Opexa Therapeutics - Board Of Directors

Decisions regarding strategic deployment of Opexa Therapeutics' assets are made by our Board of Directors, and are based upon information and advice presented by Management, and key consultants and advisors to the Board.

Gregory H. Bailey, M.D. has served as a Director of the Company since April 2006. In January 2007, Dr. Bailey became the managing partner of Palantir Group, Inc., a biotech merchant bank. Dr. Bailey served as a managing director at MDB Capital Group LLC from May 2004 to January 2007. From June 2003 to May 2004 and from 1998 to June 2002, Dr. Bailey served as a managing director of Knightsford Bank Corp. Since May 2005, he also has served as director of Medivation, Inc., a public company focused on acquiring biomedical technologies. Dr. Bailey was a practicing physician for ten years and holds a M.D. from the University of Western Ontario.

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David Hung, M.D. has served as a Director since May 2006. Dr. Hung has served as the president, chief executive officer and as a director of Medivation, Inc. since December 2004. Dr. Hung also has served as the president and chief executive officer, and member of the board of directors, of Medivation, Inc.’s subsidiary, Medivation Neurology, Inc. since its inception in September 2003. From 1998 until 2001, Dr. Hung was employed by ProDuct Health, Inc., a privately held medical device company, as Chief Scientific Officer (1998-1999), and as president and chief executive officer (1999-2001). From December 2001 to January 2003, Dr. Hung served as a consultant to Cytyc Health Corporation. Dr. Hung received his M.D. from the University of California at San Francisco, and his A.B. in biology and organic chemistry from Harvard College.

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David E. Jorden has served as a Director since August 2008. Mr. Jorden has also served as vice president with Morgan Stanley in its Wealth Management group where he is responsible for managing equity portfolios for high net worth individuals since 2003. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Mr. Jorden served as vice president and chief financial officer of Genometrix, Inc., a private genomics/life sciences company focused on high-throughput microarray applications in gene expression and genotyping from March 2000 to September 2002. Mr. Jorden was a principal with Fayez Sarofim & Co. prior to joining Genometrix. Mr. Jorden earned a MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in 1989 and a BBA from the University of Texas/Austin in 1984. Mr. Jorden is a Chartered Financial Analyst and Certified Public Accountant. He currently serves as a director of PLx Pharma, Inc.

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David B. McWilliams has served as Director since August 2004. From August 2004 to June 2008 Mr. McWilliams also served as president and chief executive officer of Opexa. From December 2003 until August 2004, Mr. McWilliams was a private investor. From June 2003 to December 2003, Mr. McWilliams served as president and chief executive officer of Bacterial Barcodes, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company. Mr. McWilliams currently serves as a director of Novelos Therapeutics, Inc., and on the boards of ApoCell Biosciences and the Houston Technology Center. Mr. McWilliams received an MBA in finance from the University of Chicago and a B.A. in chemistry, Phi Beta Kappa, from Washington and Jefferson College.

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Lorin J. Randall has served as a Director of the Company since September 2007. Mr. Randall, a financial consultant, was senior vice president and chief financial officer of Eximias Pharmaceutical Corporation, a development-stage drug development company, from 2004 to 2006. From 2002-2004, Mr. Randall served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of i-STAT Corporation, a publicly-traded manufacturer of medical diagnostic devices which was acquired by Abbott Laboratories in 2004. Mr. Randall currently serves on the boards of two drug development companies, Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. and Athersys, Inc. Mr. Randall received a B.S. in accounting from The Pennsylvania State University and an M.B.A. from Northeastern University.

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Michael S. Richman has served as a Director of the Company since June 2006. Mr. Richman currently serves as president and chief executive officer of Amplimmune, Inc. Mr. Richman served as president and chief operating officer of Amplimmune, Inc. from May 2007 to July 2008. From April 2002 to May 2007, Mr. Richman served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of MacroGenics, Inc. Mr. Richman joined MacroGenics, Inc in 2002 with approximately twenty years experience in corporate business development within the biotechnology industry. Mr. Richman serves on the board of Cougar Biotechnology, a public drug development company. Mr. Richman obtained his B.S. in Genetics/Molecular Biology at the University of California at Davis and his MSBA in International Business at San Francisco State University.

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Scott B. Seaman has served as a Director of since April, 2006. Mr. Seaman currently serves as the executive director and treasurer of the Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation of Houston, Texas, a private foundation primarily supporting institutions in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. Since January 1996 to present, Mr. Seaman has served as the chief financial officer of Chaswil Ltd., an investment management company. Since September 1986, Mr. Seaman has served as secretary and treasurer of M & A Properties Inc., a ranching and real estate concern. Since January 2003, Mr. Seaman has served as chairman and, since July 2004, president of ICT Management Inc., the general partner of Impact Composite Technology Ltd., a composite industry supplier. Mr. Seaman serves on the board of GeneExcel, Inc., a privately held biotechnology company. Since May 2004, Mr. Seaman has served as a Member of the Investment Committee of Global Hedged Equity Fund LP, a hedge fund. Mr. Seaman received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Bowling Green State University and is a certified public accountant.

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Neil K. Warma was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in June 2008. From July 2004 to September 2007, Mr. Warma served as president and chief executive officer of Viron Therapeutics Inc., a privately-held clinical stage biopharmaceutical company. From 2000 to 2003 Mr. Warma was co-founder and president of MedExact USA, Inc., an Internet company providing clinical information and services to physicians and pharmaceutical companies. From 1992 to 2000 Mr. Warma held senior positions of increasing responsibility at Novartis Pharmaceuticals (previously Ciba-Geigy Ltd.) at its corporate headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. While at Novartis Mr. Warma served as the Head of International Pharma Policy & Advocacy and in senior management within global marketing where he worked on the international launch of a gastrointestinal product. Mr. Warma obtained an honors degree specializing in Neuroscience from the University of Toronto and an International M.B.A. from the Schulich School of Management at York University in Toronto.