Who We Are

Our Mission

We are dedicated to developing and commercializing novel vaccines to help protect the world against infectious diseases.

Our Management Team

Our management team is comprised of industry veterans that have extensive expertise in drug development and commercialization. With experience spanning successful biopharmaceutical companies to pertinent government organizations, they bring a rich knowledge-base to lead a growing fast-paced company.

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Ryan Spencer

Chief Executive Officer

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David Novack

President and Chief Operating Officer

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Robert Janssen

Chief Medical Officer

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Kelly MacDonald

Chief Financial Officer

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Jeff Coon

Chief Human Resources Officer

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Donn Casale

Chief Commercial Officer

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Todd Lopeman

Senior Vice President, Technical Operations

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Riccardo Manetti

Senior Vice President, Business Development

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John L. Slebir

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

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Dong Yu

Senior Vice President, Vaccine Research

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Catherine Burgess

Vice President, Regulatory Affairs

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Paul Cox

Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications

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Scott Donald

Vice President, Quality

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Eric Frings

Vice President, Site Head and Managing Director

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Friedhelm Helling

Vice President, Process Development and Manufacturing Sciences

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Ouzama Henry

Vice President, Clinical Development

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Eleni Constantinidis Kornblatt

Vice President Commercial Strategy

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Patricia Novy

Vice President, Medical Affairs

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Alex Oh

Vice President, Intellectual Property and Associate General Counsel

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Meg Smith

Vice President, Commercial Execution

Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors is a well-established group with broad leadership backgrounds. Their current and previous roles as biotech executives, physicians, researchers, and investors provides us with multifaceted expertise to help us reach our shared vision for helping patients.

Scientific Advisory Board

Our Scientific Advisory Board is comprised of renowned leaders in vaccine research and development, who work closely with Dynavax’s leadership team to guide our efforts developing innovative vaccines.

Dynavax Europe

Dynavax GmbH (Dynavax Europe), is the European affiliate of Dynavax Technologies Corporation. For more than 25 years, we have been dedicated to the development and manufacturing of vaccines and biopharmaceuticals.

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