United Therapeutics Corporation
Leadership
Christopher Causey, M.B.A.Principal, Causey ConsortiumIndependent Director Chairman, Compensation Committee Member, Audit Committee |
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Prof. Raymond Dwek, F.R.S.Professor of GlycobiologyDirector of the Glycobiology Institute University of Oxford President, Institute of Biology Independent Director Member, Nominating and Governance Committee |
 Professor Dwek is a Fellow of the Royal Society, London, and currently serves as Director of the Glycobiology Institute, Professor of Glycobiology at the University of Oxford and as the President of the Institute of Biology. From 2000 to 2006, Professor Dwek served as head of the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford. Professor Dwek has been serving in various positions at the University of Oxford since 1966. In 1988, Professor Dwek was the scientific founder of Oxford GlycoSciences PLC, which was publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange and NASDAQ, and he served as a member of its Board of Directors until its sale in 2003. He was the 2008 Kluge Chair of Technology and Society at the U.S. Library of Congress. Professor Dwek is considered the founder of glycobiology. He has served as a United Therapeutics director since 2002.
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Richard GiltnerIndependent Director |
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R. Paul GrayManaging Partner, Core Concepts, LLC Independent Director Chairman, Audit Committee Member, Compensation Committee |
 Mr. Gray serves as the Managing Member of Core Concepts, LLC, a strategic and financial consulting firm, which he founded in 2002. Mr. Gray currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Red Branch Technologies, Inc. and Critical Solutions, Inc., and is a member of the Board of Directors of C'Watre International, Inc. Until recently, Mr. Gray had served on the board of directors of several companies including Elevated Security, Inc., a private energy solutions company, and of TenthGate, Inc., a public medical holding company. From May 2004 to May 2005, Mr. Gray served a one-year term as a director of Earth Search Sciences, Inc., a publicly traded company. From 2003 to November 2004, Mr. Gray served as a director of Vertica Software, Inc., a publicly traded company until the completion of a merger transaction in November 2004. From September 2001 to May 2004, Mr. Gray served as Director and Chief Financial Officer of Power3 Medical Products, Inc., a publicly traded company. From 1985 to 1999, Mr. Gray practiced as a Certified Public Accountant at Ernst & Young LLP, KPMG LLP and Beers & Cutler LLP. The Board of Directors has determined that he is an audit committee financial expert as defined under the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and meets the financial sophistication requirement of the listing standards of the NASDAQ. He has served as a United Therapeutics director since 2003.
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Ray KurzweilFounder, Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerMedical Learning Company, Inc. and Kurzweil Technologies, Inc.
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 Mr. Kurzweil is an inventor, entrepreneur and author, and has created several important technologies in the artificial intelligence field. He has received the National Medal of Technology, the MIT-Lemelson Prize, eighteen honorary doctorates and honors from three U.S. Presidents. Mr. Kurzweil was selected as a 2002 inductee into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Since 1995, Mr. Kurzweil has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Kurzweil Technologies, Inc., a technology development firm. He has served as a United Therapeutics director since 2002. Mr. Kurzweil is not an independent director.
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Christopher Patusky, J.D., M.G.A.Director, Office of Real Estate Maryland Department of Transportation Vice Chairman Lead Director Chairman, Nominating and Governance Committee Member, Audit Committee |
 Since August 2007, Prof. Patusky has served as Director, Office of Real Estate, for the Maryland Department of Transportation, where he is responsible for overseeing the Department's real estate matters statewide, including its transit‑oriented development program. From 2002 until May 2007, Prof. Patusky served as the Executive Director and a member of the faculty of the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania. He has served as a United Therapeutics director since 2002.
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Louis Sullivan, M.D.Founding President and President Emeritus Morehouse School of Medicine Former Secretary of United States Department of Health and Human Services Independent Director Member, Compensation Committee Member, Nominating and Governance Committee |
 Dr. Sullivan currently serves as a Director of Henry Schein, Inc., BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Emergent BioSolutions, Inc., all publicly traded companies. Dr. Sullivan was the founding President of Morehouse School of Medicine, from 1981 to 1989 and 1993 to 2002, and he became President Emeritus of Morehouse School of Medicine in July 2002. Dr. Sullivan was also founder and Chairman of Medical Education for South African Blacks, Inc., a member of the National Executive Council for the Boy Scouts of America, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Little League of America. Dr. Sullivan served as Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services from 1989 to 1993. He has served as a United Therapeutics director since 2002.
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Mr. Causey has served as the Principal of Causey Consortium, a professional services organization providing business strategy and marketing counsel to the healthcare industry, since 2002. Previously, Mr. Causey served as a senior marketing officer for a variety of healthcare and technology companies. From 2001 to 2002, Mr. Causey served as the Chief Marketing Officer for Definity Health Incorporated. Mr. Causey has served as a United Therapeutics director since 2003.
Mr. Giltner has over twenty years of experience in the financial sector. His areas of expertise include international financial markets, financial derivatives, alternative investments and asset management. Prior to beginning a one-year sabbatical on October 15, 2008, Mr. Giltner served as a managing director of Société Générale Asset Management and head of the European office for its fund of hedge funds group, a position he has held since 2006. From 2003 to 2006, Mr. Giltner was the global head of foreign exchange options for the investment banking arm of Société Générale. He has also held various other managerial positions with Société Générale since joining the company in 1991. Mr. Giltner was appointed to the Board of Directors on April 29, 2009.
Employee Directors
Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D., J.D., M.B.A. - Chairman
Roger Jeffs, Ph.D.
