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Myrtle S. Potter

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Potter, 49, served as president of commercial operations and chief operating officer at Genentech. She also held senior executive positions at Bristol-Myers Squibb and Merck & Co. Today she serves as a consultant and advisor through her private consulting firm, Myrtle Potter Consulting, LLC, which specializes in corporate strategy, corporate governance and product development. She is also co-founder of the Chapman Development Group - an organization that builds affordable housing in high cost-of-living areas. Potter serves as a member of the board of directors for Amazon.com, eV3 and Eleuthera Properties, Ltd.; is one of five members of the Citizen's Financial Accountability Oversight Committee of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine Foundation; and serves on the advisory board of the Stanford Business School. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Chicago.


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