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2023 HOF Booklet

Meet this year's Alumni Entrepreneur Hall of Fame winners and our newest ECenter Champion!

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David Hallal ‘88<br />

Co-founder, Chairman, and<br />

CEO of ElevateBio<br />

David Hallal is Co-founder, chairman, and CEO of ElevateBio as well as chairman<br />

of AlloVir, an ElevateBio portfolio company. Hallal is a 30-year veteran in the<br />

biopharmaceutical industry with expertise in early-stage company-building as<br />

well as operating large multinational biotech companies. He is also active with<br />

several additional boards, including serving as chairman of Scholar Rock and<br />

iTeos Therapeutics and as the lead independent director of Seer Biosciences.<br />

David is also an advisor at MPM Capital.<br />

Previously, David spent more than a decade at Alexion Pharmaceuticals,<br />

an S&P 500 company, as chief executive officer, chief operating officer and<br />

chief commercial officer. Prior to Alexion, he held leadership positions at<br />

biopharmaceutical companies including Amgen and Biogen.<br />

David currently serves on the UNH Foundation board. His motivation to join the<br />

foundation board was motivated by the ambitious strategic plan that President<br />

Dean has laid out for the future of UNH. Through the impact of President<br />

Dean’s leadership over the past 5+ years and working professionally with<br />

colleagues who hold advanced degrees from UNH, he has recently increased his<br />

engagement with his alma mater. David is particularly interested in the steps<br />

UNH is taking to advance itself in biomedical research and education of both<br />

undergraduate and graduate students in that area.<br />

David Hallal holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology.

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