Ms. Karen R. Krumeich has been Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Soligenix, Inc. since June 20, 2016 and serves as its Corporate Secretary. Ms. Krumeich has over 25 years of diverse experience in the financial and strategic management of emerging growth life science companies. She has a proven track record and expertise in corporate financial operations, equity financings and business development, including partnerships, mergers and acquisitions. Most recently, Ms. Krumeich served as a consultant providing finance, investor relations and business development services to Soligenix, Inc. and other healthcare companies. She worked as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for several development-stage life science companies, including Cerecor, Inc. and Mela Sciences, Inc. where she was responsible for equity financings, corporate administrative functions and investor relations. She was a healthcare consultant Partner of Tatum LLC since July 2006. She served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President for Finance at Strata Skin Sciences, Inc. (alternate name, Electro Optical Sciences Inc.) from January 2005 to April 24, 2006 and served as its Treasurer from May 2005 to May 4, 2006, Principal Accounting Officer until April 24, 2006 and Consultant since April 24, 2006. She was responsible for financial modeling and compliance programs as Director for Health Systems Management and Worldwide Franchise Management of Bristol-Myers Squibb. She served as an Interim Chief Financial Officer of Aksys Ltd. from September 19, 2006 to January 11, 2007. She served as Divisional Chief Financial Officer of the hospital group division of Henry Schein Inc. from September 2002 to July 2004, a publicly-held medical and dental products distributor. She served as Division Chief Financial Officer of Caligor, a distributor of medical products and served as Vice President for Finance of Anthra Pharmaceuticals, a developer of treatments for urological cancers and at GranCare Inc., a publicly held long-term care company. She served as a Financial Consultant with Consulting Associates from March 2000 to August 2002, a financial consulting firm. She served as Financial Consultant of Horn Murdock Cole from August 2004 to January 2005, a financial consulting firm. Ms. Krumeich began her career as a pharmacist and transitioned into finance after successfully completed the CPA exam. She received B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Toledo College of Pharmacy and completed her post graduate work in accounting and finance at Cleveland State University.