Deborah Smeltzer is the former Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Operations of Dynavax Technologies. Prior to that she was with Applied Biosystems, where she served most recently as Vice President and General Manager of the company's genetic analysis business. She previously served as Vice President, Finance for the organization and had responsibility for business development. Prior to Applied Biosystems, Deborah served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President for Genset SA, a Paris-based global genomics company. From 1988 to 1996, she was a general partner of the Grotech Capital Group venture funds where she managed the life sciences portfolio of the funds. In addition to serving on the Board of Andrea's Voice Foundation, she serves on the board of ExonHit Therapeutics, SA. She holds a BS in biological sciences and an MS in medical microbiology from the University of California, Irvine, and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business. As Andrea's aunt, Deborah is devoted to the Foundation's goal of transforming perspectives ... one person at a time.