Douglas Topkis
Douglas Topkis is the CEO of Lehigh Natural Resources, an 8,000 acre Anthracite coal mine in Pennsylvania. He is also a managing member of Haystack Capital, L.P. From 2001 through 2010, Mr. Topkis worked at First New York Securities where he was a partner. Mr. Topkis has served as a strategic advisor to Mystic Pharmaceuticals since 2005 and was appointed as a Director and Chairman in 2009. He served on the Board of Directors of National Renal Alliance until December 2008 when the company was acquired by Renal Advantage. Renal Advantage is one of the largest providers of outpatient dialysis services in the U.S. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Aquilent, an integrator focused on Web-based software development. Mr. Topkis received a B.S. in Finance from Lehigh University and an MBA in finance from The Wharton School of Business.
Timothy Sullivan, Director, President & Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Sullivan is a Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Mystic Pharmaceuticals and is co-inventor of Mystic's Drug Delivery technology. He has four pending patents in the field of drug delivery and was recognized as one of the top one hundred notable people in the medical device industry by MD&DI in 2008. Mr. Sullivan was formerly a Principal of INFUSE Corporation, a strategy-consulting firm based in Austin, Texas where he served as a strategy consultant for organizations ranging from Fortune 500 companies to emerging companies spanning telecommunications, energy, life sciences, high technology and education. Over the past 30 years, Mr. Sullivan has been an innovator of breakthrough concepts, creating or growing companies in the fields of energy, software technology, life sciences and management consulting, two of which have been acquired by major corporations. He has held executive management positions with: Questor Energy, Inc. (Founder and President), Data Retrieval Corporation, Scientific & Engineering Software, Inc., DAZEL Corporation, SLParkhurst Corporation (President & CEO). He has served as a planning and technology commercialization consultant to NASA at the Johnson Space Center and was a Co-founder of the SBR Institute. Mr. Sullivan holds a MS degree in Future Studies from the University of Houston and undergraduate degree in Business and Physics.
Bruce Toll, Director
Bruce Toll
is the Vice Chairman of the Board of Toll Brothers, Inc., a highly successful home building company whose stock is listed on the NYSE. Mr. Toll has been a director of Toll Brothers since 1986 and served as the President of the company until 1998. Mr. Toll is founder and President of BET Investments, an office and commercial real estate company. Mr. Toll has had experience in assisted care living centers for the elderly and has vast business knowledge in entrepreneurial enterprises.