Company: PGEN
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: 10-K/A
Source: 0001356090-25-000011
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Company: PRECIGEN, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: 10-K/A
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 at the Scripps Research Institute, working on various immunotherapeutic modalities in the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases.

Dr. Sabzevari’s contributions in the field of tumor immunology earned her the National Institutes of Health (NIH) merit award for major contribution to the field of cancer immunotherapy, and she has also received the Mass High Tech’s Women to Watch Award, the PharmaVOICE 100 Award (2013 and 2022), PharmaVOICE 100 Red Jacket award (2023), and the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Team Science Award for her work on the NCI Cancer Immunotherapy Program Team. Dr. Sabzevari has been recognized on the Forbes 50 over 50: The Visionary List, Maryland’s Top 100 Women and PM360’s Elite 100 Strategists.

We believe Dr. Sabzevari brings to the Board expertise in research and development of immunotherapy-based therapeutics, experience translating novel treatments from preclinical stage into the clinic, and extensive leadership experience and knowledge of the industry.

James Turley has served as a Board member since April 2014. Mr. Turley is retired after serving as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ernst & Young LLP (“Ernst & Young”) from 2001 to June 2013. From 1994 to 2001, Mr. Turley served as Regional Managing Partner of Ernst & Young. Mr. Turley has served on the board of directors of Citigroup Inc., a leading global bank, since 2013, Emerson Electric Co., a global automation leader bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions for the world’s most essential industries, since July 2013, and Northrop Grumman Corporation, a leading global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions to government and commercial customers worldwide, since April 2015. Mr. Turley has also served as a board member of Kohler Company since April 2016 and St. Louis Trust & Family Office since April 2019 (privately-held companies) and a board member of various philanthropic organizations. Mr. Turley holds an undergraduate degree and a master’s degree in accounting from Rice University.

We believe Mr. Turley’s extensive management experience as the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of one of the world’s largest accounting firms, his accounting and financial expertise, and his experience in serving on the boards of directors of publicly traded companies make him well qualified to serve on the Board. Having served as Chair and CEO of Ernst