About

Dr. Robert Hershberg has served on Adaptive Biotechnologies' board of directors since February 2013 and chairs the Compensation and Human Capital Committee. He is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HilleVax, Inc. (since 2020) and a Venture Partner at Frazier Healthcare Partners (since March 2020). He previously served as Executive Vice President and head of business development and global alliances at Celgene (2017-2020) and as its Chief Scientific Officer (2016-2020), and co-founded VentiRx Pharmaceuticals, serving as CEO from 2012 until its acquisition by Celgene in 2017. He is chairman of the board of Recursion Pharmaceuticals and serves on several private biotech boards and the scientific advisory board of Danaher Corporation. Dr. Hershberg completed the Medical Scientist Training Program and holds a PhD in Biology from UC San Diego's affiliated program with the Salk Institute and an MD and BA from UCLA.

Roles

Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.
Director (Chair, Compensation and Human Capital Committee) · Current role
February 2013–present
HilleVax, Inc.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
2020 - present
Frazier Healthcare Partners
Venture Partner
March 2020 - present
Celgene
Executive Vice President, Business Development and Global Alliances
April 2017 - March 2020
Celgene
Chief Scientific Officer
January 2016 - March 2020
VentiRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
2006 - February 2017

External Roles

Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Chairman of the Board
Cajal Neuroscience
Director
Vesto Therapeutics, Inc.
Director
Beckley Psytech Ltd
Director
Danaher Corporation
Scientific Advisory Board

Director Compensation

FY 2025
Fees earned or paid in cash
$75,000
Component$60,000 annual cash retainer plus any lead-director/committee-chair fees earned in FY2025
Option awards
$124,998
ComponentAnnual stock option grant, ASC 718 grant-date fair value
Stock awards
$124,999
ComponentAnnual RSU grant, ASC 718 grant-date fair value
Total
$324,997

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