Harvard Medical School Discovery Council
Members provide a broad, real-world perspective on the School’s programs and activities, identify new opportunities for growth and enhancement, advocate for fundamental and translational research, and secure resources to support the mission and core values of HMS.
CEO, Crescent Petroleum
President, The Termeer Foundation
President, Loreen Arbus Productions, Inc. Goldenson-Arbus Productions
Executive Chairman, Alkeus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Founder and Former CEO, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
Lawrence E. Golub, AB ’80, JD ’83, MBA ’83
Chief Executive Officer, Golub Capital LLC
Chairman and CEO, Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Adage Capital Management, L.P.
Hematologist/Oncologist
Founder and CEO, Yosemite
Managing Trustee, McKenzie Family Charitable Trust
Adam Koppel, MD, PHD, AB '91, AM '91
Partner, Bain Capital Life Sciences
Vice Chairman, Fidelity Management and Research Company
Founder and Managing Principal, Surlamer Investments
Trustee, McKenzie Family Charitable Trust
Rodman W. Moorhead III, AB ’66, MBA ’68
Managing Director (retired); Warburg Pincus
Division President, FUJIFILM Holdings America Corporation
Kush M. Parmar, MD ’06, PhD ’08
Managing Partner, 5 AM Ventures
Theodore R. Samuels, AB ’77, MBA ’81
Lead Independent Director, Bristol-Myers Squibb; Independent Director, Centene Corp
Clarence Ernest Schutt, PhD ’77
Director and Chief Scientific Officer, Nancy Laurie Marks Family Foundation
Principal, Tremont Partners LLC
Retired Chairman and CEO, Century Bank; Chairman, Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation
Ralph C. Sweetland, AB ’62, MD ’66
Former Director, Salem Orthopedic Surgeons, Inc.
James B. Tananbaum, MD ’89, MBA ’91
CEO and Managing Director, Foresite Capital
Retired Investment Banker
Gwill E. York, AB ’80, MBA ’84
Managing Director, Lighthouse Capital Partners, Inc.