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Cameron Gallagher

Cameron Gallagher

Crosslink chairman and Alessa Therapeutics president and CEO

Director
Updated Nov 8, 2026·Latest SEC filing Oct 20, 2026·Suggest an edit

About Cameron Gallagher

Cameron Gallagher chairs Crosslink, which develops biologic components intended to assemble cancer medicines inside solid tumors. He is president and CEO of Alessa Therapeutics, a clinical-stage company developing localized drug delivery for early prostate cancer. He has more than 33 years of biotechnology and pharmaceutical experience.

Earlier, he co-founded Zentalis Pharmaceuticals, a developer of small-molecule cancer medicines, and served as president and a board member. He was chief business officer at Retrosense Therapeutics, which developed gene therapies for inherited retinal disorders, through its acquisition by Allergan. That deal was worth up to $580 million. He now serves on four other boards, including Opus Genetics, SelectION and Immusoft. His past board roles include VelosBio, Retrosense and Zentalis. Merck acquired VelosBio for $2.8 billion. He earned a B.B.A. from Ohio University and an M.B.A. from the University of San Diego.

Experience

This experience comes from official bios and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Cameron Gallagher in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

Crosslink Therapeutics Inc. Current
Chairman
2025 – Present · Boston, MA
Crosslink builds a modular biologic platform for antibody-drug conjugates and radioligand therapies.
Alessa Therapeutics Current
President & CEO
Opus Genetics Current
Board member
SelectION Current
Board member
Immusoft Current
Board member
UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center Current
Board member
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals
Co-Founder, President & Board Member
Retrosense Therapeutics
Chief Business Officer
Board member
VelosBio
Board member

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people Cameron Gallagher works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

Crosslink Therapeutics Inc. · Form D, Oct 20, 2026
RI
Ronald Seidel, III
Co-founder and CEO, director
AK
Andrew King
Director
Rodolfo Chaparro
Rodolfo Chaparro
Co-Founder and Scientific Advisor, director

Sources

  1. SECCrosslink Therapeutics Inc. Form D, filed Oct 20, 2026
  2. P2Crosslink — About Crosslink