Celia Eckert, J.D.

Ms. Eckert joined Xencor as vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary in September 2019. Previously, she served as vice president, corporate legal at Synthetic Genomics. In that role, she negotiated licensing and financial transactions and supported other corporate legal matters. Before Synthetic Genomics, Ms. Eckert served as associate general counsel at Sequenom and as senior director, legal affairs at Prometheus Laboratories. At Prometheus, she structured transactions, managed substantial patent litigation and supported the growth of the company’s commercial organization. Earlier in her career, she was an associate at Jones Day and at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. Ms. Eckert earned a B.A. in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a J.D. from the University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco.