Leadership Team

Andrea Itano, Ph.D., has served as Senior Vice President, Head of Research since 2017. Andrea has also served on the board of Global Arts Live, a Boston-based performing arts nonprofit organization, since 2019. Prior to joining Evelo, Andrea held multiple leadership roles at GlaxoSmithKline, including Vice President and Head of Tempero Discovery Unit. Andrea has experience as a lead researcher at Amgen, Roche, and as Chief Scientific Officer of Tempero Pharmaceuticals. Andrea received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and completed a Cancer Research Institute Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Minnesota.