Personalis, Inc. announced that Karin Eastham has been appointed as Personalis' new Board Chair effective as of Personalis' Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 17, 2022. Ms. Eastham joined the Personalis Board in 2019 and has chaired both its Audit and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. Ms. Eastham earlier served on the Illumina Board, from 2004 to 2019.

During that time Illumina acquired Solexa and became the world leader in DNA sequencing, and also launched multiple initiatives enabling its customers to leverage the technology in diagnostics, including oncology, NIPT, infectious disease and numerous inherited genetic conditions. Jonathan MacQuitty, Ph.D., who led the initiative for this transition, has decided not to stand for re-election at the upcoming Annual Meeting. Also effective as of the company's Annual Meeting, the Personalis Board appointed Olivia Bloom to serve as Chair of the Audit Committee of the Personalis Board and Blaine Bowman to serve as Chair of the Compensation Committee of the Personalis Board.

Ms. Eastham will continue to serve as Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee in addition to her new role as Board Chair.