Viridian Therapeutics, Inc. announced the appointment of Jennifer Tousignant to the role of Chief Legal Officer. Ms. Tousignant joins Viridian most recently from Sana Biotechnology where she was Senior Vice President of Legal and led the legal team responsible for research and development, regulatory, quality, intellectual property, business development, corporate communications and investor relations, and litigation. She joined Sana from Xilio Therapeutics where she was the Head of Legal and responsible for all legal and compliance matters.

Prior to Xilio, Jennifer was Chief Intellectual Property Counsel at TESARO, Inc., where she built and led the intellectual property function and was a key member of the global launch teams for several products. Early in her career, she worked at Genzyme Corporation in roles of increasing responsibility in research and in legal. She received her J.D. from Suffolk University School of Law, magna cum laude, and her B.A. in Chemistry with Honors from the University of Virginia.