Event Chairs and Executive Committee

2022 and 2023 Event Chairs and Executive Committee

John Dobak M.D.

John Dobak, M.D., has served as the President, CEO and Board Member of DermTech, Inc. since 2012. DermTech is a leader in precision dermatology enabled by a non-invasive skin genomics platform. DermTech’s first product, the Pigmented Lesion Assay (“PLA”), is a breakthrough solution for a decades-old unmet medical need: enhanced early melanoma detection. Dr. Dobak has been involved in the formation of several entrepreneurial companies in San Diego over the last 20 years, including Pantherics, 10xBio, INNERCOOL Therapies and CryoGen/CryoCor. These companies have developed and/or marketed both drugs and therapeutic devices. Dr. Dobak and these companies are the recipients of several awards for entrepreneurship and innovation, including San Diego Business Journal CEO of the Year, UCSD Connect’s Most Innovative New Product and MIT’s TR 100. Dr. Dobak is a member of the San Diego YPO chapter. Dr. Dobak received a bachelor’s degree from UCLA and a medical doctorate from UCSD.

Jay Hagan

Mr. Hagan joined Regulus in January 2016 as Chief Operating Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer and was appointed to President and Chief Executive Officer in May 2017. Mr. Hagan’s career includes roles as the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer of Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc., Managing Director of Amgen Ventures and head of corporate development for Amgen Inc. Mr. Hagan has led numerous strategic and financing transactions including the acquisitions of Immunex and Tularik and the spinout of Novantrone and Relyspa, as well as many other business development efforts totaling over $15 billion in value. Before joining Amgen, Mr. Hagan spent five years in the bioengineering labs at Genzyme and Advanced Tissue Sciences. He received an M.B.A. from Northeastern University and a B.S. in Physiology and Neuroscience from the University of California, San Diego.

ADP_8276.jpg

MAHALO for your continued service and guidance

SAM ARMSTRONG

TERRY ASH*

STEVE BLANK

FRED BORRELLI

TYLER CALLAWAY

PAUL CLEARY

ERIC CUSICK

JOHN DOBAK

GREG GORGAS

PAUL GRAYSON

HANK GUYADER

JAY HAGAN

SAM IACOBELLIS

JOHN KAY

CRAIG KNOX

JAY LEOPOLD

LARZ LOCK

BRANDON MOYLES

CHARLA MULLEN

PAUL MULLEN

JOHN OTTERSON

MURRAY PALMER

ALEX PANICI

WOODIE PERRIN

TAYLOR PETERSON

TORI PITRUZZELLO

KEN POWERS

IAN PYKA

CORY REYNOLDS

MICHAEL RHODES

GREG ROSE

JON ROSEMAN

KYLOR SCHLAHT

CHRISTIAN WAAGE

BEN WOOD

JESSICA YINGLING

Honorary Chairs

BOB HURLEY

KARY MULLIS

JIM KEMPTON

 

Event Committee

FERNANDO AGUERRE

SHANON ANDERSON

JOHN ARMSTRONG

SAM ARMSTRONG

MALCOM ASTE

TODD BARNES

DEBBIE BEACHAM

SAXON BOUCHER

TYLER CALLAWAY

HO CHO

PAUL CLEARY

JOHN COCOZZA

MICHELLE CORCORAN

ERIC CUSICK

SANDY DEMPSEY

HOLLY EVANS

VALERIE EWELL

ALEXIS GOLDRING

CHRIS GOLDSMITH

GREG GORGAS

ERNIE HAHN

JUSTIN HONE

SAM IACOBELLIS

KARL JADETKE

JERRY KARAMILLO

JOHN KAY

JIM KEMPTON

JEFF KNOX

CHERYL MATA

GENE MCDONALD

RYAN MILLER

GLORIA MOELLER

SARAH MOESTA

MITCH MURPHY

JOHN OTTERSON

KRISTEN PEAREY

TORI PITRUZELLO

BRUCE POWELL

IAN PYKA

CORY REYNOLDS

JON ROSEMAN

JULIE SCARPELLA

ELAINA STUART

MARIA TALAVERA

ERIN TALBERT

CLARA TOMA

KALODIAH TOMA

PATI VANSISE

PATTY WAYMIRE

If you have questions for the executive committee or event chairs, please contact us.