Management

Stephen J. Turner is our President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Turner was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer on August 28, 2009, and has worked for us since the fall of 1999 where he was primarily responsible for the commercialization and application of our CDT platforms. In 2003, Mr. Turner was promoted to our Vice President and Chief Technical Officer. In addition to Mr. Turner’s involvement in our growth and application of our technology platforms, he is named on one issued patent, has contributed to numerous additional patent filings, has published articles in industry related publications, and has presented his research findings at numerous academic seminars and symposia. Mr. Turner holds a B.S. in biology with a minor in geochemistry from Western Washington University and an MBA from the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington.

Richard M. Levy is our Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Finance and has worked for the Company since 2005. Mr. Levy has experience as a chief financial officer, controller, consultant and auditor. Before joining us, Mr. Levy served as a consultant for two years to several companies including SCOLR Pharma. Prior to that, he served as the CFO for a major business unit and as corporate controller for Washington Mutual Bank. Mr. Levy also worked for Bank of America in various capacities for seven years. His experience at Bank of America included serving as the senior vice president and controller of Bank of America Texas, and coordinating all accounting activities and acting as chief financial officer for newly acquired businesses from the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC). His work at Bank of America also included international financial management experience in its international private banking and world banking divisions. His corporate financial duties also included serving as director and as chief financial officer of various Bank of America subsidiaries. Mr. Levy earned his B.A. in business economics and accounting from the University of California, Santa Barbara and is licensed as a C.P.A.

Board of Directors

Marylou W. Arnett is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer for Scerene Healthcare. She previously served in various roles at Adams Respiratory Therapeutics from 2004 to 2008 including  Senior Vice President, Marketing and Advertising. From 2002 to 2004, Ms. Arnett served as President for Quotonset Partners, LLC. Previously, she held various roles, including Senior Product Manager/Director at Pfizer, Inc. (formerly Warner Lambert Co.) from 1990 to 2000. [She does not serve and has not served in the last five years on the board of any publicly held company.] Ms. Arnett received a B.A. degree in History from Yale University and an M.B.A. degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Business. The board of directors determined that Ms. Arnett has the requisite experience and expertise to be a director of SCOLR Pharma, Inc.  Her significant experience in management, marketing, and advertising in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries will allow her to provide valuable insight to the board of directors and management on these topics.

Carl J. Johnson  is a retired pharmaceutical executive.  From 2001 to 2008, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. Mr. Johnson also served as Vice President, Commercial Development for Perrigo Company from 1993 to 2001. Prior to that he served in other sales and marketing roles including 16 years at Johnson & Johnson in both consumer and professional healthcare products.  He currently serves as Vice Chairman and Director for the Phoenix Rescue Mission, and as a Director for St. Joseph the Worker and Westminster Village. He received his B.S. degree in Economics from Wagner College and his M.B.A. degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University. The board of directors determined that Mr. Johnson has the requisite experience and expertise to be a director of SCOLR Pharma, Inc.  His extensive background in product development and the healthcare industry will allow him to provide insight to the board of directors and management in relation to these matters. Mr. Johnson was named Chairman of the board of directors in September, 2010.

Herbert L. Lucas, Jr., has managed his family investment business since 1982. He has served on the boards of various financial and business institutions including Wellington Trust Company, Arctic Alaska Fisheries, Inc., and Sunworld International Airways, Inc. Mr. Lucas has served as Trustee of The J. Paul Getty Trust, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Morgan Library, and Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Research and Development. He was formerly a member of the Board of Trustees of Princeton University. From 1972 to 1981, he served as president of Carnation International in Los Angeles and as a director of the Carnation Company. Mr. Lucas currently does not serve and has not served during the past five years on the boards of any publicly held companies other than SCOLR Pharma, Inc. Mr. Lucas received a B.A. degree in History from Princeton University and an M.B.A. degree from the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. The board of directors determined that Mr. Lucas has the requisite experience and expertise to be a director of SCOLR Pharma, Inc. His business, financial and corporate governance background enables him to provide insight to the board of directors and management in relation to such matters. 

Wayne L. Pines, is an international consultant on FDA-related regulatory and media issues and on corporate crisis management. Since 1993, he has been President of Regulatory Services and Healthcare at APCO Worldwide, a public affairs firm in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, Mr. Pines was executive vice president of Burson-Martseller, an international public relations agency. Mr. Pines served for ten years at the FDA as Chief of Consumer Education and Information, Chief of Press Relations and Associate Commissioner of Public Affairs. He is also a member of the board of Excel Life Sciences and MyCareTeam.com, and in the non-profit sector is Chairman of the Board of MedStar Research Institute and President of the Alliance for a Stronger FDA. A frequent lecturer at educational conferences, he has authored or edited a dozen books on FDA-related issues, medical advertising regulation and crisis management. Mr. Pines is a graduate of Rutgers University. The board of directors determined that Mr. Pines has the requisite experience and expertise to be a director of SCOLR Pharma, Inc. His regulatory and medical experience allows him to provide us with insight regarding laws and regulations that affect us and the industry in which we operate. Mr. Pines currently does not serve and has not served during the past five years on the boards of any publicly held companies other than SCOLR Pharma, Inc.

Jeffrey B. Reich, M.D., is a Vice President at the investment advisory firm of Cramer, Rosenthal & McGlynn (CRM), serving as a healthcare portfolio manager in the firm’s investment group. Prior to CRM, Dr. Reich was a principal at Merlin Bio Med Group. Dr. Reich also serves on the board of directors of Neurologix, Inc., a development-stage company engaged in the research and development of proprietary treatments for disorders of the brain and central nervous system utilizing gene therapies. He earned his B.A. from Binghamton University and his M.D. from Weill Medical College of Cornell University in 1987, where he was also an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neuroscience for 10 years. The board of directors determined that Dr. Reich has the requisite experience and expertise to be a director of SCOLR Pharma, Inc. His medical education and research experience, along with his industry knowledge and experience, allow him to provide us with valuable understanding related to our industry and technologies.

Michael N. Taglich, has served as president and co-founder of Taglich Brothers, Inc., a NASD broker-dealer focused on public and private micro cap companies, since 1992. From 1987 to 1992, Mr. Taglich served as vice president at Weatherly Securities. Mr. Taglich earned a B.S. from New York University. Mr. Taglich previously served as Chairman of our board of directors since joining the board in 2003 until September, 2010. The board of directors determined that Mr. Taglich has the requisite experience and expertise to be a director of SCOLR Pharma, Inc. His experience in management, financial matters, and capital formation enables him to provide the board of directors with valuable insight in these areas.  Mr. Taglich has also served as Chairman of the board of directors of Air Industries, a publicly held company, since 2008.