Fran Schulz

Independent Board Member

Ms. Schulz has served as a member of our board of directors since 2024. Ms. Schulz was one of the founding members and senior partners in Ernst & Young’s (EY) Life Sciences Practice and has held various roles at EY over 35 years. While at EY, Ms. Schulz directly contributed to the growth of EY into a $45B firm. She is also qualified to serve as a financial expert under SEC, NYSE and NASDAQ rules. Ms. Schulz spent her career working with large public and emerging private companies throughout the life sciences industry. She has deep experience guiding companies to execute a broad range of corporate deals including collaboration agreements, corporate spin-offs, reorganizations, and mergers and acquisitions, with personal involvement in over 100 total equity and debt transactions, raising over $15 billion in aggregate. Ms. Schulz also has significant experience with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and International Financial Reporting Standards.

Ms. Schulz currently serves as a Board Member and Audit Committee Chair of EDAP TMS SA (Nasdaq: EDAP), a global leader in robotic energy-based therapies, and as a Board Member and Audit Committee Chair of Menlo College.

Ms. Schulz is a certified public accountant (CPA) licensed in California. She received her B.S. in Business Administration from Menlo College.