David Mazzo
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Lisata Therapeutics
United States
David J. Mazzo, Ph.D. was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer on March 28, 2017 having previously been named Chief Executive Officer and an executive director of the Company's board of directors on January 5, 2015. Dr. Mazzo brings to Lisata over 40 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Prior to his role at Lisata, he held executive leadership positions at Regado Biosciences, Inc., Æterna Zentaris, Inc., and Chugai Pharmaceutical, a member of the Roche Group. He currently serves on the board of directors of Feldan Therapeutics, a private company developing technology for the intracellular delivery of therapeutic agents, where he has served on the board since January 2021 and as Chairman since October 2023.
Dr. Mazzo earned a B.A. in the Honors Program (Interdisciplinary Humanities) and a B.S. in Chemistry from Villanova University. In addition, Dr. Mazzo received his M.S. in chemistry and his Ph.D. degree in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He was also a research fellow at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland. Recently, Dr. Mazzo was named a PharmaVoice Top 100 award winner for 2024 in the Standout Leader category.
He is bilingual: English (native) and French.
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10-Feb-2025