Board of Directors
Dianthus Therapeutics Announces Two Poster Presentations for DNTH103 at the 2024 American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) Annual Meeting
Prior to establishing Tellus BioVentures, a lifesciences investment fund, Mr. Moulder co-founded TESARO and served as Chief Executive Officer and Director until its acquisition by GlaxoSmithKline. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Abraxis BioScience. Prior to Abraxis, he served as Vice Chairman of Eisai Corporation of North America following Eisai’s acquisition of MGI PHARMA, where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer. This followed him serving as a member of the founding management team of a venture-stage biotech company. Mr. Moulder began his career as a clinical pharmacist followed by a 17-year career at predecessor companies of Sanofi, beginning with Marion Laboratories.
Mr. Moulder is a Temple University Trustee and a Council Member for both the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. He serves on the Board of Directors for Zai Lab, Helsinn Group and Trevena, and for the Tellus BioVentures portfolio companies: Aegle Therapeutics, Interius BioTherapeutics, Navrogen, Praeventix, TamuroBio, Vittoria and Zenas BioPharma (as Executive Chairman). Mr. Moulder received a Pharmacy degree from Temple University and an M.B.A from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Dr. Violin co-founded Dianthus in July 2019 and has served on the Board of Directors since. He was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Viridian Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRDN), which he also co-founded, and is an accomplished scientist and experienced leader in drug discovery and development, and in scientific platform development. He previously served as founding Chief Executive Officer of Quellis Biosciences. Prior to that, Dr. Violin co-founded and helped lead Trevena Inc. from discovery research through clinical development and NDA submission, including multiple rounds of venture and public financing.
Dr. Violin holds a Ph.D. from the Department of Pharmacology at the University of California, San Diego, an M.B.A. with a concentration in Health Sector Management from the Fuqua School of Business, and a B.S. in Chemical Pharmacology from Duke University. He also serves on the boards of directors of Astria Therapeutics.
Mr. Kiselak is a Managing Member at Fairmount Funds Management LLC, a healthcare investment firm he co-founded in April 2016. Prior to Fairmount, Mr. Kiselak was a managing director at RA Capital Management, LLC. Mr. Kiselak serves as chairman of the board of directors of Viridian Therapeutics and is a director for Apogee Therapeutics, Spyre Therapeutics, Zenas BioPharma, and several private companies. He received his Bachelors in Neuroscience and Economics from Amherst College.
Dr. Romano has served as the EVP, Chief Research and Development Officer of Silence Therapeutics, Inc. since June 2024, and prior to that at Silence Therapeutics he was the Head of Research and Development from April 2023 to June 2024, and a Non-Executive Director from July 2019 to April 2023. Dr. Romano is a pharmaceutical executive and board-certified psychiatrist and pharmaceutical executive with over 28 years of drug development experience across a wide range of therapeutic and disease areas. Dr. Romano served as Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer at Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, where he had responsibility for research and development, regulatory, safety sciences and medical affairs from May 2015 to December 2022. Prior to joining Mallinckrodt, Dr. Romano spent 16 years at Pfizer, Inc. where he held a series of senior research and development and medical roles, culminating in his final position as SVP, Head, Global Medicines Development, Global Innovative Pharmaceuticals Business. He has recently served as Chairman of the Board of the National Pharmaceutical Council, a non-profit health policy research organization, and is a past president of the International Society for CNS Clinical Trials and Methodology, an independent organization focused on enhancing therapeutic development of central nervous system therapeutics. Dr. Romano received his M.D. from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine and graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a bachelor’s degree in biology and English literature.