Jennifer Jarrett
At Burke's, Jen serves on the Advancement and Governance Committees.
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Jennifer Jarrett is an experienced executive in the healthcare and technology industries. She currently serves as Chief Operating Officer of Arcus Biosciences, a biotech company focused on oncology drug development. Previously, she served as Vice President of Corporate Development and Capital Markets of Uber and, prior to that, Chief Financial Officer of Medivation until its acquisition by Pfizer. Jen also spent 20 years in investment banking, most recently at Citigroup where she ran their west coast life sciences investment banking practice. Jen currently serves on the boards of Arcus, Syndax Pharma, Zura Bio and LifeMine Therapeutics, and previously served on the boards of Arena Pharma, Audentes Therapeutics and Radius Health. She also serves on the board of SMART.
Jen holds a B.A. in economics from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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