STAFF
Erica Mawby-Roche
Director, Termeer Fellows Program
Ageena Peterson
Operations and Office Manager
Catharine Smith
Executive Director
Lorie Umanita
Administrative Coordinator
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Gail Maderis
Member of the Board of Directors; President and CEO of Antiva Biosciences, member of the Board of Directors at Valitor Inc., the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), and the California Life Sciences Institute
John Maraganore
Mentor and Member of the Board of Directors; CEO and Director at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Chair of the Board for Agios Pharmaceuticals, co-chair of the Termeer Tribute Committee, and member of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) Executive Committee.
Joan Reede, M.D.
Member of the Board of Directors; Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership at Harvard Medical School, President of the Biomedical Science Careers Program.
Belinda Termeer
President, Co-Founder and Member of the Board of Directors; Head of the Termeer family office; member of the Board of Directors of PIC Therapeutics, the Board of Fellows and the Discovery Committee at Harvard Medical School, the President’s Council at Massachusetts General Hospital, the Board of Directors of Celebrity Series of Boston, the leadership council of the Silent Spring Institute, and the Women in Science and Engineering Committee at the Museum of Science; Trustee Emerita of the Boston Ballet
Alan Walts
Treasurer, Secretary, Mentor, Co-Founder and Member of the Board of Directors; Venture Partner with Advent Life Sciences, Executive Chairman of PIC Therapeutics and Artax Biopharma, Board Member of Eloxx Pharmaceuticals and Neuroelectrics Corp, Board Observer at Amylyx Pharmaceuticals and Arrakis Therapeutics, Advisory Board Member of the ALS Investment Fund
Mentors & Advisors
Jeff Albers
Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, Blueprint Medicines
Mike Bonney
Executive Chair, Kaleido
Katharine Bowdish
President & CEO, PIC Therapeutics
John Butler
President & CEO, Akebia
Daniel de Boer
Founder & CEO, ProQR
Elisabet de los Pinos
Founder & CEO, Aura Biosciences
Deborah Dunsire, M.D.
President & CEO, H. Lundbeck A/S
Mark Enyedy
President & CEO, ImmunoGen
Paul Fonteyne
Executive in Residence, Canaan Partners
Jim Geraghty
Board Director & Chair, Healthcare Leader
Michael Gilman
CEO, Arrakis Therapeutics
Paul Hastings
CEO, Nkarta Therapeutics
Kate Haviland
CEO, Blueprint Medicines
Ed Kaye
CEO, Stoke Therapeutics
Alison Lawton
Special Advisor to Office of CEO,
Kaleido Biosciences
John Maraganore
Former Founding CEO, Alnylam
Tom Mathers
Founder, President & CEO,
Allievex Corporation
Geoff McDonough
President & CEO, Generation Bio
David Meeker
Chairman, President & CEO,
Rhythm Therapeutics
Lydia Meyer-Turkson
Sr. Director, Global Early Innovation Partnering Leader, Oncology,
Johnson & Johnson Innovation
Mike Minogue
Chairman, President & CEO, Abiomed
Masako Nakamura
Global Biotech Executive
Paula Ragan
CEO, X4 Pharmaceuticals
Hans Schikan
Top Team Member, Health Holland
Alicia Secor
President & CEO, Atalanta Therapeutics
Craig Shimasaki
Co-Founder & CEO, Moleculera Labs
Paula Soteropoulos
Chairwoman of the Board, Ensoma
Dinko Valerio
Scientist-turned-Entrepreneur
Willem van Weperen
Senior Commercial Leader
Alan Walts
Treasurer, Secretary, Board of Directors,
The Termeer Foundation
Peter Wirth
Venture Partner, Quan Capital Management
James Xue
Founder, Chairman & CEO,
CANbridge Pharmaceuticals
Catharine Smith
Executive Director
Catharine most recently served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Clinton Health Matters Initiative at the Clinton Foundation where she led a team focused on stigma reduction and overdose prevention related to the US opioid epidemic. Prior to that, Catharine was the executive director of the Harvard Center for Primary Care where she led business development, strategy, and operations for a think-tank focused on improving value-based, patient-centered care. She has served in program development and management roles across various health care sectors, directing national and global initiatives in hospital medicine quality improvement and primary care systems strengthening.
Catharine holds a master’s degree in business administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a graduate degree in social science research from the University of Chicago.
Erica Mawby-Roche
Director, Termeer Fellows Program
Erica most recently served as the Vice President of Day and Employment Services at Fidelity House, Inc. a position she held from 2014- 2021. Fidelity House is a non-profit organization in the Merrimack Valley and during Erica’s tenure she led three departments focused on providing individualized and innovative services to adults with disabilities as well as students and Veterans. Among these services included: team and program development that helped foster program growth, sustainability, and enhanced service delivery. Currently, Erica serves on the Development Committees of multiple nonprofit organizations.
Erica holds a bachelors’ degree from Saint Anselm College and is a LEADS 3.0 cohort member. (Leaders Engaged and Activated to Drive System-wide change).
Ageena Peterson
Operations and Office Manager
Ageena is an administrative professional who recently joined the Termeer Foundation as the Operations and Office Manager. She recently served as a Program Manager for Metro Housing: Boston, where she was responsible for the coordination of housing stabilization activities for the Housing Consumer Education Center. There she managed a team of staff including case-managers and housing coordinators and had oversight of comprehensive Metro Housing response to referrals made by state and local legislators, officials, and partners. Ageena is passionate about social justice and has experience working with a diverse client population. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Social Work from Salem State University and is currently pursuing her MBA with a concentration in Human Resources Management.
Lorie Umanita
Administrative Coordinator
Lorie has been the administrative coordinator for The Termeer Foundation since 2018. In addition, she also currently supports the CEO of NE Biolabs, an industry leader in the discovery, development and production of enzymes and technologies for molecular biology applications. Lorie previously worked for Genzyme and Sanofi Genzyme departing in 2019 after a 27+ year career supporting a variety of departments and C-suite executives. Lorie is proud to honor and continue Henri’s legacy in mentoring by supporting the Foundation in its mission to identify and empower people who can bring life-changing treatments to patients. Lorie holds an Associate’s Degree in Hotel Management from Newbury College.