Geron Corporation announced the appointment of Shannon Odam as Vice President, Human Resources. Ms. Odam joins other recently recruited senior leadership to further strengthen the organization as it expands its operations to support the planned opening of the Phase 3 portion of IMerge in lower risk myelodysplastic syndromes for screening and enrollment in the summer of 2019. As Vice President, Human Resources, Ms. Odam will lead all aspects of a comprehensive human resources function, including oversight of policies and operations for leadership and talent management, training, organizational development, operational effectiveness and workforce planning. In addition, Ms. Odam will work in partnership with the executive team to evaluate, design and implement programs to create a cohesive, collaborative and high-performing culture to support the Company's growth initiatives as Geron advances the imetelstat program into late-stage clinical development and potential commercialization. Prior to Geron, Ms. Odam was Vice President, Human Resources at BioElectron Technology and a member of the executive team, where she led human resources planning and operations to establish strategic alignment.