Jennifer Leonard

Chief People Officer and SVP, IT

As Chief People Officer & Senior Vice President, Information Technology, Jennifer Leonard uses her more than 30 years of strategic human resources management and information technology (IT) expertise to drive EyePoint Pharmaceuticals’ talent and IT growth activities. Prior to joining EyePoint in 2018, Ms. Leonard served as the Head of Human Resources, Consumer Healthcare, and Global Functions at Sanofi US. From 2012 to 2015, she served as the Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Information Technology at PDI, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed healthcare commercialization company now named Interpace Diagnostics Group, Inc. Ms. Leonard has previously counseled a variety of global companies, including Novartis, Pharmacia/Pfizer, Boston Scientific Corporation, and Biovail Pharmaceuticals, on activities spanning employee coaching, organizational development planning and implementation, and M&A support. She also established and developed her own company, ImpactHR, LLC, which provided coaching and consulting services to the life sciences sector. Ms. Leonard began her career in human resources at Silicon Graphics (SGI). She holds a B.A. in both Psychology and Business Administration from the University of California at Los Angeles and an M.A. in Organizational Development and Human Resources from the University of San Francisco. Ms. Leonard is also recognized by the International Coaching Federation as an Associate Certified Coach and is a Hogan Assessment Certified Consultant.