Published: Apr 09, 2021
By Alex Keown
Atara Biotherapeutics – Amie Krause was named Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer at Atara Biotherapeutics. In this role, Krause will be tasked with building a company culture that “rewards” values through actions and results. Prior to her tenure with Atara, Krause held several HR leadership positions at Amgen, including her role as Global HR Lead, Organizational Effectiveness during which she served as the human resources lead for Amgen’s global commercial operations covering the Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
PsyBio Therapeutics – Michael Spigarelli was named chief medical officer of Ohio-based PsyBio. Before PsyBio Therapeutics, Spigarelli served as CMOr for Lumen Bioscience, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing biologic drugs for highly prevalent diseases. Prior to that, he served as Vice President of Medical Affairs for Immucor, Inc., a leading provider of transfusion and transplantation diagnostic products worldwide. Spigarelli previously served as Chairman of the American Board of Clinical Pharmacology.