Company: ATRA
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-059322
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Company: Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
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 occurrence, shares that would have been voted for that nominee will instead be voted for the election of a substitute nominee proposed by the Board. Each person nominated for election has agreed to serve if elected. We have no reason to believe that any nominee will be unable to serve.

The following is a brief biography of each nominee and each director whose term will continue after the Annual Meeting.

Nominees for Election for a Three-Year Term Expiring at the 2028 Annual Meeting

AnhCo Nguyen Ph.D., 52,has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board since September 2024. Dr. Nguyen joined the Company in May 2021 as Senior Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer and assumed the role of Executive Vice President, Chief Scientific and Technical Officer in May 2023. Prior to joining the Company in May 2021, Dr. Nguyen held roles of increasing responsibility in research and development at Fate Therapeutics, Inc., most recently as its Vice President, Research and Development Innovation. Previously, from April 2018 to November 2019, Dr. Nguyen served as Senior Director, Oncology R&D at Pfizer. Dr. Nguyen received his undergraduate degree in biology from Harvard College and a Ph.D. in Immunology from Washington University in St. Louis. He was a Postdoctoral Associate at the Center for Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. We believe that Dr. Nguyen is qualified to serve on our Board due to his role as our President and Chief Executive Officer, his deep industry knowledge and experience leading research efforts in the field.

Matthew K. Fust,60, has served as a member of the Board since March 2014. Mr. Fust is a board member and advisor to life sciences companies. Mr. Fust has served on the board of directors of Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. since February 2018, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc. since January 2014, and Neumora Therapeutics, Inc. since December 2020. Mr. Fust formerly served of the board of directors of Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2005 to 2017, MacroGenics, Inc. from March 2014 until the expiration of his term in May 2020, and Dermira, Inc. from April 2014 through its acquisition by Eli Lilly and Company in February 2020. Mr. Fust was previously Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company