Lynne H. Brum

Biography

Lynne H. Brum was named Vice President, Planning and Corporate Communications in October 2016 in conjunction with the transition to Yield10 Bioscience as the Company's core business. Ms. Brum joined the company in November 2011 as Vice President, Marketing and Corporate Communications. Prior to joining Metabolix, in 2010 to 2011 she was a communications consultant and served in various roles including as a freelance project director for Seidler Bernstein Inc. Ms. Brum served from 2007 to 2009 as an Executive Vice President at Porter Novelli Life Sciences, a subsidiary of global PR firm, Porter Novelli International. Prior to that, Ms. Brum was responsible for corporate communications, investor relations and brand management for Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 1994 to 2007 in various positions, including Vice President of Strategic Communications. Ms. Brum was also a vice president at Feinstein Kean Healthcare and was part of the communications team at Biogen, Inc. (now Biogen Idec). Ms. Brum holds a bachelor's degree in biological sciences from Wellesley College and an M.B.A. from Simmons College's School of Management.

Research Interest

Agriculture, food science, food technology, crop science