GRI Bio, Inc. announced the appointment of Leanne Kelly as its Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Kelly is an accomplished financial executive with over 20 years of experience leading private and publicly traded companies across life science, technology and e-Commerce sectors and a foundation in public accounting. Prior to her appointment at GRI Bio, Ms. Kelly served as the Chief Financial Officer of Vallon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which recently announced the completion of its merger with GRI Bio.

Over the course of her career, Ms. Kelly has served as Controller and Executive Director, Global Financial Reporting at OptiNose, Inc. and held Senior Vice President of Finance, Controller and Chief Financial Officer positions in private and public companies such as Flower Orthopedics, Iroko Pharmaceuticals, LLC, and Genaera Corporation. She began her career as an auditor with KPMG LLP. While serving in those roles, Ms. Kelly's work included multi-million dollar financings, M&A diligence and support.

She also has experience in financial oversight, internal and external financial reporting, forecasting, and financial analysis, as well as investor and public relations. Ms. Kelly received her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Economics with a concentration in Accounting from Lehigh University, and is a licensed CPA (inactive status) in the state of Pennsylvania.