Abeona Therapeutics Inc. announced Steven Rouhandeh will retire from his position as Chairman of the Board and Board member of Abeona, effective October 14, 2021. Mr. Rouhandeh has served as a Director on Abeona's Board since the Company's public debut in 2015. The Board has appointed Michael Amoroso Chairman of the Board, effective October 15, 2021. Dr. Vishwas (Vish) Seshadri, Ph.D., M.B.A., has been appointed President and member of the Company's Board of Directors, effective October 15, 2021. Until then, Dr. Seshadri will remain in his current role as Head of Research &Clinical Development and will lead the Company's search for a new R&D leader with late-stage clinical and regulatory experience in preparation for two pivotal data readouts beginning in 2022. Brendan O'Malley, J.D., Ph.D. has been promoted to Senior Vice President, General Counsel. Dr. O'Malley joined Abeona in May 2019 as Chief IP Counsel and was promoted to Head of Legal &IP in April 2020. In his role as General Counsel, Dr. O'Malley will leverage his significant legal and technical expertise in the biotechnology industry to oversee legal, corporate, IP, compliance, and other related matters for Abeona. Brian Kevany, Ph.D. has been promoted to Vice President, Chief Technical Officer. Dr. Kevany joined the Company in January 2018 and has been instrumental in advancing Abeona's preclinical ophthalmology programs. Dr. Kevany was promoted to Vice President, Manufacturing and Interim Head of Technical Operations in June 2021. As Chief Technical Officer, Dr. Kevany will oversee and direct all manufacturing, assay development, process development, and supply chain operations for Abeona. Effective immediately, Scott Nogi, M.B.A., Vice President, Head of Business Operations will expand his role to include leading day-to-day operations as site head at Abeona's Cleveland facility. Mr. Nogi, who joined the Company in March 2018, has been instrumental in the design and execution of the plans to expand Abeona's manufacturing capabilities with the construction of a new 10,000+ square foot AAV manufacturing facility as the Company approaches commercialization of its AAV-based gene therapies.