Ana Ward Esq., M.S.,M.B.A.
Executive Vice President of Legal and Corporate Development
Ms. Ana C. Ward, Esq., M.S., M.B.A., has been Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Ovid Therapeutics Inc. since September 6, 2017. Ms. Ward served as Executive Vice President of Legal and Corporate Development at Rosetta Genomics, Ltd. since March 1, 2016 and served as its General Counsel, Executive Vice President of Patient Access and Corporate Development and Board Secretary. Ms. Ward has nearly 20 years of legal and business experience in biotechnology and healthcare, with a particular emphasis on intellectual property, corporate development transactions and employment law. She served as Chief Operating Officer of Aptamir Therapeutics. She served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Mirna Therapeutics, Inc. (a spin-off of Asuragen, Inc.). She served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Asuragen, Inc. (a spin-off of Ambion, Inc.). Prior to Asuragen, Ms. Ward served as General Counsel of Ambion, Inc. (acquired by Applied Biosystems) and was responsible for a wide variety of legal issues including licensing, corporate transactions, patents and trademarks. Ms. Ward served as Senior Intellectual Property Counsel for Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc., and Yum! Brands. She served as an Associate at the law firm Sidley and Austin. Ms. Ward began her career as Intellectual Property Counsel for Applied Science Fiction in Austin, Texas. Ms. Ward is also a registered patent attorney and served as an adjunct professor at the UT School of Law. She is admitted to practice law in the State of Texas and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. She holds a BA in French/Zoology, MS in Molecular Biology, a Doctor of Jurisprudence and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin. Ms. Ward also holds an MS in Bioscience Regulatory Affairs from Johns Hopkins University.