Dr. Mohan Rao is the Chief Executive Officer of Epsilon Economics LLC, an economics consulting firm based in Chicago that specializes in life sciences and high technology, and the Chief Financial Officer of Expression Therapeutics LLC, a biotechnology firm based in Atlanta that is developing gene therapies for curing hemophilia, a deadly bleeding disorder. Dr. Rao is also an Adjunct Professor in Engineering Management at Northwestern University. He was previously a professor at UCLA and a Teaching Fellow at Harvard University. Dr. Rao serves on the Board of Directors of the Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and the Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, on the Board of Trustees of the Rotary/One Foundation and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and is a member of the Chicago Club and the Economic Club of Chicago.