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Rich serves on the Evrys Bio Board of Directors. At the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Rich is Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Microbiology, Medicine and Neurosurgery; Loeb Eminent Scholar Chair in Pediatrics; Co-Director, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases; Vice-Chair, Department of Pediatrics; Senior Scientist, Department of Gene Therapy; Scientist, Cancer Research and Training Center; Faculty, Gene Therapy Center; Associate Director for Drug Discovery and Development and Senior Leader, Pediatric Oncology Program, Comprehensive Cancer Center; Co-Founder and Co-Director, Alabama Drug Discovery Alliance. He manages a large clinical trials program funded by the NIH and serves as an Advisor to both the NIH and FDA. He has been an Independent Director of Gilead Sciences since July 2008. Dr. Whitley graduated from George Washington University School of Medicine with an MD and from Duke University with a BS in Chemistry.