Beth Seidenberg

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Beth Seidenberg, M.D. has served on our board of directors of Progyny "since May 2010 and since June 2015, she has served as Chair of our board of directors. Dr. Seidenberg has been a partner at Kleiner Perkins, a venture capital firm, since May 2005, where she primarily focuses on life sciences investing. Prior to joining Kleiner Perkins, Dr. Seidenberg was the Senior Vice President, Head of Global Development and Chief Medical Officer at Amgen, Inc., a biotechnology company. In addition, Dr. Seidenberg was a senior executive in research and development at Bristol Myers Squibb Company, a biopharmaceutical company, and Merck. Dr. Seidenberg has served on the board of directors of Epizyme, Inc. since February 2008 and on the board of directors of Atara Biotherapeutics since August 2012. From June 2011 to February 2019, she served on the board of directors of Tesaro, Inc. and from December 2012 until June 2018 she served on the board of directors of ARMO BioSciences, Inc. Dr. Seidenberg received a B.S. from Barnard College and an M.D. from the University of Miami School of Medicine and completed her post-graduate training at the Johns Hopkins University, George Washington University and the National Institutes of Health. We believe that Dr. Seidenberg is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of her extensive experience in the life sciences industry as a senior executive and venture capitalist, as well as her training as a physician." [1]

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  1. Progyny Board, organizational web page, accessed November 16, 2019.