Wharton Club of NY Career Development team is pleased to launch our CEO Talks series designed to help you gain insights into our spotlight CEO’s career path and the drivers for their success.
We’re pleased to be launching this series with Dr. Maria Maccecchini, Founder and CEO of Annovis Bio, a publicly-traded biotech company focused on developing drugs for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. In addition to running her company, she lectures at Wharton on innovation and entrepreneurship and invests in early-stage start-ups.
We’ll start the discussion with Dr. Maccecchini’s career journey from researcher to biotech CEO and investor and the lessons she’s learned along the way. We’ll then open it to the group for Q&A. This is a great opportunity for you to hear her perspective on entrepreneurship, general management, innovation, and investing.
About Dr. Maria Maccecchini
Dr. Maccecchini founded Annovis in May 2008 to develop better therapeutics for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. She is currently its President, CEO, and Executive Board member. Was partner and director of two angel groups, Robin Hood Ventures and MidAtlantic Angel Group; Founder and CEO of Symphony Pharmaceuticals/Annovis a biotech company that sold in 2001 to Transgenomic; General Manager of Bachem Bioscience, the US subsidiary of Bachem AG, Switzerland and Head Molecular Biology Mallinckrodt; Dr. Maccecchini did one postdoc at Caltech and one at the Roche Institute of Immunology, her PhD in biochemistry is from the Biocenter of Basel with a two-year visiting fellowship at The Rockefeller University.
When:
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
12:00 PM ET - 1:00 PM ET
Cost:
WCNY Supporting Members - $10 (WCNY supporting membership costs $95/yr at Join/Renew Membership)
Other Wharton Alumni & Alumni Guests - $20
Gold & Benefactor Members - $0
Meeting Access Information:
A link, accessible by personal computer, tablet or smartphone, will be emailed to all registered guests 24-48 hours prior to the event to the "Primary Email" address listed in your profile. Please login to update your profile and confirm that the email address listed is correct. We will attempt to provide the ability to ask questions at the end of the presentation and time permitting.
Register:
Click here to register. Please register early as events can and do sell out quickly.
Registering from another Wharton alumni club? Click here for assistance.
Cancellations must be made at least 48-hours (business day) prior to the event date by sending an email to Gabriela Sanchez. Refunds or credits for future events are not available for any no-shows or late cancellations.
We’re pleased to be launching this series with Dr. Maria Maccecchini, Founder and CEO of Annovis Bio, a publicly-traded biotech company focused on developing drugs for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. In addition to running her company, she lectures at Wharton on innovation and entrepreneurship and invests in early-stage start-ups.
We’ll start the discussion with Dr. Maccecchini’s career journey from researcher to biotech CEO and investor and the lessons she’s learned along the way. We’ll then open it to the group for Q&A. This is a great opportunity for you to hear her perspective on entrepreneurship, general management, innovation, and investing.
About Dr. Maria Maccecchini
Dr. Maccecchini founded Annovis in May 2008 to develop better therapeutics for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. She is currently its President, CEO, and Executive Board member. Was partner and director of two angel groups, Robin Hood Ventures and MidAtlantic Angel Group; Founder and CEO of Symphony Pharmaceuticals/Annovis a biotech company that sold in 2001 to Transgenomic; General Manager of Bachem Bioscience, the US subsidiary of Bachem AG, Switzerland and Head Molecular Biology Mallinckrodt; Dr. Maccecchini did one postdoc at Caltech and one at the Roche Institute of Immunology, her PhD in biochemistry is from the Biocenter of Basel with a two-year visiting fellowship at The Rockefeller University.
When:
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
12:00 PM ET - 1:00 PM ET
Cost:
WCNY Supporting Members - $10 (WCNY supporting membership costs $95/yr at Join/Renew Membership)
Other Wharton Alumni & Alumni Guests - $20
Gold & Benefactor Members - $0
Meeting Access Information:
A link, accessible by personal computer, tablet or smartphone, will be emailed to all registered guests 24-48 hours prior to the event to the "Primary Email" address listed in your profile. Please login to update your profile and confirm that the email address listed is correct. We will attempt to provide the ability to ask questions at the end of the presentation and time permitting.
Register:
Click here to register. Please register early as events can and do sell out quickly.
Registering from another Wharton alumni club? Click here for assistance.
Pre-registration is required. Registration is subject to availability and will close on Wednesday, February 24th at 9:00am.
Cancellations must be made at least 48-hours (business day) prior to the event date by sending an email to Gabriela Sanchez. Refunds or credits for future events are not available for any no-shows or late cancellations.