Richard J. Whitley, MD
Distinguished Professor, Loeb Scholar Chair in Pediatrics, Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology, Medicine, and Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dr. Whitley joined Gilead's Board of Directors in 2008. He is a Distinguished Professor, Loeb Scholar Chair in Pediatrics, and Professor of Microbiology, Medicine and Neurosurgery, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is the Co-Director, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases; Vice-Chair, Department of Pediatrics; Senior Scientist, Department of Gene Therapy; Director for Drug Discovery and Development and Senior Leader, Comprehensive Cancer Center; Associate Director for Clinical Studies, Center for AIDS Research; and Co-Founder and Co-Director, Alabama Drug Discovery Alliance. Dr. Whitley is responsible for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Collaborative Antiviral Study Group, and directs a Center for drug discovery in the arena of emerging infections. He is a past President of the International Society of Antiviral Research and the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and currently chairs both the NIAID Recombinant DNA Advisory Council and the NIAID HIV Vaccine Data Safety and Management Board. He is an elected member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians. He is an Honorary Member of the Irish Academy of Science.
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Daniel O’Day
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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Jacqueline K. Barton, PhD
Professor, California Institute of Technology
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Jeffrey A. Bluestone, PhD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Sonoma Biotherapeutics; A.W. and Mary Margaret Clausen Distinguished Professor in the Diabetes Center at University of California San Francisco
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Sandra J. Horning, MD
Retired, Chief Medical Officer, Roche, Inc.
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Kelly A. Kramer
Retired, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Cisco Systems, Inc.
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Kevin E. Lofton
Lead Independent Director; Retired Chief Executive Officer, CommonSpirit Health
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Harish Manwani
Retired Chief Operating Officer, Unilever
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Javier J. Rodriguez
Chief Executive Officer, DaVita Inc.
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Anthony Welters
Retired, Senior Advisor to the Office of CEO, UnitedHealth Group; Executive Chairman, BlackIvy Group, LLC
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Richard J. Whitley, MD
Distinguished Professor, Loeb Scholar Chair in Pediatrics, Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology, Medicine, and Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Per Wold-Olsen
Retired President, Human Health Intercontinental Division, Merck & Co., Inc.