On May 11, 2021, Vaccinex, Inc.'s Board of Directors appointed Elizabeth Evans to serve as the company's Chief Operating Officer. Prior to her appointment as the Chief Operating Officer, Ms. Evans has served the Company since May 2001 in a series of roles of increasing responsibility, including as its Senior Vice President, Discovery and Translational Medicine from March 2020 to May 2021, its Vice President, Discovery Research from March 2019 to March 2020, its Vice President, Preclinical Research from July 2016 to March 2019, and its Director, Oncology Research from December 2013 to July 2016.