Peter M. Hecht, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Peter M. Hecht has served as our chief executive officer since our founding in 1998. Prior to founding Ironwood, Dr. Hecht was a research fellow at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. Dr. Hecht serves on the boards of directors of Whitehead Institute and Microbia, Inc., our majority-owned subsidiary. He also serves on the Leadership Council for The David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Hecht earned a B.S. in mathematics and an M.S. in biology from Stanford University, and holds a Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of California at Berkeley.
Brian M. Cali, Ph.D.
Vice President, Program Management
Mark G. Currie, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, R&D and Chief Scientific Officer
James M. DeTore
Vice President, Finance
Halley Gilbert, Esq.
Vice President, Legal Affairs and General Counsel
Michael J. Higgins
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Jeffrey M. Johnston, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Vice President, Clinical Development and Chief Medical Officer
Thomas McCourt
Chief Commercial Officer and
Senior Vice President, Marketing and Sales
G. Todd Milne, Ph.D.
Vice President, Biology
James J. O'Mara
Vice President, Business Development