BOLD Advisory Board

Advisors for BOLD provide guidance in their areas of expertise:

• David Cragg - Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Cytokinetics
• Heather McGaughey - Vice President, Human Resources, Jazz Pharmaceuticals
• Stacy Markel – Vice President, Human Resources and Professional Development, Actelion Pharmaceuticals
• Kara Halvorsen - Kara Halvorsen Consulting, LLC (former Head of HR at ARYx)

 

David Cragg – Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Cytokinetics

Dave Cragg joined Cytokinetics in February 2005 as Vice President, Human Resources and was promoted to Sr. Vice President in July 2009.  Prior to joining Cytokinetics, from October 2000 until January 2005, Dave managed his own human resources consulting practice assisting organizations with building human resources infrastructure.  From March 2000 until September 2000, he was Vice President, Human Resources for eGroups Inc., until it was acquired by Yahoo! Inc.  From 1996 to 2000 Dave was a Principal Human Resources Consultant at Genentech Inc. supporting Research and Development.  From 1992-1995 he was Senior Director, Human Resources at Software Publishing Corporation.  From 1989 to 1992 he was Vice President, Human Resources & Administration at West Marine, Inc.  From 1986 to 1989  he was Senior Manager Human Resources at LSI Logic Corporation. Prior to 1986, Dave held various management positions in human resources.  Dave holds a B.A. in Industrial Psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Heather McGaughey - Vice President, Human Resources, Jazz Pharmaceuticals

Heather McGaughey joined Jazz Pharmaceuticals as VP, Human Resources in 2008. In 2007 she served as Managing Director, Private Equity Services at Craford Benefit Consultants, a human capital and benefit consulting firm, and from 1998 - 2006 she served at CNET Networks, Inc., a global interactive media company, most recently as Senior Vice President, Human Resources. Previously, she held various positions of increasing responsibility in the Human Resources field at Time Inc. in New York and California, and at Manufacturers Hanover Trust, now a part of JP Morgan Chase. Heather received her B.A. from Smith College. She serves as Chair of the Board of Directors for Zeum, San Francisco’s Children’s museum, and on the board of Live Oak School in San Francisco.

Stacy Markel – Vice President, Human Resources and Professional Development, Actelion Pharmaceuticals

Stacy Markel is Vice President, Human Resources at Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc, a rapidly growing Swiss biopharmaceutical company.  Stacy leads human resources, talent management and facilities at the Company.  She joined Actelion in 2002 and has been instrumental in creating and leading the sales training function, executing extensive leadership development initiatives as well as positioning Human Resources at Actelion as a key business partner in driving the leadership vision. Stacy sits on the Executive Leadership Team and Global HR Strategy Team.  Stacy joined Actelion after a 10 year sales career at Roche Pharmaceuticals.

Kara Halvorsen - Kara Halvorsen Consulting, LLC

Kara Halvorsen Consulting LLC provides consulting services that ensure people and systems that support them are aligned, linked and leveraged to deliver maximum results. Her 20+ years in HR management, strategy & systems; expertise in organizational & human behavior and prior banking experience gives her a unique insight to the human, organizational, financial & operational factors that permit or prevent success.Her services include conducting & developing solutions for 360organizational/management assessments, designing compensation/incentive systems, management coaching and establishing HR strategy/scalable infrastructures. All engagements begin with a specific, measurable outcome linked to achieving key company goals.  Adept in both entrepreneurial and established organizations she has successfully worked in life sciences, technology, financial services and non-profit industries. She is skilled at quickly establishing credibility and value at all levels from Board of Directors to Executive Management to individual contributors.  For the past 5 years she has focused on private & public life sciences companies ranging from pre-clinical through commercialization stages. Some of her past clients include Genentech, ARYx Therapeutics, Poniard Pharmaceuticals & Cerimon Pharmaceuticals.  Prior to launching her own consultancy, Kara worked at Genentech where she was responsible for Organizational Development for Commercial and G & A groups. As an advisor to the CEO and other members of the company’s executive management committee she developed initiatives and solutions supporting a significant period of growth including launching the oncology franchise.