Heather Turner, J.D.
Boardmember

Ms. Turner is a seasoned biotechnology executive with 25 years of experience across a range of therapeutic areas and stages of company development. Most recently, she served as Chief Executive Officer of Carmot Therapeutics, where she led the execution of a dual track IPO/strategic transaction process, which ultimately resulted in the acquisition of Carmot by Roche for $3.1 billion. Prior to that, she was Chief Legal Officer at Lyell Immunopharma. Before that, Ms. Turner held General Counsel leadership roles at Sangamo Therapeutics, Atara Biotherapeutics, Orexigen Therapeutics, and Conor Medsystems. Ms. Turner began her career as an attorney in the Business Department of Cooley LLP.  She earned her J.D. at the University of California, Los Angeles – School of Law and her B.S. in Environmental Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.