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Dr. Hutson has served as a director since October 2006 and is a member of our Compensation Committee. Dr. Hutson retired from Pfizer, Inc., where she spent 25 years in various research and leadership positions, most recently serving as Senior Vice President, Global Research and Development and Director of Pfizer's largest pharmaceutical R&D site, known as Groton New London Laboratories. In January 2006, she was awarded a Women of Innovation award by the Connecticut Technology Council for research innovation and leadership for her work at Pfizer's Groton New London Laboratories, where she led 4,500 scientists and managed a budget in excess of $1 billion. While at Pfizer, Dr. Hutson was an active member of numerous committees, serving as Chair of the Groton New London Laboratories Leadership Team and the Exploratory Development Strategy Team, and as a member of the Worldwide Development Operations Group, Senior Leadership Team and the Pharmaceuticals Steering Committee, among others. She was also a sponsor of the Network of Executive Women where she served as a mentor for senior women at Pfizer Global Research & Development. Dr. Hutson has served on various community boards, including the African Medical and Research Foundation, the University of Connecticut Health Science Center, and the Connecticut Business & Industry Association. She has authored or co-authored more than 45 academic research papers and abstracts. Dr. Hutson received her B.A. in General Biology from Illinois Wesleyan University and her Ph.D. in Physiology and Biochemistry from Vanderbilt University. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Diabetes and Endocrinology Center at Vanderbilt and a post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Clinical Biochemistry at the University of Oxford. | 