2026 GCRIS Co-Chair Committee

Burt Zweigenhaft, PhD, DLitt

Executive Director, Co-Founder

AVBCC

Anthony Barisano

Vice President, Global HEOR

Bristol Myers Squibb

Howard “Skip” Burris, MD

President

Sarah Cannon

Research Institute

Jennifer Hawks Bland

Chief Executive Officer

NewYorkBIO

Andrea Cercek, MD

Gastrointestinal Medical Oncologist

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Jill DeSimone

Board Member

Swim Across America

Luis Diaz, MD

Head, Division of Solid Tumor, Gastrointestinal Medical Oncologist

Memorial SloanKettering Cancer Center

John Dierkes

Principal Advisor

TrueNorth LifeSciences

Jonathan Fassberg

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

astr partners

Aida Habtezion, MD, MSc, FRCPC, AGAF

Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Stanford University

Former Chief Medical Officer and Head of Worldwide Medical &

Safety, Pfizer

Sunil Joshi

President & CEO

Protelis Biotechnology

Sean Khozin, MD, MPH

Chief Executive Officer

Roundtable on Cancer

Larry Norton, MD

Senior Vice President, Office of the President, Medical Director

Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center, Norna S. Sarofim Chair in Clinical Oncology MSKCC

Isabelle Rivere

Vice President, Cell Therapy Sciences

Takeda

Steven Rosen, MD, FACP, FASCO, FAIMBE

Provost and Chief Scientific Officer

City of Hope

Nick Sarlis, MD, PhD

Chief Medical Officer

Cleara Biotech

Stan Skrzypczak, MS, MBA

Managing Partner

5 Prime Life Science Consulting, Inc.

Matt Vossler

Managing Director

Diversified Search Group