Event Chairs and Executive Committee
2023 and 2024 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.
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
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