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Linda Rhodes, V.M.D., Ph.D. (Age: 57, Director since: August 2005) is chair of the Compensation and Stock Option Committee and a member of the Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors. She is a founding partner of AlcheraBio LLC of Metuchen, New Jersey, an animal health consulting firm. She is an adjunct professor for the Graduate School of Animal Science at Rutgers University and a member of the Board of Directors of the Alliance for Contraception for Cats and Dogs (a non-profit organization). From 1998 to 2001, she was a Director of Development Projects and New Technology Assessment at Merial Ltd, a joint venture between Merck and Sanofi-Aventis. Prior to that, she held various research positions at Merck Research Laboratories and Sterling Drug Company. She held several teaching positions and worked as a bovine veterinarian in private practice. She earned her Ph.D. in Physiology/Immunology from Cornell University and her V.M.D. from the Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. | 