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Candice Cantelli Meklis

Candice brings more than 20 years of experience as a finance and operations leader in the life science, pharma, and digital health sectors. Prior to joining Danforth, she served as Senior Vice President of Finance Operations for Flagship Pioneering, where she led financial operations and FP&A across the firm’s 30+ portfolio companies.

Candice’s previous roles include CFO of PatientsLikeMe and FP&A leadership at Alkermes and Cubist Pharmaceuticals. She also served as Vice President and leader of the life science practice at Archetype Consulting.

Candice holds a BS and MBA in Finance from Bentley University.

Select Accomplishments:

  • Served as CFO and acting head of HR for digital health company divested from United Health Group; established accounting, investment and operations policies and controls, streamlined revenue forecast and revenue recognition and partnered in business development
  • Successfully built Finance and FP&A functions for two publicly traded biopharma companies.

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