Board of Directors

Joseph Baron, MBA, Co-Founder & CEO
Mr. Baron brings to Janus an extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry as a Partner at Extera Partners; SVP of Corporate Development at BioAssets; a member of the M&A Team at Millennium Pharmaceuticals; and Consultant for Booz Allen.

Grayson Lipford, PhD, Co-Founder, President & CSO
Dr. Lipford has over 25 years of research experience in field of immunology at Selecta, Pfizer, Coley Pharmaceuticals, and TUM, 15 of which have been in the area of Toll-Like Receptors (TLRs). He is an author on over 100 publications and named as an inventor on over 30 primary patents.

Steve Bernitz, MBA, Board Member & CBO
Mr. Bernitz is currently General Partner and Head of the BioPharma Practice at Extera Partners. He has worked for over 20 years in business development, general management, and drug development for firms including Concert, Coley Pharmaceuticals, Oragnogenesis, McKinsey, Merck, and Dynax.