Arlene M. Morris
Chief Executive Officer
Ms. Morris has served as president and chief executive officer and a member of Affymax’s board of directors since 2003. From 2001 to 2003, Ms. Morris served as president and chief executive officer at Clearview Projects, an advisory firm to biopharmaceutical and biotechnology companies on strategic transactions. From 1996 to 2001, Ms. Morris served as senior vice president of Business Development at Coulter Pharmaceutical, Inc., a pharmaceutical company. From 1993 to 1996, Ms. Morris served as vice president of Business Development at Scios Inc., a biopharmaceutical company. From 1977 to 1993, Ms. Morris held positions of increasing responsibility at Johnson & Johnson, including vice president of Business Development for McNeil Pharmaceutical. Ms. Morris serves as a member of the board of directors of MediciNova, Inc., Nuon Therapeutics, the Biotechnology Industry Organization and the Humane Society of Silicon Valley. Ms. Morris holds a B.A. from Carlow College and has studied marketing at Western New England College.