SomaLogic, Inc. has appointed four new independent board directors who are seasoned leaders in the industry. Jason Ryan as Chairman and Tycho Peterson, Kathy Hibbs, Tom Carey as directors. Roy Smythe, Chuck Lillis and Ted Meisel are stepping down from board positions, effective today.

Jason Ryan joins SomaLogic as the company's Chairman of the Board, bringing decades of experience as a financial and operational leader across the life sciences industry. He most recently served as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Operating Officer of Magenta Therapeutics, and prior to that he was CFO of Foundation Medicine. Jason holds additional board positions with GeneDx and Singular Genomics.

Tycho Peterson joins the board of SomaLogic after being appointed CFO of Adaptive Biotechnologies last year. Prior to Adaptive, Tycho held a 23-year tenure with J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., where he served as Managing Director, life science tools and diagnostics in the health care group. From his tenure, Tycho brings unique insights into the life sciences industry where disruptive technologies have driven a complete paradigm shift in diagnostics, tools and precision medicine.

Kathy Hibbs brings more than 20 years of expertise in the clinical laboratory and medical device industries to her new position as member of the board of directors. She currently serves as the Chief Administrative Officer for 23andMe. Prior to 23andMe, she served as General Counsel to Genomic Health and Monogram Biosciences and assisted with Monogram's 2009 acquisition by LabCorp.

Kathy currently serves on the board of Sophia Genetics, and previously was a board member of Decipher Biosciences. Tom Carey has over 25 years in executive search and consulting within the life sciences sector. Most recently, he served as founder and managing partner of the Perspective Group, a boutique life sciences board and executive search firm.

Before founding the firm in 2015, Tom served as the Global Head of the Healthcare and Life Sciences Practice for Russell Reynolds Associates and leader of the Life Sciences Board Practice for Spencer Stuart. Tom was a public life sciences company CFO early in his career. He previously served as the Chair of the Board of Vital Biosciences and held an eight-year tenure on the board of Exact Sciences.

Troy Cox, who joined the board in April 2021 and served as Executive Chairman since October 2022, will transition back to independent board member.