Joshua Silverman
Chairman of the Board
Joshua Silverman has served as a member of the Board of Directors since September 6, 2018 and currently serves as lead independent director and Chairman of the Board. Mr. Silverman currently serves as the managing member of Parkfield Funding LLC. Mr. Silverman was the co-founder, and a principal and managing partner of Iroquois Capital Management, LLC (“Iroquois”), an investment advisory firm. Since its inception in 2003 until July 2016, Mr. Silverman served as co-chief investment officer of Iroquois. While at Iroquois, he designed and executed complex transactions, structuring and negotiating investments in both public and private companies and has often been called upon by the companies solve inefficiencies as they relate to corporate structure, cash flow, and management. From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Silverman served as co-chief investment officer of Vertical Ventures, LLC, a merchant bank. Prior to forming Iroquois, Mr. Silverman was a director of Joele Frank, a boutique consulting firm specializing in mergers and acquisitions. Previously, Mr. Silverman served as assistant press secretary to the president of the United States. Mr. Silverman currently serves as a director of AYRO, Inc., Protagenic Therapeutics, and Neurotrope, Inc., all of which are public companies. He previously served as a director of National Holdings Corporation from July 2014 through August 2016 and as a director of Marker Therapeutics, Inc. from August 2016 until October 2018. Mr. Silverman received his B.A. from Lehigh University in 1992.
Craig Eagle, M.D.
Director
Craig Eagle, M.D. is currently the Vice President of Oncology for Genentech, a position he has held since 2019, where he oversees the medical programs across Genentech’s oncology portfolio. Prior to his current role, Dr. Eagle worked in several positions at Pfizer from 2009 to 2019, including as the oncology business lead in the United Kingdom and Canada, the global lead for Oncology Strategic Alliances and Partnerships based in New York, and as the head of the Oncology Therapeutic Area Global Medical and Outcomes Group, including the U.S. oncology medical business. Through his multiple roles at Pfizer, Dr. Eagle delivered significant business growth and was involved in multiple strategic acquisitions and divestitures. In addition, while at Pfizer, Dr. Eagle oversaw extensive oncology clinical trial programs, multiple regulatory and payer approvals across Pfizer’s oncology portfolio, health outcomes assessments and scientific collaborations with key global research organizations like the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), and led worldwide development of several compounds including celecoxib, aromasin, irinotecan, dalteparin and ozagomicin. Dr. Eagle has served as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board at Generex Biotechnology Corporation (OTCQB: GNBT), a publicly-traded integrated healthcare holding company, since August 2010 and as a member of the company’s board of directors since 2017, and also currently serves as a member of the board of directors and chair of the Science and Policy Committee of Pierian Biosciences, a privately held life sciences company. Dr. Eagle attended Medical School at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia and received his general internist training at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney. He completed his hemato-oncology and laboratory hematology training at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney and was granted Fellowship in the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) and the Royal College of Pathologists Australasia (FRCPA). After his training, Dr. Eagle performed basic research at the Royal Prince of Wales hospital to develop a new monoclonal antibody to inhibit platelets before moving into the pharmaceutical industry.
Stephen Friscia
Director
Stephen Friscia is the manager and co-founder of Kipps Capital, a family office established in 2016. Previously, Mr. Friscia was a managing director and portfolio manager for multiple institutional investment and asset management firms, with several focused in small and mid-cap value equities, including Iridian Asset Management LLC, MacKay Shields LLC, Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc., John A. Levin & Co., Inc., and Evergreen Investments LLC (Wachovia Corporation).
Mitchell Glass, M.D.
President and Chief Medical Officer, Director
Dr. Glass brings a 35-year career in life sciences, with multiple drug approvals including Accolate ®, Avandia ® and Coreg®, to TNF Pharmaceuticals. Through his many years of biopharma leadership, Dr. Glass has established a successful and productive track record of executing successful early- to mid-stage clinical development and regulatory strategies and bringing numerous companies to market entry and commercialization.
Dr. Glass is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary and critical care medicine, with a focus in inflammatory diseases and immunopathology. His biopharmaceutical career spans 35 years across diverse life sciences industries and fields, from broad-ranging executive positions at top ten pharmaceutical companies, to founding, leading and funding start-ups and early-stage biopharma companies. As a long-term investor in the healthcare sector, Dr. Glass is a founder and principal of Medpro Investors, a New York-based venture capital firm focused on the healthcare sector. He is a long-term consultant and regulatory representative for company and university engagement with the FDA and international regulatory counterparts, and he currently serves on the American Lung Association’s Scientific Advisory Committee.
Dr. Glass holds an extensive and successful track record in leading companies through FDA regulatory pathways from early research and development to late-stage trials and market commercialization. His career highlights include 5 new drug applications (NDAs) and marketing authorization applications (MAAs), 7 pre-NDA meetings including international counterparts, 12 End of Phase 2 (EOP2) meetings with FDA, and more than 80 investigational new drug applications (INDs).
Chris Schrieber
Director
Christopher C. Schreiber currently serves as member on the board of directors of TNF Pharmaceuticals. Prior to the merger with MyMD, Mr. Schreiber was previously the President of Akers Biosciences from July 21, 2020 to April 16, 2021. Mr. Schreiber combines over 30 years of experience in the securities industry. As the managing director of capital markets at Taglich Brothers, Inc., Mr. Schreiber builds upon his extensive background in capital markets, deal structures, and syndications. Prior to his time at Taglich Brothers, Inc., he was a member of the board of directors of Paulson Investment Company, a 40-year-old full-service investment banking firm. In addition, Mr. Schreiber serves as a director and partner of Long Island Express North, an elite lacrosse training organization for teams and individuals. He also volunteers on the board of directors for Fox Lane Youth Lacrosse, a community youth program. Mr. Schreiber is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University, where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science.
Jude Uzonwanne
Director
Jude Uzonwanne is currently a Principal with ZS Associates, Inc., a consulting and professional services firm focusing on consulting, software and technology that provides services for clients in the private equity, healthcare, and technology industries, a position he has held since January 2021. Prior to joining ZS Associates, Mr. Uzonwanne was a Principal at IQVIA, Inc. from 2018 to 2020, where he served as the head of the firm’s US Financial Investors Consulting practice and as management consulting lead for IQVIA’s service to a top-6 global pharmaceutical company and select emerging biopharmaceutical companies. Prior to joining IQVIA, Mr. Uzonwanne served as Vice President (Associate Partner) at EY-Parthenon LLP from 2016 to 2018, where he managed teams advising corporate and private equity investors on a range of commercial due diligence targets in healthcare strategies and advised clients on growth accelerating strategies and investments, Principal (Associate Partner) at Bain & Company from 2015 to 2016, where he led cross-border teams advising corporate, private equity and government clients on their Africa growth strategies, Associate Partner at Dalberg Global Development Advisers in 2015, where he managed project teams advising a range of PE and corporate clients on healthcare investments and M&A strategy in emerging markets and the United States, and Deputy Director, Strategy, of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, where he led the Foundation’s Africa strategy team advising its C-level and trustee leadership and program teams on winning in its core Africa market. Since 2019, Mr. Uzonwanne has served as a member of the board of directors of Bonita Foods, a privately held emerging market specialty food and snacks company. Mr. Uzonwanne is a graduate of Swarthmore College (double Honors B.A in Economics and Political Science).
Bill J. White
Director
Bill J. White has served as a member of the Board of Directors since August 8, 2017. Mr. White has more than 30 years of experience in financial management, operations and business development. He currently serves as chief financial officer, treasurer and secretary of Intellicheck Mobilisa, Inc., a technology company listed on the NYSE MKT. Prior to working at Intellicheck Mobilisa, Inc., he served 11 years as the chief financial officer, secretary and treasurer of FocusMicro, Inc. (“FM”). As co-founder of FM, Mr. White played an integral role in growing the business from the company’s inception to over $36 million in annual revenue in a five-year period. Mr. White has broad domestic and international experience including managing rapid and significant growth, import/export, implementing tough cost management initiatives, exploiting new growth opportunities, merger and acquisitions, strategic planning, resource allocation, tax compliance and organization development. Prior to co-founding FM, he served 15 years in various financial leadership positions in the government sector. Mr. White started his career in Public Accounting. Mr. White holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Washington State University and is a Certified Fraud Examiner.