James Stanker
Mr. Stanker has served as one of our directors since May 6, 2022 and as the Chief Financial Officer of Processa Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: PCSA) since September 5, 2018. Mr. Stanker has over 30 years of financial and executive leadership experience in the areas of accounting principles and audit standards, regulatory reporting, and fiscal management and strategy. He served in a financial leadership role as an audit partner at Grant Thornton from February 2000 until his retirement in August 2016 and has served companies in an advisory role since that time. His responsibilities included managing the audit quality in the Atlantic Coast Market Territory. From 2009 to 2012, he served as the Global Head of Audit Quality for Grant Thornton International. Mr. Stanker is a Certified Public Accountant. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Aeronautics from San Jose State University and a Master’s in Business Administration from California State University, East Bay. He previously served on the Board of Directors of GSE Systems, Inc. Mr. Stanker is also a visiting professor in the George B. Delaplaine School of Business at Hood College. We believe Mr. Stanker is qualified to serve as one of our directors due to his experience and knowledge in accounting, as well as his experience as an officer of a publicly-traded company.