operating officer of publicly-traded Gensia-Sicor Pharmaceuticals, Inc which was acquired by Teva for $3.2 billion. Mr. Walsh currently serves as an independent director of the Board of Directors of Avid Bioservices, a publicly-traded company based in Tustin, California and serves on its corporate governance committee and is chair of the compensation committee. He is also an independent director of the Board of Directors of Institute Chemica Emiliano (I.C.E.), a privately held specialty chemical company based in Milan Italy. He is also an Operating Partner (part-time) to healthcare private-equity firm Ampersand Capital, based in Wellesley, Massachusetts.