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Board of Directors
Thomas M. Dunlap, Chairman
Dr. Emanuel Petricoin, III, Director
Ross M. Dunlap, Director
William M. Dunlap, Director
Dr. Joseph W. Weaver, Director
Thomas M. Dunlap
Chairman
Tom is a founding member of Ceres. He brings a unique mix of leadership and business experience combined with Intellectual Property expertise in technology and scientific applications. Tom is serving as the board chair, supporting capital funding and corporate strategy activites while providing legal counsel. Tom has 12 years of experience as a lawyer working with start-up technology companies and has represented clients in a variety of complex business and intellectual property matters. Before becoming an attorney, Tom worked in New York in retail and commercial banking. Tom is also formerly a Captain in the Army National Guard. Tom received a BA from Lafayette College and his Juris Doctor from Washington & Lee University.
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Dr. Emanuel Petricoin, III
Director
Dr. Petricoin is one of the inventors of the Nanotrap® technology. As a Director for Ceres, Dr. Petricoin provides technical guidance and expertise to key components of Ceres Nanosciences' operations and industry collaborations. Dr. Petricoin is currently a professor of Life Sciences and serves as the Co-Director of CAPMM Labs at George Mason University. Dr. Petricoin formerly worked with the FDA where he was the senior investigator in the Office of Cell Tissue and Gene Therapies in the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. Together with Dr. Lance Liotta, he has formed and directs the Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine at GMU. Dr. Petricoin holds a doctorate in microbiology from the University of Maryland at College Park.
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Ross M. Dunlap
Director
Ross is a founding member of Ceres and the CEO. Ross is responsible for directing strategic and operational activities, technology R&D, product sales and marketing, and all industry collaborations and partnerships. Ross brings over 12 years of experience working in operational and strategic business consulting. He began his career with Arthur Andersen's Business Consulting practice, working with many of the DC region's leading start-up technology companies, developing solutions to establish and maintain critical business operations. Ross also spent five years with Washington Consulting, Inc., a DC based consulting firm, which he helped start up and grow from a three person project into a 100 person operation. Throughout his business career, Ross has worked across a range of industries, technologies, and processes to help organizations successfully achieve operational capability and profitability. Ross graduated from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia.
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William M. Dunlap
Director
Bill is a key business advisor for Ceres in their start-up phase, providing executive-level business advice around operations planning and initial funding activities. He is also serving as the interim CFO. Bill has over 40 years of business advisory experience including 22 years as a partner with Arthur Andersen and Andersen Worldwide. For the last ten years with Andersen he served as Managing Director of Global Firm taxes, overseeing a team of 15 partners and managers with offices in four countries. Since he retired from Andersen in 2000 he has been involved in structuring and managing several commercial real estate partnerships. Bill graduated from Lafayette College with a degree in economics and from Columbia University with a Masters in Business Administration.
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Dr. Joseph W. Weaver
Director
Dr. Weaver is the lead medical advisor for Ceres. In this capacity, he lends his extensive experience as a medical practitioner and business entrepreneur to drive the development of Ceres' operations and product development. He brings invaluable knowledge and credentials from a distinguished career in cancer-related research and treatment programs. Dr. Weaver served in the United States Navy, including time as a Flight Surgeon at NASA's Medical Directorate during Apollo 11, 12, and 13; time in an Internal Medicine Residency and Fellowship in Hematology and Medical Oncology; and time serving as Assistant Chief of Internal Medicine at the Naval Aerospace and Regional Medical Center, ultimately becoming the Director of Radiation Oncology. He is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine, Hematology, and Medical Oncology, and by the American Board of Radiology in Radiation Oncology. He is a life member of AMA and holds fellowships in the American College of Physicians and American College of Radiation Oncology. He was a clinical professor of Internal Medicine at the Pensacola Educational Program, and a clinical professor of Radiation Oncology at Eastern Virginia School of Medicine in Norfolk, VA. Dr. Weaver was also an Asst. professor of Radiation Oncology at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL. He was a member of a large tri-specialty group in the Tampa Bay area (Radiology, Radiation Oncology, and Hematology/Medical Oncology), serving on the board of directors. Since 1993, he has been the Director of Radiation Oncology at Baptist and Gulf Breeze Hospitals in Pensacola, FL. Dr. Weaver has been the head of the Cancer Committee for most of that period, participating in multiple clinical trials both locally, and through an affiliation with H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL. During his tenure in Pensacola, Dr. Weaver cofounded, operated and has continued as a co-partner in a group of four cancer centers in South Alabama, collectively called Gulf Coast Cancer Centers in Foley, Brewton, Monroeville, and Gulf Shores, AL. He also independently founded the South Alabama Oncology Center in Opp, AL. Dr. Weaver received a B.S. in Zoology from Duke University and M.D. degree from Tulane University School of Medicine.
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