GeneDx Holdings Corp. announced the expansion and evolution of its executive leadership team with the appointment of Melanie Duquette as Chief Growth Officer and Jennifer (Jen) Brendel as Chief of Corporate Affairs. Both executives will report to Katherine Stueland, CEO and President, and will collaborate in continuing to strengthen GeneDx?s market leading position in genomic interpretation and health insights.

Bringing nearly 20 years of genomic industry experience, in her role as Chief Growth Officer, Melanie will be responsible for the company?s overall growth strategy and will lead the sales, market access, clinician marketing and client services functions. Melanie joins GeneDx from Invitae where she spent the past decade driving commercial growth strategies to expand utilization of genetic testing. Most recently, she served as the Head of US Sales for Invitae, leading a sales and business development organization of more than 200 people and executing a commercial strategy that shifted the team towards profitable growth with a focus on increased ASPs.

Prior to that, she led the company?s entry and rapid expansion into more than 100 international markets. In her previous position as Chief Commercial Officer for GeneDx, Jen Brendel set the foundation of the commercial footprint and strategy for the Company, which has contributed to the accelerated utilization of exome and genome testing and 40% revenue growth from 2021 to 2022 with continued growth of product mix to 22% in Q2. In her new role, she will be responsible for amplifying the GeneDx leadership position and voice in critical healthcare discussions and will lead the brand, communications, government affairs and investor relations functions.

To these efforts, she will bring her more than two decades of diverse commercial experience, spanning all product lifecycle stages and commercial functions, including sales, marketing, business development and communications. Prior to joining GeneDx, Jen served both domestically and abroad in leadership positions as part of US, regional and global teams for Pfizer, Bayer and Invitae, among other organizations.