Board of Directors
Julia Brown
Strategic Advisor to the Life Sciences Industry
Julia R. Brown is a certified director and a member of the Board of Directors of Targacept, Inc. and MediQuest Therapeutics, Inc. She also serves on the board of CONNECT, an organization that fosters innovation, entrepreneurship and the formation of new companies. In May 2010, she was appointed to the board of Corporate Directors Forum, a San Diego organization dedicated to making boards more effective. She was a director of a number of health sciences companies, including Trius Therapeutics, Inc. and Tanox Inc. She is Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of the University of California, San Diego Foundation and a member of the Director’s Cabinet at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Mrs. Brown has an extensive and diverse background in the life-sciences industry. From 2000 to 2003, Mrs. Brown was Executive Vice President of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. where she served as Advisor to the CEO until 2008. Previously, she was Executive Vice President of Dura Pharmaceuticals from 1995-1999 and spent more than 25 years with Eli Lilly and Company in progressively more senior roles. She is a graduate of Louisiana Tech University where she studied microbiology and biochemistry.
