Biography

Dr. Alegria has served as an Executive Consultant and Advisor with The LaSalle Group, an executive consulting firm, since May 2025. Dr. Alegria has over 25 years of experience in successful advancements of vaccines and therapeutic drugs from R&D through commercialization. Previously, she was the Founder of APIE Therapeutics, a preclinical stage pharmaceutical company, where she served as the Chief Executive Officer from 2020 to 2023 and Chief Innovation Officer from 2023 to 2025. Dr. Alegria founded Catalyst Excel & Advance, an advisory firm providing operational guidance to senior executives working to launch new pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies, which she operated from 2016 to 2020. From 2005 to 2015, Dr. Alegria held positions of increasing responsibility at Biogen, Inc., most recently as Senior Vice President, Global Manufacturing, where she was responsible for the company’s successful manufacturing operations in Denmark, Massachusetts and North Carolina. Prior to 2005, Dr. Alegria held positions of increasing responsibilities at Banner Pharmacaps, Inc. and Wyeth (R&D Vaccines). Dr. Alegria served as a director of AVID Bioservices, Inc. from 2021 to 2025 (until its sale). She is currently a member of the Board of Trustees for the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust, where she focuses on economic and business development in the life science landscape.