Board of Trustees
KGI Trustees are visionary leaders in business, industry, and education who have guided the formation of KGI since its founding in 1997.
Board Members
CEO and co-founder, Veracyte, Inc.
Professor Emeritus, California Institute of Technology
Co-founder, Chairman & Editor-in-Chief of BioCentury
Senior Managing Director, WaterView Advisors
President and Chief Executive Officer, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Kinetic Concepts, Inc.
Former Senior Vice President, Manufacturing and Operations, Gilead Sciences
President, M.A. Cooper Consultants Inc.
Partner, Curry Henos Partners, Alliance Technology Ventures
President, Center for Excellence in Education
Former Executive Vice President, Amgen
President and Chief Executive Officer, Illumina
Human Resources Consultant; Former Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Genentech Inc.
Senior Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP
Partner, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
Former Vice President and General Counsel, Guidant Corporation
Associate Vice Chancellor for Business Development and Chief Technology Officer, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Director Emeritus, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope
President, Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences
President and Chief Operating Officer, Life Technologies
Chairman Emeritus, MWH Global, Inc.
Vice President, Clinical Research and Development, Agensys
Senior Vice President of Global Customer Operations, Beckman Coulter
Vice President and Investment Analyst, Capital World Investors
Program Executive, Global University Programs, IBM Technology Strategy and Innovation
Trustees Emeriti
Senior Faculty Associate in Biology, California Institute of Technology
President, Brighton Distributing Company
Consultant and Former Managing Director, Dresdner RCM Global Investors
Former President, Pioneer Hi-Bred International
Managing Director, Shamrock Holdings
Trustee, The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation
Chairman, S.N. Phelps & Co. and Clear Springs Land Co.
Chairman, Board of Directors, Illumina Inc.
President Emeritus, Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences
Chairman Emeritus, Beckman Coulter
President, Doheny Eye Institute
President Emeritus, Claremont McKenna College
Emeritus Professor of Medicine & Public Policy, University of Southern California
Former Senior Director, The Goldman Sachs Group