Entrada Therapeutics, Inc. announced the appointment of Karla MacDonald as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, effective immediately. Ms. MacDonald previously served as Entrada's Vice President of Corporate Communications and Investor Relations. She remains a member of the Entrada executive team and will report to Dipal Doshi, Entrada's President and Chief Executive Officer.

Ms. MacDonald is a global life sciences leader with more than 20 years of experience guiding business strategy, leading communications, patient advocacy and government affairs, and building talent for companies ranging from small biotech to large pharma. Prior to joining Entrada, Ms. MacDonald led communications and patient advocacy for Ipsen where she established the strategic functions for the company's expansion into North America. She also held numerous senior roles at Merck & Co, Inc., leading both international and corporate responsibility communications, where she advanced Merck's brand and communications strategy across its markets outside of the U.S. Before that, Ms. MacDonald set and implemented communication strategy for Merck Research Laboratories, the company's R&D division and served on the division's executive leadership team.

She has held strategic counsel roles at MacDougall Biomedical and Feinstein Kean Healthcare (an Ogilvy company), and managed investor relations for Creative BioMolecules. Ms. MacDonald holds a bachelor's degree in Education and a diploma in Communications from McGill University in Montréal, Canada.