Dr. Levinson has been a director since 2000 and serves as the lead independent director of the board. Dr. Levinson serves on the people and compensation committee. He has served as the chief executive officer of Calico, a company focused on health, aging, and wellbeing, since September 2013. Dr. Levinson previously served as chief executive officer of Genentech, Inc., a medical drug developer, from July 1995 to April 2009, and served as Genentech’s chairman from September 1999 to September 2014.
Dr. Levinson also serves on the board of directors of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and on the board of scientific consultants at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Dr. Levinson was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the nation’s highest honor for achievement and leadership in advancing the fields of science and technology, and the Biotechnology Heritage Award from the Biotechnology Industry Organization and the Chemical Heritage Foundation. Dr. Levinson has been inducted into the Biotech Hall of Fame.