Azitra, Inc. announced the addition of two members to its board of directors, Barbara Ryan and John Schroer. Barbara Ryan is a Board Member of Indivior PLC and MiNK Therapeutics, the CEO of Barbara Ryan Advisors, and a Senior Advisor at Ernst & Young. Previously, Ms. Ryan was a Wall Street research analyst, a Managing Director, and Head of Pharmaceutical Research at Deutsche Bank.

She began her career covering the pharmaceutical industry at Bear Stearns. She has been the lead analyst on high-profile transactions and has raised over $1.5 billion for emerging biopharma companies in IPOs, follow-ons, PIPEs, and convertible debt transactions. She has led the IR/PR programs, or served as senior strategic investor relations counsel, to firms including Shire, Cardinal Health, Zoetis, Allergan, and Perrigo Agenus, Radius Health, Rafael Holdings, Centrexion, Esperion, ContraFect, Relypsa, Syndax, Barbara is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Pharmaceutical Executivemagazine where she authors a monthly finance column and is a faculty member at the GLG Institute.

John Schroer is the chief financial officer at Alumis, where he started in March 2022. Previously, he was chief financial officer at ArsenalBio from February 2021 to February 2022. Prior to that role, Mr. Schroer served as chief financial officer and treasurer at Translate Bio.

From January 2014 to April 2018, Mr. Schroer served as a director and sector head -- healthcare at Allianz Global Investors, a global asset management company. From 2009 to December 2013, he served as president and chief investment officer at Schroer Capital, LP, a financial services company that he founded. Mr. Schroer received a B.S. in history and international relations and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.