 Executive Team
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Executive Team
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Steve Worland, Ph.D.
President, Chief Executive Officer & Director
Steve Worland, Ph.D. was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors in 2007. Dr. Worland joined Anadys in 2001 as Chief Scientific Officer and served as President, Pharmaceuticals prior to being named CEO. Prior to joining Anadys, Dr. Worland was Vice President, Head of Antiviral Research at Agouron Pharmaceuticals, a Pfizer Company. Dr. Worland was at Agouron from 1988 through the acquisition of Agouron by Warner-Lambert in 1999, where he held various positions and responsibilities that culminated with him assuming global responsibility for anti-infective strategy as Vice President for Warner-Lambert. At Agouron, Warner-Lambert and Pfizer, Dr. Worland led teams responsible for discovery and clinical development in the areas of HIV, HCV and respiratory infections. Dr. Worland was a National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow in Molecular Biology at Harvard University from 1985 to 1988. He received his B.S. in Biological Chemistry from the University of Michigan and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley.
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James L. Freddo, M.D.
Senior Vice President, Drug Development and
Chief Medical Officer
James L. Freddo, M.D., joined Anadys in July 2006 as Chief Medical Officer and was named Senior Vice President, Drug Development and Chief Medical Officer in July 2008. Prior to joining Anadys, Dr. Freddo was Vice President, Clinical Site Head and Development Site Head for Pfizer Global Research and Development, La Jolla. Previously at Pfizer, he was Executive Director, Site Therapeutic Area Leader, Clinical Development, Oncology. While at Pfizer, Dr. Freddo led the team responsible for the registration of Sutent® (sunitinib malate), a drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in January 2006 for treating advanced kidney cancer and gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Prior to Pfizer, Dr. Freddo held a variety of senior management positions at Wyeth-Ayerst Research from 1996 to 2002, including Senior Director, Oncology, Senior Director, Infectious Diseases and Senior Director, Transplantation Immunology. Dr. Freddo currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for InfuSystem Holdings, Inc. He holds a B.S degree in Medical Technology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, and a M.D. degree from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, where he also completed his fellowship training.
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Elizabeth E. Reed, J.D.
Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs & General Counsel
Elizabeth E. Reed, J.D., joined us in October 2001 and was named Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs and General Counsel in August 2009. Ms. Reed has also served as our Corporate Secretary since January 2002. Previously, Ms. Reed served as our Vice President, Legal Affairs from December 2006 to August 2009, as our Senior Director, Legal Affairs from December 2002 to December 2006 and as our Director of Legal Affairs from October 2001 to December 2002. Prior to joining us, Ms. Reed was associated with the law firms of Cooley Godward LLP and Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP. Ms. Reed is a member of the State Bar of California and received her B.S. in Business Administration with an emphasis in finance from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley and holds a J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School.
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Peter T. Slover
Vice President, Finance and Operations
Peter T. Slover joined us in April 2004 and was named Vice President, Finance and Operations in July 2009. Mr. Slover joined us as Manager of Financial Reporting and served in this position through December 2005. From January 2006 to July 2006, Mr. Slover served as the Company’s Senior Manager, Financial Reporting and Internal Controls, from August 2006 to December 2006 as our Associate Controller, from January 2007 to December 2008 as our Controller and from January 2009 to July 2009 as our Senior Director, Finance and Corporate Controller. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Slover began his career as an auditor at KPMG LLP where he spent seven years in public accounting. Mr. Slover is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the State of California. Mr. Slover received a B.S. degree in Business Administration from Shippensburg University.
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