Mary Fisher

Biography

Ms. Fisher brings more than 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Ms. Fisher currently serves as Chief Executive Officer and Director at Colorescience, a former division of SkinMedica, Inc., where she served as Chief Executive Officer from 2008 until 2012, when she led the successful sale of the company to Allergan, Inc. for $375 million. Prior to joining SkinMedica, Ms. Fisher was the Chief Operating Officer of Acorda Therapeutics, where she was responsible for the execution of the company’s restructuring, initial public offering and a $50 million acquisition that transitioned Acorda from a developmental platform to a commercial stage operation. Ms. Fisher has served as a Pharmaceutical Consultant for companies such as Acorda Therapeutics and Roche Diagnostics and specialized in commercialization strategy, resource and outsource planning, pricing strategy and tactics, distribution planning, managed care contracting and forecasting. Previously, she held the role of Vice President, Strategic Healthcare and Commercial Operations at Cephalon, Inc., and Manager, Communications at Immunex. She currently serves as a Board Member of the Neuroscience Nursing Foundation and is a Member of the Women’s Dermatological Society and the Dermatology Foundation Leader’s Society. Additionally, Ms. Fisher co-founded Ann Olsen Endowment, a cancer patient advocacy group, in 1987.

Research Interest

 Pharmaceutical Science