DAN JANNEY, BA, MBA
Non-executive Director

Mr. Janney is the Managing Director of Alta Partners, who has been with Alta since its founding in 1996. Mr. Janney focuses on investments in biopharmaceutical products and therapeutics, and has been directly involved in the funding and development of over 25 life sciences companies. Mr. Janney is currently on the board of directors of a number of companies, including Alba Therapeutics, Arete Therapeutics, CoTherix, Kemia, Phenomix Corporation and ViroBay. In addition, he led Alta’s investments in Dynavax, Endonetics, Ilex Oncology, Definity Health, InterMune and LJL Biosystems. Prior to joining Alta, Mr. Janney was a senior investment banker at Montgomery Securities, focusing on life sciences companies, and he is currently a member of the advisory board for the Rebecca and John Moores Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego. Mr. Janney holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from Georgetown University and a Master of Business Administration from the Anderson School at the University of California, Los Angeles.