Dr. Seidenberg is a founding managing director of Westlake BioPartners and a general partner at Kleiner Perkins, a leading venture capital firm. A long-time life sciences investor, she has incubated and invested in greater than 30 biotech ventures.

Dr. Seidenberg has a demonstrated ability to identify and accelerate medically meaningful molecules through development. Her expertise is grounded in her significant senior level industry experience with leadership roles at Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Merck Research Laboratories. Most recently, at Amgen, Dr. Seidenberg was chief medical officer and head of global development.

Dr. Seidenberg holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in biology and anthropology from Barnard College and attended medical school at the University of Miami School of Medicine. She completed her medical residency at Johns Hopkins University and George Washington University, and her fellowship at the National Institutes of Health.