Company: INTS
Filing Date: 2025-06-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001567264-25-000050
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Company: INTENSITY THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-06-02
Form: DEF 14A
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 |  66 |     | President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors |
| Emer Leahy         |     |  59 |     | Director                                                                  |
| Mark A. Goldberg   |     |  65 |     | Director                                                                  |
| Daniel Donovan     |     |  61 |     | Director                                                                  |
| Thomas I. H. Dubin |     |  63 |     | Director                                                                  |

Our board of directors has reviewed the materiality of any relationship that each of our directors has with the Company, either directly or indirectly. Based upon this review, our board of directors has determined that the following members of our board of directors are “independent directors” as defined by The Nasdaq Stock Market: Dr. Leahy, Dr. Goldberg, Mr. Donovan and Mr. Dubin.

Lewis H. Bender is our founder and has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since April 2012. Prior to our founding, Mr. Bender was the Chief Executive Officer of publicly traded (AMEX & OTC) Interleukin Genetics, Inc. (“Interleukin Genetics”), a personalized medicine company, from 2008 until 2012. At Interleukin Genetics, Mr. Bender was successful in raising capital via a direct placement with institutional investors and partnered with the insurance industry for development of an IG product. Prior to joining Interleukin Genetics, Mr. Bender held numerous positions at Emisphere Technologies, Inc. (“Emisphere”), a drug delivery company specializing in the development of oral delivery of poorly absorbed molecules and at the time listed on Nasdaq. From 1993 to December 2007, Mr. Bender held numerous positions at Emisphere, including Interim President & Chief Executive Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Senior Vice President of Business Development, and Vice President of Manufacturing and Process Development. Mr. Bender has over 31 years of biotech and pharmaceutical executive management experience. He has led development teams taking products from discovery to Phase 3 for compounds using novel drug delivery techniques. Mr. Bender has both a BS and MS in Chemical Engineering from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, and an MA in International Studies also from the University of Pennsylvania. He is fluent in French and German. We believe that Mr. Bender’s immense experience in the biomedical and pharmaceutical industries, including at several publicly traded companies, qualifies him to serve on our board of directors.

Dr. Emer Leahy has served