Ruby Gadelrab has been named vice president of commercial marketing for 23andMe. Gadelrab most recently served as head of marketing and commercial development at Invitae, and prior to that had worked at Affymetrix, where she most recently served as head of international marketing and clinical development. She also has worked at Life Technologies, Dharmacon, and AbGene.
BaseHealth has tapped Jorge Velarde to serve as its CEO and president. He is taking over from Hossein Fakhrai-Rad, current chairman of the board, who is now transitioning into a new role as the company's chief scientific officer.
Before taking on the role of CEO, Velarde was the interim CEO and senior vice president of business development and marketing at BaseHealth. Before he joined the company, Velarde was vice president of business development at Illumina. He also worked in business development at Gen-Probe, which was acquired by Hologic in 2012.