Karen Zaderej, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Ms. Zaderej has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of AxoGen, Inc. since September 2011. Karen has served as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the board of directors of AxoGen Corporation since May 2010. Karen joined AxoGen in May 2006 and served as Vice President of Marketing and Sales from May 2006 to October 2007 and as Chief Operating Officer from October 2007 to May 2010. From October 2004 to May 2006, Karen worked for Zaderej Medical Consulting, a consulting firm she founded, which assisted medical device companies build and execute successful commercialization plans. From 1987 to 2004, Karen worked at Ethicon, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company, where she held senior positions in marketing, business development, research & development, and manufacturing. Karen has a MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Business and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University.

Gregory G. Freitag, Chief Financial Officer and Director
Mr. Freitag, J.D., CPA, has been Chief Financial Officer of AxoGen, Inc. (formerly LecTec Corporation) and a member of its board of directors since June 2010. Greg has also served as Chief Financial Officer and a member of the board of directors of AxoGen Corporation, AxoGen, Inc.'s wholly owned subsidiary, since September 2011. From June 30, 2010 to September 2011 Gregory was Chief Executive Officer of LecTec Corporation, having resigned such position pursuant to the reverse merger between LecTec Corporation (renamed AxoGen Inc.) and AxoGen Corporation. Greg in May 2009 was cofounder, and continues as a principal, of FreiMc, LLC, a consulting and advisory firm that provides strategic guidance and business development advisory services related to the life sciences and healthcare markets. Prior to founding FreiMc, LLC Greg was the Director of Business Development at Pfizer Health Solutions, a former subsidiary of Pfizer, Inc., from January 2006 to May 2009. From July 2005 to January 2006, Greg worked for Guidant Corporation in their business development group. Prior to Guidant Corporation, Greg was the Chief Executive Officer of HTS Biosystems, a biotechnology tools start-up company, from March 2000 until its sale in early 2005. Greg was the Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel of Quantech, Ltd., a public point of care diagnostic company, from December 1995 to March 2000. Prior to that time, Greg practiced corporate/securities law in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Greg is also a director of Pressure BioSciences, Inc., a publicly traded life sciences company focused on the development of a novel, enabling technology called Pressure Cycling Technology.

Jill F. Schiaparelli, Senior Vice President, Business Strategy & Marketing
Ms. Schiaparelli has served as AxoGen's Senior Vice President, Business Strategy & Marketing since February 2012 and oversees the business strategy, analytics and marketing functions. Jill brings to AxoGen more than 20 years of global business experience in the medical device, biosurgery, and investment banking industries with leadership roles in marketing, new product development, commercial strategy and analytics. From January 2011 to February 2012 and from June, 2007 to December 2008, Jill was employed by JS Strategic Partners, LLC, a consulting firm she founded to provide business strategy, commercialization and marketing services to biotechnology companies and health care providers. From December 2008 to December 2010, Jill was the Vice President, Commercial Strategy & Business Development for ApaTech, a venture-back global orthopedic graft company based in the UK and later acquired by Baxter Healthcare. From 1996 to 2007, Jill was employed by Johnson & Johnson family of companies where she held several senior positions in strategic marketing, marketing, sales operations and healthcare analytics within the Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Ethicon and Healthcare Systems operating companies. Her appointments included Global Director, Obesity Strategic Marketing, Director Emerging Technologies (biosurgery & cardiovascular), Product Director for Tissue Regeneration and Director of National Account Operations. Prior to working in the healthcare industry, Jill was in the investment banking industry. As a Vice President with Integrated Resources, she had responsibility for their aircraft and equipment leasing portfolio and was a fiduciary for several investment funds. Jill received her MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University and a BS in Business Administration from Boston University.

John P. Engels, Vice President
Mr. Engels has served as Vice President of AxoGen, Inc. since September 2011. John is a co-founder of AxoGen Corporation and has served as Vice President since November 2002, providing operational and financial leadership and managing AxoGen's strategic and product development partnerships. From 1999 to 2002, John worked as a consultant for the University of Florida, Saffron Hill Ventures and PA Early Stage Partners, among other companies. John also worked from 1993 to 1997 for CACM, a boutique investment banking firm. John holds a MBA in Management and Operations from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, and a BA in Political Science from the University of Chicago.

Mark Friedman, Ph.D., Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance
Dr. Friedman has served as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs for AxoGen, Inc. since September 2011. He has served as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance since June 2011 and as Director of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs from September 2006 to June 2011 for AxoGen Corporation. Prior to joining AxoGen, Mark held several regulatory and quality leadership positions at Enable Medical Corporation, a medical device company, including Director of Quality Assurance from 1997 to 1998 and Vice President of Quality and Regulatory from 1998 to 2001 and from 2004 to 2005. Mark also worked for AtriCure, Inc., a company that develops, manufactures and sells surgical ablation systems to treat atrial fibrillation, as Vice President of Quality and Regulatory from 2001 to 2004 and as Vice President of Operations in 2004. AtriCure acquired Enable Medical in 2005. Mark has over 24 years of experience in developing and directing regulatory strategy and quality systems for medical products, including 15 years with startup medical product firms. Mark has a Ph.D. in Chemistry specializing in protein biochemistry from the University of Cincinnati.

Brad Hedger, Vice President of Sales
Mr. Hedger has served as Vice President of Sales for AxoGen, Inc. since September 2011 and as Vice President of Sales of AxoGen Corporation since January 2011. From September 2008 to December 2010, Brad served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Patient Care, a company founded by Brad, which distributed products directly for AxoGen and DePuy Spine, Inc. in the states of Colorado and Wyoming. Brad served as Director of Upper Extremity Trauma Sales for the Orthopaedics division of Stryker Corporation, a publicly traded medical technology company, from March 2006 to September 2008. Prior to that, Brad held direct sales and regional management positions for 13 years at Synthes Inc., an orthopedic trauma company. Brad has a BS in Political Science and Computer Science from Cornell College.

Erick DeVinney, Director of Clinical Research
Mr. DeVinney has served as Director of Clinical Research for AxoGen, Inc. since September 2011. He has served as Director of Clinical Research for AxoGen Corporation since April 2007. Erick has over eight years of experience in the successful planning and management of clinical trials. He has diverse background including research at a large academic facility and management of clinical operations for a medical device and pharmaceutical company. Erick has been involved in clinical research at Medical College of Virginia Hospitals, National Clinical Research, PRA International, and Angiotech. He has been involved in the successful submission of eight IDE or NDA applications as well as numerous 510(k)s. He has a BS in Chemistry from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Mike Donovan, Director of Operations
Mr. Donovan has served as Director of Operations for AxoGen, Inc. since September 2011. He has served as Director of Operations for AxoGen Corporation since January 2011. From 1988 to 2010, Mike held positions at Zimmer Holdings in Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, Quality Assurance and Sterilization including Director of Manufacturing from 2002 to 2010. Mike has a BS in Chemical Engineering and an MBA from the University of Akron.

Marlo Tan Walpole, Director of Biotechnology Development
Ms. Walpole has served as Director of Biotechnology Development for AxoGen, Inc. since September 2011. She has served as Director of Biotechnology Development for AxoGen Corporation since February 2009. Marlo joined the company in July 2003 as one of the original team members and served as Product Development Manager and Director of Product Development prior to taking on her current role. Marlo has over 14 years of industry experience successfully managing various aspects of Product Development in the allograft, medical device, and biologic industries. Marlo has worked for Regeneration Technologies (now known as RTI Biologics), US Biomaterials (now operating as Nova Bone Products LLC and NovaMin Technology, Inc.), and Ixion Biotechnology (technology now owned by OxThera Therapeutics) in areas of increasing responsibility including managing a cross-functional team in clinical trial production. She has also managed several biomaterials projects from research to production and helped actively market multiple products. In her past eight years at AxoGen, Marlo has focused her efforts on identifying and working with leading researchers and clinicians in the field of peripheral nerve treatment and on the development of products specifically geared for peripheral nerve repair. She also manages the company's Intellectual Property portfolio. Marlo has an MS in Biomedical Engineering and a BS in Biology.

David Hansen, Corporate Controller
Mr. Hansen has served as Corporate Controller of AxoGen, Inc. since September 2011 and as Corporate Controller of AxoGen Corporation since June 2006. From June 2005 to June 2006, Dave was Vice President of Finance—Corporate Controller and Treasurer of Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc., a publicly traded environmental services company, and held other corporate and regional accounting positions at Perma-Fix Environmental Services from 1995 to 2005. Dave was also Controller at Kraft Foodservice, Inc. from 1994 to 1995 and held other accounting and procurement positions at Kraft Foodservice, Inc. from 1985 to 1994. Dave has over 20 years of experience in senior financial positions at both publicly traded and private companies. Dave holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from the University of Oklahoma.