Company: TYRA
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-085709
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Company: Tyra Biosciences, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: DEF 14A
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 Certain individual qualifications and skills of our directors that contribute to the Board’s effectiveness as a whole are described in the following paragraphs.8
**Vote required

The proposal regarding the election of directors requires the approval of a plurality of the votes cast. This means that the nominees receiving the highest number of affirmative “FOR” votes will be elected as Class I Directors. Votes withheld and broker non-votes are not considered to be votes cast and, accordingly, will have no effect on the outcome of the vote on this proposal.

The Board unanimously recommends a vote FOR the election of the three nominees for Class I directors.

Information Regarding Directors

The information set forth below as to the directors and nominees for director has been furnished to us by the directors and nominees for director:

Nominees for Election to the Board:

Class I Directors (Terms to Expire at the 2028 Annual Meeting)

Todd Harris, Ph.D. has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since November 2018, as our Treasurer since February 2019, and as a member of our Board since August 2018. Prior to co-founding Tyra, Dr. Harris served in various roles, most recently as Head of Corporate Development at Sienna Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, from January 2016 to July 2018 and as a director thereof from April 2013 to December 2019, and previously as the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Sienna (then called Sienna Labs) from April 2013 to January 2016. In September 2019, Sienna Biopharmaceuticals filed for voluntary petition to allow restructuring under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code and ceased its operations in December 2019. Before Sienna, Dr. Harris was a consultant at McKinsey & Company in the Health Care Practice Division from September 2008 to December 2012. Dr. Harris holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Brigham Young University, a Master of Science Degree in Bioengineering from the University of California, San Diego, and a Ph.D. in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. We believe that Dr. Harris’ valuable expertise and the perspective he brings in his capacity as our President and Chief Executive Officer, his extensive experience and knowledge in the life sciences industry and his education provide him with the qualifications and skills to serve on our Board.

Adele M. Gulfo,has served as a member of our Board since January