Ms. Crowell was appointed as a director of Cell Genesys in September 2000 and currently serves as managing director of a Flagship Ventures. She is a founding partner of Applied Genomic Technology Capital Funds and was previously the founder and head of healthcare investment banking at Cowen and Company. Prior to this, Ms. Crowell held various investment banking positions at Robert Fleming, Dean Witter Reynolds, Merrill Lynch and Citibank International. She has been involved in key financings and strategic transactions for many companies in the biotechnology sector including Celera Genomics, Cephalon, Genzyme, Myriad Genetics, Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Vical. Ms. Crowell holds an M.B.A. from the Haas Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of California, Berkeley and a B.A. from Wellesley College. |