George W. Dunbar, Jr. was elected as a director of the Company in November 1997 and served as co-chairman of the board from 1999 to 2005. Mr. Dunbar is currently the Chief Executive Officer and President of Aastrom Biosciences, Inc., a position he has held since July 2006. From 2004 to 2006 he was the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Quantum Dot Corporation. From 2003 through 2004, he was Chief Executive Officer of Targesome, which was restructured and sold during 2004. Mr. Dunbar was previously Chief Executive Officer of Epic Therapeutics, an MPM Capital company, which was sold to Baxter Healthcare during 2002. Earlier, as interim Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Dunbar worked with Dr. Irving Weissman and its founders to restructure both StemCells, Inc. and CytoTherapeutics. Mr. Dunbar’s operating experience includes serving as Chief Executive Officer and a director and engaging in advisory work with many private and public bioscience companies, as well as senior management positions with Ares Serono, Amersham, and earlier in his career with Motorola. Mr. Dunbar is a graduate of Auburn University with degrees in Electrical Engineering and an MBA, and serves on the Business School’s MBA Advisory Board. Return to Board of Directors list