Nancy J. Hutson, Ph.D., Director
Dr. Hutson has served as one of our directors since June 2008. She retired from Pfizer, Inc. in 2006 after spending 25 years in various research and leadership positions, most recently serving as Senior Vice President, Pfizer Global Research and Development and Director of Pfizer's pharmaceutical R&D site, known as Groton/New London Laboratories. Dr. Hutson's career at Pfizer was marked by progressively demanding jobs, first in the research laboratories, then in strategic staff roles and as global leader of Exploratory Development, she led the Groton/New London Laboratory, which was the largest R&D site of any pharmaceutical company. She led 4,500 colleagues (primarily scientists) and managed a budget in excess of $1 billion. While at Pfizer, Dr. Hutson was an active member of numerous committees, serving as Chair of the Groton New London Laboratories Leadership Team and the Exploratory Development Strategy Team, and as a member of the Worldwide Development Operations Group, Senior Leadership Team and the Pharmaceuticals Steering Committee, among others. She was also a sponsor of the Network of Executive Women where she served as a mentor for senior women at Pfizer Global Research and Development. Dr. Hutson has authored or co-authored more than 45 academic research papers and abstracts. She received her B.A. in General Biology from Illinois Wesleyan University and her Ph.D. in Physiology and Biochemistry from Vanderbilt University. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Diabetes and Endocrinology Center at Vanderbilt and a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Clinical Biochemistry at the University of Oxford. Dr. Hutson currently is a director of Endo Pharmaceuticals and Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and serves on the board of Planned Parenthood of Connecticut.