Board Committees

Dr. Ryan has served as our director since 2013. Dr. Ryan has extensive experience leading public, private and non-profit companies. She serves on the boards of Cortexyme (CRTX), Elemental Machines (chair), Cambridge in America, and Bristol University US Foundation (chair). Dr. Ryan is an LP at Breakout Ventures and Lionheart Ventures. She focuses on women-led ventures as Managing Director of Golden Seeds, and partner in Astia Angels. She has a large portfolio of early-stage companies in San Francisco and Boston. She was a serial CEO of Diagnostics for All, Waltham Technologies and AVANT (now CLDX). Continuing a career translating science to successful businesses, Dr. Ryan is now translating science to art and founded ULUX (www.uluxart.com) bringing science perspectives to the art world. Dr. Ryan holds a Ph.D. from Cambridge University, B.Sc. degrees and honorary D.Sc. from Bristol University. Her academic career included Professorships of Medicine at Miami, Washington and Boston Universities. She held the titles Howard Hughes Investigator, American Heart Association Established Investigator, and NIH MERIT Awardee. She has received numerous awards including the Albert Einstein Award (2007) for outstanding achievement in the life sciences, the Cartier Award (2009) and World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer (2011). In 2002, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II awarded Dr. Ryan the Order of the British Empire (OBE).

Dr. Marton serves as a consultant to industry and to nonprofit, government, and academic institutions. In the nonprofit sector, Dr. Marton is an Emeritus Member of the Board of Trustees of the American Association for Cancer Research Foundation and is on the Board of Directors of Cancer Commons.  In the for-profit sector, he serves on the Boards of Directors of Cellsonics, Matternet, Microsonic Systems, Nanotics, Omniox (also serving as Executive Chair), RenovoRx, and xCures and is an advisor to Assurance Health Data, PharmaJet, and the Precision Medicine World Conference.

Previously, Dr. Marton was Dean of the University of Wisconsin Medical School and Chaired the Department of Laboratory Medicine at UCSF, where he was a Professor in the Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Neurological Surgery.  Dr. Marton received his MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Dr. Spiegel brings more than 40 years of biopharmaceutical experience to RenovoRx’s Board. He was involved in more than 30 successful New Drug Application (NDA) approvals by the FDA and the development and launch of multiple products with annual sales exceeding $1B. While at Schering-Plough, he served as Sr. Vice President of Worldwide Clinical Research and Chief Medical Officer. He was involved in the development of numerous cancer drugs and led the development of Remicade® (infliximab), Temodar® (temozolomide), and alpha-interferon (Intron A) through PH I-III studies, securing the first FDA approval for a biologic protein. After Merck acquired Schering-Plough in 2009, Dr. Spiegel became Chief Medical Officer at PTC Therapeutics where he led the company to EU Conditional Approval for the first drug ever approved for Duchene Muscular Dystrophy.

Dr. Spiegel currently serves on numerous publicly listed and privately held boards, including Geron Corporation, Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Ayala Pharmaceuticals, Athenex and Sun Pharma Advanced Research Corp (SPARC). He also is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, an Advisor to Warburg Pincus and Israel Biotech Fund, and a member of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) TAP committee. Dr. Spiegel completed his Medical Oncology fellowship at the National Cancer Institute and received his MD from the University of Pennsylvania.

Ms. Macfarlane has served as our director since September 2018. She currently serves as CEO of Perceive Biotherapeutics, Inc., a biotech company dedicated to solving the major unsolved causes of vision loss. Ms. Macfarlane founded and serves as a Managing Partner of ForSight Labs, LLC an ophthalmic incubator formed in 2005 to focus on innovation in ophthalmology which has started eight companies in both therapeutics and medical devices. Ms. Macfarlane served as both the founding CEO for ForSight VISION4, Inc. through the acquisition (acquired by ROCHE – FDA approved SUSVIMO®), and founding CEO of ForSight VISION5, Inc. and then at acquisition (acquired by Allergan). Previously, Ms. Macfarlane served as Chief Technology Counsel to The Foundry, a medical technology incubator, and Technology Counsel for Thomas J. Fogarty, M.D., a renowned physician/entrepreneur where she participated in formation development of nine companies from 1999 to 2004. She previously served on the senior management teams and counsel at TransVascular, Inc. (acquired by Medtronic), AneuRx, Inc. (acquired by Medtronic), and VidaMed Inc. (through IPO). Ms. Macfarlane is an inventor on 25 U.S. issued patents. She received her BA in Business Administration from San Francisco State University, and her J.D. from Golden Gate University School of Law. She currently serves on the board of Perceive Biotherapeutics, ForSight VISION6, Inc., Recognify Life Sciences, Spiral Therapeutics, the non-profit Fogarty Innovation and is a mentor in the Ferolyn Powell Leadership Program.

Dr. Spiegel brings more than 40 years of biopharmaceutical experience to RenovoRx’s Board. He was involved in more than 30 successful New Drug Application (NDA) approvals by the FDA and the development and launch of multiple products with annual sales exceeding $1B. While at Schering-Plough, he served as Sr. Vice President of Worldwide Clinical Research and Chief Medical Officer. He was involved in the development of numerous cancer drugs and led the development of Remicade® (infliximab), Temodar® (temozolomide), and alpha-interferon (Intron A) through PH I-III studies, securing the first FDA approval for a biologic protein. After Merck acquired Schering-Plough in 2009, Dr. Spiegel became Chief Medical Officer at PTC Therapeutics where he led the company to EU Conditional Approval for the first drug ever approved for Duchene Muscular Dystrophy.

Dr. Spiegel currently serves on numerous publicly listed and privately held boards, including Geron Corporation, Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Ayala Pharmaceuticals, Athenex and Sun Pharma Advanced Research Corp (SPARC). He also is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, an Advisor to Warburg Pincus and Israel Biotech Fund, and a member of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) TAP committee. Dr. Spiegel completed his Medical Oncology fellowship at the National Cancer Institute and received his MD from the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Ryan has served as our director since 2013. Dr. Ryan has extensive experience leading public, private and non-profit companies. She serves on the boards of Cortexyme (CRTX), Elemental Machines (chair), Cambridge in America, and Bristol University US Foundation (chair). Dr. Ryan is an LP at Breakout Ventures and Lionheart Ventures. She focuses on women-led ventures as Managing Director of Golden Seeds, and partner in Astia Angels. She has a large portfolio of early-stage companies in San Francisco and Boston. She was a serial CEO of Diagnostics for All, Waltham Technologies and AVANT (now CLDX). Continuing a career translating science to successful businesses, Dr. Ryan is now translating science to art and founded ULUX (www.uluxart.com) bringing science perspectives to the art world. Dr. Ryan holds a Ph.D. from Cambridge University, B.Sc. degrees and honorary D.Sc. from Bristol University. Her academic career included Professorships of Medicine at Miami, Washington and Boston Universities. She held the titles Howard Hughes Investigator, American Heart Association Established Investigator, and NIH MERIT Awardee. She has received numerous awards including the Albert Einstein Award (2007) for outstanding achievement in the life sciences, the Cartier Award (2009) and World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer (2011). In 2002, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II awarded Dr. Ryan the Order of the British Empire (OBE).

Ms. Macfarlane has served as our director since September 2018. She currently serves as CEO of Perceive Biotherapeutics, Inc., a biotech company dedicated to solving the major unsolved causes of vision loss. Ms. Macfarlane founded and serves as a Managing Partner of ForSight Labs, LLC an ophthalmic incubator formed in 2005 to focus on innovation in ophthalmology which has started eight companies in both therapeutics and medical devices. Ms. Macfarlane served as both the founding CEO for ForSight VISION4, Inc. through the acquisition (acquired by ROCHE – FDA approved SUSVIMO®), and founding CEO of ForSight VISION5, Inc. and then at acquisition (acquired by Allergan). Previously, Ms. Macfarlane served as Chief Technology Counsel to The Foundry, a medical technology incubator, and Technology Counsel for Thomas J. Fogarty, M.D., a renowned physician/entrepreneur where she participated in formation development of nine companies from 1999 to 2004. She previously served on the senior management teams and counsel at TransVascular, Inc. (acquired by Medtronic), AneuRx, Inc. (acquired by Medtronic), and VidaMed Inc. (through IPO). Ms. Macfarlane is an inventor on 25 U.S. issued patents. She received her BA in Business Administration from San Francisco State University, and her J.D. from Golden Gate University School of Law. She currently serves on the board of Perceive Biotherapeutics, ForSight VISION6, Inc., Recognify Life Sciences, Spiral Therapeutics, the non-profit Fogarty Innovation and is a mentor in the Ferolyn Powell Leadership Program.

Dr. Marton serves as a consultant to industry and to nonprofit, government, and academic institutions. In the nonprofit sector, Dr. Marton is an Emeritus Member of the Board of Trustees of the American Association for Cancer Research Foundation and is on the Board of Directors of Cancer Commons.  In the for-profit sector, he serves on the Boards of Directors of Cellsonics, Matternet, Microsonic Systems, Nanotics, Omniox (also serving as Executive Chair), RenovoRx, and xCures and is an advisor to Assurance Health Data, PharmaJet, and the Precision Medicine World Conference.

Previously, Dr. Marton was Dean of the University of Wisconsin Medical School and Chaired the Department of Laboratory Medicine at UCSF, where he was a Professor in the Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Neurological Surgery.  Dr. Marton received his MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.