Cindy Elkins was Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Juno Therapeutics, one of the pioneers in CAR T blood cancer technology. Following two acquisitions, Cindy served as the Global Head CAR T Patient Experience at Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) where her team connected patients with their personalized therapy through world class service and technology.

Prior to Juno, Cindy was the VP, Pharma Informatics at Genentech (member of the Roche Group) responsible for all technology products/services across the Americas. During her time, Genentech was ranked #3 in Computerworld’s “100 Best Places to Work in IT”. Before Genentech, Cindy was the VP and GM of Supplier Solutions at Ariba where she created the largest transacting business to business supplier community in the world.

Ms. Elkins is currently a Board Trustee and Chair Finance-Investment Committee at Vitalant, and Board Member-Treasurer and Chair of Patient Advocacy of FACTMS (Foundation for the Advancement of Clinical TMS). In the past she was also on the boards of Weight Watchers (NASDAQ) and Chimeric Therapeutics (ASX).

She received her BS in Applied Mathematics from UCLA and her MBA from Santa Clara University. Cindy lives in Northern California with her partner, Elena, and their twin daughters are off at college in Boston and San Diego.

Cindy expresses her artistic self through cooking and very creative golf shots.