Jessica Edgar Morris

Biography

Jessica Edgar Morris joined Tonix Pharmaceuticals as Senior Vice President of Finance in September 2013. Ms. Morris served as Acting Chief Financial Officer from January 2016 to February 2016 and was subsequently appointed Executive Vice President, Operations. Ms. Morris has over 10 years of experience in finance and investing, at both private and publicly-traded companies. She was previously a Vice President at Zhong Rong Group, a family office in NYC, where she oversaw the firm's investment strategy and asset allocations. Prior to Zhong Rong Group, Ms. Morris worked at American Capital, a publicly-traded private equity firm and global asset manager, where she sourced and underwrote investments in companies across a range of industries including healthcare. She also worked in an investment capacity at Calvert Street Capital Partners, a private equity firm in Baltimore, MD, as well as Silicon Valley Bank, a senior debt lender to technology and life science companies. Ms. Morris began her career at Deutsche Bank as an investment banking financial analyst. Ms. Morris received a B.S. in Commerce and B.A in Music from the University of Virginia, where she was an Echols Scholar. Ms. Morris is also a classically trained violinist 

Research Interest

Finance and investing