Leadership
The Trevi leadership team is highly engaged and experienced in life science clinical development and building value.
Management Team
Board of Directors
David Meeker, M.D. – Chairman
David Meeker, M.D. has served as a member of our board of directors and our chairman since July 2017. Dr. Meeker has served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company, since July 2020. Prior to joining Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Dr. Meeker was Chief Executive Officer and director of KSQ Therapeutics, Inc., from September 2017 to July 2020 and worked at Sanofi Genzyme from October 2011 to June 2017, in a variety of roles, including President and Chief Executive Officer of Genzyme, a Sanofi Company from October 2011 until January 2016, as a member of Sanofi’s Executive Committee from 2012 to June 2017 and as Executive Vice President and head of Sanofi Genzyme, Sanofi’s specialty care unit with responsibility for rare diseases, multiple sclerosis, oncology and immunology franchises, from January 2016 to June 2017. Prior to the acquisition of Genzyme by Sanofi in 2011, Dr. Meeker worked at Genzyme Corporation, beginning in 1994 as medical director, and held positions of increasing responsibility, ultimately serving as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Genzyme, Dr. Meeker was director of the Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic and an Assistant Professor of medicine at Ohio State University. Dr. Meeker has served as a director of Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, since November 2015 and as its chairman of the board since April 2017. He has served as Chairman of Pharvaris, a publicly traded company, since January 2021 . Dr. Meeker has also served as a director of MyoKardia, Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, from June 2017 to December 2020. Dr. Meeker holds a medical degree from the University of Vermont Medical School and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 2000. He completed his internal medicine training at Harvard University’s Beth Israel Hospital and pulmonary/critical care training at Boston University.
Dominick Colangelo
Dominick Colangelo has served on our board of directors since June 2020. Mr. Colangelo has served as President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Vericel Corporation since March 2013. Mr. Colangelo has more than 20 years of executive management and corporate development experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, including nearly a decade with Eli Lilly. During his career, he has held a variety of executive positions of increasing responsibility in product development, pharmaceutical operations, sales and marketing, and corporate development. He has extensive experience in the acquisition, development and commercialization of products across a variety of therapeutic areas. During his tenure at Eli Lilly, he held positions as Director of Strategy and Business Development for Eli Lilly’s Diabetes Product Group and also served as a founding Managing Director of Lilly Ventures. Mr. Colangelo received a B.S.B.A. in Accounting from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a J.D. from the Duke University School of Law.
Jennifer Good
Jennifer Good is our co-founder and has served as a member of our board of directors and as our President and Chief Executive Officer since our inception in March 2011. Previously, Ms. Good served at Penwest Pharmaceuticals Co., or Penwest, from 1997 to 2010, where she held various positions including President and Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Good has served on the board of Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, a publicly-traded biopharmaceutical company, since June 2019. Previously, Ms. Good served on the board of Juniper Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a publicly traded healthcare company, from September 2017 until it was acquired by Catalent, Inc. in August 2018. Ms. Good has also served as a board member of the Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA), a patient advocacy group advancing treatments for the cure of Friedreich’s Ataxia, since 2011. Ms. Good received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a concentration in accounting from Pacific Lutheran University in 1987 and is a Certified Public Accountant licensed by the State of Washington, although her license is currently inactive.
Michael Heffernan
Michael Heffernan has served on our board of directors since February 2017. Mr. Heffernan is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Collegium Pharmaceutical. Mr. Heffernan served as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Collegium Pharmaceutical until November 2024 and President and Chief Executive Officer of Collegium Pharmaceutical until June 2018. He is a successful entrepreneur and biopharmaceutical leader with over 25 years of experience building and leading development stage and commercial companies.
Most recently, Mr. Heffernan was the Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Avenge Bio. He was previously Chief Executive Officer of Onset Dermatologics, a dermatology company that he founded and spun out of Collegium to create PreCision Dermatology and was later sold to Valeant. Mr. Heffernan held previous positions as Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Clinical Studies Ltd., a pharmaceutical contract research organization that was sold to PhyMatrix Corp, a public healthcare services company, and later served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of PhyMatrix Corp. Mr. Heffernan began his career at Eli Lilly and Company and served in numerous sales and marketing roles. He has also been an advisor, investor and board member in a number of biopharma, medical device and healthcare services companies. Mr. Heffernan serves on the board of directors of Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. (AKBA), Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. (BHVN) and Synlogic, Inc. (SYBX). Mr. Heffernan previously served on the board of directors of Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., a public pharmaceutical company prior to its merger with Akebia, Ocata Therapeutics, Inc. (OCAT), Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. (now known as Chiesi USA, Inc.) (CRTX) and Veloxis Pharmaceuticals A/S, prior to its acquisition by Asahi Kasei. Mr. Heffernan is a current member of the boards of several privately held companies. Mr. Heffernan earned his B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Connecticut.
Ed Mathers
Edward Mathers has served on our board of directors since July 2017. Mr. Mathers has been a partner at New Enterprise Associates, Inc., a private venture capital firm, since August 2008. Mr. Mathers has served as a director of multiple publicly traded biopharmaceutical companies including ObsEva SA, since November 2015, Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Inc., since March 2013, Synlogic, Inc., since October 2012, Inozyme Pharma, Inc. since January 2017 and Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. since November 2018. Mr. Mathers has also served on the board of directors at Akouos, Inc., a publicly traded biotechnology company, since October 2017. He previously served as a director of Liquidia Technologies, Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, from April 2009 until May 2019, and as a director of Ra Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a publicly traded pharmaceutical company, from February 2010 until April 2020. He is also on the board of a number of private life sciences companies. Mr. Mathers earned his B.S. in chemistry from North Carolina State University.
Anne VanLent
Anne VanLent has served on our board of directors since October 2018. Since May 2008, Ms. VanLent has been President of AMV Advisors, providing corporate strategy and financial consulting services to emerging growth life sciences companies. Ms. VanLent was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Barrier Therapeutics, Inc., a publicly traded pharmaceutical company, from 2002 through 2008. From 1997 to 2001, she was the Executive Vice President – Portfolio Management for Sarnoff Corporation, a multidisciplinary research and development firm. From 1985 to 1993, she served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Liposome Company, Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company that was acquired by Elan Corp. plc. Ms. VanLent has served as a member of the board of directors and audit committee chair of Applied Genetics Technologies Corporation, a publicly traded biotechnology company, since August 2016. From May 2013 to June 2020, Ms. VanLent also served as a member of the board of directors of Vaxart, Inc. (formerly Aviragen Therapeutics, Inc.), a publicly traded biotechnology company. Ms. VanLent served as a director of Ocera Therapeutics, Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company acquired by Mallinckrodt plc, from 2011 to December 2017; Novelion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (formerly Aegerion Pharmaceuticals), a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, from March 2013 to June 2017; and Onconova Therapeutics, Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, from June 2013 to May 2016. Ms. VanLent received a B.A. degree in physics from Mount Holyoke College.
Jennifer Good
Co-Founder, President and CEO
Jennifer Good is our co-founder and has served as a member of our Board of Directors and as our President and Chief Executive Officer since our inception in March 2011. Previously, Ms. Good served at Penwest Pharmaceuticals Co., or Penwest, from 1997 to 2010, where she held various positions including President and Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Good has served on the board of Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, since June 2019. Ms. Good has also served as a board member of the Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA), a patient advocacy group advancing treatments for the cure of Friedreich’s Ataxia, since 2011 and as a board member of BioCT, a life sciences trade organization whose purpose is to catalyze and accelerate growth in the life sciences community of Connecticut, since 2026. Previously, Ms. Good served on the board of Juniper Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a publicly traded healthcare company, from September 2017 until it was acquired by Catalent, Inc. in August 2018. Ms. Good received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a concentration in accounting from Pacific Lutheran University in 1987 and is a Certified Public Accountant licensed by the State of Washington, although her license is currently inactive.
Thomas Sciascia, M.D.
Co-Founder, Chief Scientific Officer
Thomas Sciascia, M.D., is our co-founder and has served as our Chief Scientific Officer since November 2022. Prior to that, he served as our Chief Medical Officer from our inception, in March 2011, until November 2022. Previously, Dr. Sciascia was the Senior Vice President of Clinical Development and Regulatory and Chief Medical Officer at Penwest from 2001 to 2010. Prior to joining Penwest, Dr. Sciascia worked at Quintiles, Inc. from 1997 to 2000 as a consultant to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Dr. Sciascia also worked as Medical Director at Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc. (later acquired by Shire Pharmaceuticals Group plc) from 2000 to 2001. Dr. Sciascia received a B.S. in biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a medical degree from Columbia University. He is a board-certified neurologist licensed to practice medicine in the state of Massachusetts.
James Cassella, Ph.D.
Chief Development Officer
James Cassella, Ph.D., has served as our Chief Development Officer since October 2024. Dr. Cassella has over 35 years of experience working in innovative publicly traded drug and product development companies with a specific focus on CNS therapies. Prior to joining Trevi as CDO, Dr. Cassella served as CDO for Concert Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Sun Pharma in 2023) where he spearheaded the development activities leading to the successful US FDA approval of the autoimmune JAK inhibitor, Leqselvi™. At Concert Pharmaceuticals, he was a key member of the Executive Team and the corporate transaction team leading to its $576 million Company acquisition by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries. Prior to joining Concert, Dr. Cassella was Executive Vice President, Research and Development and Chief Scientific Officer at Alexza Pharmaceuticals from 2004-2015, where he was responsible for the US and European approval of the CNS drug, Adasuve™. He held other various management positions, including Senior Vice President of Clinical Research and Development at Neurogen Corporation, an innovative CNS-focused biotechnology company, and was an Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at Oberlin College. Dr. Cassella received a Ph.D. in Physiological Psychology from Dartmouth College, completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine and received a B.A. in Psychology from the University of New Haven.
David Hastings
Chief Financial Officer
David Hastings has served as our Chief Financial Officer since January 2026. Mr. Hastings brings over 25 years of financial leadership in public life sciences and biopharmaceutical companies to Trevi. His accomplishments span capital raising, commercialization, business development, and investor relations management. Throughout his career, Mr. Hastings has raised over $2B in equity and debt financing. Most recently, Mr. Hastings was Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Arbutus from June 2018 until March 2025. Previously, he was Senior Vice President and CFO of Unilife from 2015 until 2017. Prior to that, he spent the majority of his career as CFO and Executive Vice President at Incyte, a role he held from 2003 to 2014. During his tenure at Incyte, Mr. Hastings oversaw all financial aspects of the company's transition from research and development to commercialization following the launch of Jakafi® (ruxolitinib). He was integral in managing the financial and operational complexities of scaling the company to over 700 individuals. Additionally, he co-led the negotiation of two out-licensing deals for two compounds. Mr. Hastings also previously served as Vice President, CFO and Treasurer at ArQule Inc., where he played an important role in the company's transition into a drug discovery and development organization, and in its two strategic acquisitions, including the purchase of Cyclis Pharmaceuticals Inc. Currently, Mr. Hastings is a Board member and Chair of the Audit Committee of Scynexis, Inc.
Farrell Simon, Pharm.D.
Chief Commerical Officer
Farrell Simon, Pharm.D. has served as our Chief Commercial Officer since February 2023. Prior to that, he served as our Senior Vice President, Head of Commercial and Strategy, from February 2022 until February 2023 and Vice President, Head of US Marketing, from September 2020 until February 2022. Previously, Dr. Simon was the Senior Director, Chief of Staff to the Biopharma Group President at Pfizer Inc. and a member of the biopharma executive leadership team from January 2018 to September 2020. Prior to joining Pfizer, Dr. Simon gained general management, marketing, and medical affairs experience at Procter & Gamble. Dr. Simon is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Simon Cancer Foundation and is on the board of directors for the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce. He previously held positions on the advisory boards for the business school and the College of Pharmacy at the University of Florida. Dr. Simon holds both an M.B.A. and a Pharm.D. from the University of Florida.
Paula Buckley
VP, Clinical Operations
Paula Buckley is the Vice President of Clinical Operations at Trevi. She has almost 35 years pharmaceutical industry experience in Analytical Chemistry, Quality Assurance and Clinical Operations. Before joining Trevi Paula served as VP Quality Assurance/Control at Penwest, as well as several leadership roles in Quality Assurance and Control in companies such as Bayer, Anesiva and I-Health. During her years at Bayer, she worked in leadership roles in Analytical Chemistry in several therapeutic areas. Paula received her Bachelor of Science degree at Southern CT State University in 1987.
Rebecca Drain
VP, Global Regulatory Affairs
Rebecca Drain is the Vice President of Global Regulatory Affairs at Trevi. She has over 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry including regulatory strategic operations, team management and drug discovery. Prior to joining Trevi, Rebecca served as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at Intensity Therapeutics where she expanded Intensity’s regulatory operational capabilities. Prior to that, she held various positions at Bristol-Myers Squibb spanning drug discovery through development. Most recently she had responsibility for the Opdivo US investigational and global marketing regulatory submissions. She was subsequently the Director, Global Dossier Management - Oncology at Bristol-Myers Squibb. She joined Trevi Therapeutics in 2022. Rebecca holds a B.S. Degree in Pathobiology from the University of Connecticut.
Colleen Hamilton
VP, Development Operations
Colleen Hamilton, M.S., is the Vice President of Development Operations at Trevi. She brings over 18 years of pharmaceutical industry experience spanning quality assurance, regulatory affairs, and global clinical operations. Prior to joining Trevi, Colleen served as Executive Director of Clinical Operations at Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (acquired by Sun Pharma in 2023), where she led clinical operations for the company’s lead program in alopecia areata. In this role, she oversaw global Phase 3 trial execution and played a pivotal role in the successful NDA submission, contributing significantly to the program’s eventual FDA approval. Earlier in her career, Colleen held positions of increasing responsibility in regulatory affairs, supporting multiple therapeutic areas at various stages of development. She holds a Master of Science in Regulatory and Clinical Research Management from Regis College and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts.
Stephen O'Connor, Ph.D.
VP, CMC
Stephen O’Connor, Ph.D., has served as our Vice President of CMC since August 2024. Dr. O’Connor has over 30 years of experience working in Research and Development for mid-sized pharma companies and innovative biotechnology companies. Prior to joining Trevi as VP of CMC, Dr. O’Connor served as VP of CMC Technical Operations for Cara Therapeutics. At Cara, he was responsible for leading all manufacturing efforts for IV Difelikefalin (Korsuva®) from pre-clinical through US FDA approval. He also supported Cara’s partners in obtaining global approval (EU, Japan, etc.) for Korsuva®/Kapruvia®. In addition, he led a successful effort to develop and manufacture an oral formulation of Difelikefalin that was evaluated in Phase 1-3 clinical trials for various indications. Prior to joining Cara, Dr. O’Connor held positions of increasing responsibility at Bayer Pharmaceuticals and Abbott Laboratories. Dr. O’Connor received a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Brown University, completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Chemistry at the University of California at Irvine. He received a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Connecticut.










