Call us today 212-583-0100 info@enzo.com HOME CORPORATE THERAPEUTICS CLINICAL LABS LIFE SCIENCES CONTACT Officers & Directors You are here: Home Corporate Officers & Directors Officers, Management and Directors Officers Elazar Rabbani, Ph.D. Chairman of the Board of Directors & Chief Executive Officer Hamid Erfanian Chief Executive Officer Barry W. Weiner President David Bench Chief Financial Officer Kara Cannon Chief Commercial Officer Dieter Schapfel, MD Chief Medical Officer Outside Directors Rebecca Fischer Dov Perlysky Mary Tagliaferri Ian Walters Biographical Information Regarding Directors and Executive Officers DR. ELAZAR RABBANI, Ph.D. is an Enzo Biochem founder and has served as the Company's Chairman of the Board since its inception in 1976. He currently serves as the Company’s Chief Scientific Officer after serving as Chief Executive Officer from inception until November 2021. Dr. Rabbani has authored numerous scientific publications in the field of molecular biology, in particular, nucleic acid labeling and detection. He is also the lead inventor of many of the Company's pioneering patents covering a wide range of technologies and products. Dr. Rabbani received his Bachelor of Arts degree from New York University in Chemistry and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Columbia University. He is a member of the American Society for Microbiology. HAMID ERFANIAN, has over 28 years of experience as a seasoned healthcare executive specializing in the diagnostic, medical devices, and life sciences industry. Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Mr. Erfanian was most recently Chief Commercial Officer of EUROIMMUN, a PerkinElmer Company. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer of its US subsidiary, a position he held from June 2014 through August 2021. Prior to EUROIMMUN, Mr. Erfanian held executive and senior positions at several notable diagnostics companies including Diagnostica Stago, Beckman Coulter, and Abbott Laboratories. Earlier in his career, Mr. Erfanian worked at leading diagnostic laboratory testing companies, Quest Diagnostics and Laboratory Corporation of America. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Science and Mathematics from North Dakota State University and a Masters of Business Administration from the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University. BARRY W. WEINER, President and a founder of Enzo Biochem. He has served as the Company's President since 1996, and previously held the position of Executive Vice President. Before his employment with Enzo Biochem, he worked in several managerial and marketing positions at the Colgate Palmolive Company. Mr. Weiner is a member of the New York Biotechnology Association. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from New York University and a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Boston University. DAVID BENCH, Chief Financial Officer for Enzo Biochem, has been employed with the company since 2019. Mr. Bench was previously Chief Financial Officer of ELLKAY, LLC, a healthcare information technology company servicing diagnostic laboratories, electronic medical record providers, payors, hospital/health systems and ambulatory practices. Mr. Bench has served as President of DBC Group, LLC, an advisory and consulting firm working with emerging public companies and as an investment banker at Arete Wealth Management, covering the telecommunications, media and technology industries. Earlier in his career Mr. Bench worked at the investment banking firms of Lazard and Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder. He received his B.A. in Economics and a Masters in International Economics and Finance, both from Brandeis University. KARA CANNON, Chief Commercial Officer, has been employed with the Company since 2011 and is responsible for strategic and tactical marketing, Sales, Manufacturing and general management of the operations . Ms. Cannon previously held executive positions at Pall Corporation, where she focused on commercial operations within the areas of diagnostics, biotechnology and biosciences. She has also held marketing and technical positions at Dynal Biotech (now ThermoFisher Scientific). She has had extensive experience in the marketing and selling of innovative platforms for the diagnostics markets, as well as, the development and execution of strategic plans for the growth and sustainability of diagnostic-related businesses. Ms. Cannon holds a BA from Franklin and Marshall College. DIETER SCHAPFEL, MD, Chief Medical Officer, has been employed with the Company since 2012, initially as a consulting pathologist. Dr. Schapfel served as Medical Director of Pathology at Southside Hospital – North Shore/Long Island Jewish Health System from 2006 to 2012. Dr. Schapfel served as a staff pathologist at Huntington Hospital from January 2004 to June 2006. Dr. Schapfel served as Director of Pathology and Medical Affairs and the College of American Pathologists Director of Pathology, Dublin, Ireland and Farmingdale, NY for Icon Laboratories from February 2002 to October 2003. Dr. Schapfel is a graduate of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, College of Medicine, where he also served his residency. He is a diplomat of the American Board of Pathology with certification in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and is also a diplomat of The National Board of Medical Examiners. REBECCA FISCHER, has been a Director of the Company since December 2019. She currently serves on the Audit, Compensation and Nominating/Governance Committees. Additionally, she currently serves as Audit Committee Chairman. Ms. Fischer is currently the Chief Financial Officer of NYC Health + Hospitals / Bellevue, a position she has held since 2017. She is directly involved in guiding Bellevue and its leaders through complex government and private reimbursement practices and is responsible for all budgeting, affiliation management, accounts receivable, and grant management functions for the hospital. Ms. Fischer began her career at Bellevue as Associate Director in 2003, became Associate Executive Director in 2011, and was promoted to Deputy CFO in 2016. Her prior experience includes positions at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, the Center for State Health Policy at Rutgers University, and the New York City Office of Management and Budget. Ms. Fischer received her undergraduate degree cum laude from Cornell University and her Master of Public Administration in Health Policy and Management from New York University, where she was a recipient of the Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Fellowship. DOV PERLYSKY, has been a Director of the Company since September 2012 and since January 17, 2013 has served on the Audit, Compensation and Nominating/Governance Committees. He currently serves as the Lead Independent Director and Compensation Committee Chairman. Mr. Perlysky has served as a member of the board of directors of Pharma-Bio Serv, Inc. since 2004 and as a member of the board of directors of Highlands State Bank since 2010. Mr. Perlysky has also been the managing member of Nesher, LLC, a private investment firm, since 2000 and a director of Engex, Inc., a closed-end mutual fund, since 1999. From 1998 until 2002, Mr. Perlysky was a vice president in the private client group of Laidlaw Global Securities, a registered broker-dealer. Mr. Perlysky received his B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Illinois in 1985 and a Masters in Management from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University in 1991. MARY TAGLIAFERRI, has been a Director of the Company since November 2020. She currently serves on the Audit Committee. Dr. Tagliaferri is currently Executive Clinical Fellow and Senior Vice President and she was previously Chief Medical Officer at Nektar Therapeutics, a leading research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers and develops innovative medicines in areas of high unmet medical need including treatments for cancer and auto-immune disease. Previously, she served as Chief Medical Officer and Chief Regulatory Officer for Kanglaite-USA and was Co-Founder, President and Board Member of Bionovo, Inc. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree at Cornell University and her medical degree at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Tagliaferri was named to the Women who Lead in Life Sciences and Most Influential Women in Business lists by the San Francisco Business Times in 2019 and was recognized as Woman of the Year, 2012, by the State of California, Assembly District 14. She has been lead author or contributor to approximately 70 journal publications. IAN WALTERS, has been a Director of the Company since November 2020. Dr. Walters is an experienced entrepreneur and drug developer with leadership in the development of over 30 drugs in multiple therapeutic areas involving diverse technologies, leading to five new oncology drug approvals. His previous positions include Executive Director of Global Oncology Clinical Research and Business Development for Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Medical Director at Millennium Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Walters currently is CEO and Director of Portage Biotech, a publicly traded clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing an innovative portfolio of immuno-oncology assets. He is also founder of seven of Portage’s portfolio companies. Dr. Walters holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He received his MD at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and completed doctoral training in experimental medicine at The Rockefeller University. Dr. Walters has been the lead author or contributor to approximately 60 journal publications. Benefits Employment Opportunity Equal Employment Opportunity Privacy Policy Intellectual Property Safe Harbor Statement HIPAA Policy Web Feedback Contact us Enzo Biochem Executive Offices 527 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10022 USA 212-583-0100 info@enzo.com Copyright ©2021 Enzo Biochem Inc.