Leadership
The Trevi leadership team is highly engaged and experienced in life science clinical development and building value.
Management Team
Board of Directors
David Meeker, M.D. – Chairman
Dominick Colangelo
Jennifer Good
Michael Heffernan
Michael Heffernan has served on our board of directors since February 2017. Mr. Heffernan is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Collegium Pharmaceutical. Mr. Heffernan served as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Collegium Pharmaceutical until November 2024 and President and Chief Executive Officer of Collegium Pharmaceutical until June 2018. He is a successful entrepreneur and biopharmaceutical leader with over 25 years of experience building and leading development stage and commercial companies.
Most recently, Mr. Heffernan was the Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Avenge Bio. He was previously Chief Executive Officer of Onset Dermatologics, a dermatology company that he founded and spun out of Collegium to create PreCision Dermatology and was later sold to Valeant. Mr. Heffernan held previous positions as Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Clinical Studies Ltd., a pharmaceutical contract research organization that was sold to PhyMatrix Corp, a public healthcare services company, and later served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of PhyMatrix Corp. Mr. Heffernan began his career at Eli Lilly and Company and served in numerous sales and marketing roles. He has also been an advisor, investor and board member in a number of biopharma, medical device and healthcare services companies. Mr. Heffernan serves on the board of directors of Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. (AKBA), Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. (BHVN) and Synlogic, Inc. (SYBX). Mr. Heffernan previously served on the board of directors of Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., a public pharmaceutical company prior to its merger with Akebia, Ocata Therapeutics, Inc. (OCAT), Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. (now known as Chiesi USA, Inc.) (CRTX) and Veloxis Pharmaceuticals A/S, prior to its acquisition by Asahi Kasei. Mr. Heffernan is a current member of the boards of several privately held companies. Mr. Heffernan earned his B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Connecticut.
Ed Mathers
Anne VanLent
Jennifer Good
Co-Founder, President and CEO
Jennifer Good is our co-founder and has served as a member of our Board of Directors and as our President and Chief Executive Officer since our inception in March 2011. Previously, Ms. Good served at Penwest Pharmaceuticals Co., or Penwest, from 1997 to 2010, where she held various positions including President and Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Good has served on the board of Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, since June 2019. Ms. Good has also served as a board member of the Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA), a patient advocacy group advancing treatments for the cure of Friedreich’s Ataxia, since 2011 and as a board member of BioCT, a life sciences trade organization whose purpose is to catalyze and accelerate growth in the life sciences community of Connecticut, since 2026. Previously, Ms. Good served on the board of Juniper Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a publicly traded healthcare company, from September 2017 until it was acquired by Catalent, Inc. in August 2018. Ms. Good received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a concentration in accounting from Pacific Lutheran University in 1987 and is a Certified Public Accountant licensed by the State of Washington, although her license is currently inactive.
James Cassella, Ph.D.
Chief Development Officer
James Cassella, Ph.D., has served as our Chief Development Officer since October 2024. Dr. Cassella has over 35 years of experience working in innovative publicly traded drug and product development companies with a specific focus on CNS therapies. Prior to joining Trevi as CDO, Dr. Cassella served as CDO for Concert Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Sun Pharma in 2023) where he spearheaded the development activities leading to the successful US FDA approval of the autoimmune JAK inhibitor, Leqselvi™. At Concert Pharmaceuticals, he was a key member of the Executive Team and the corporate transaction team leading to its $576 million Company acquisition by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries. Prior to joining Concert, Dr. Cassella was Executive Vice President, Research and Development and Chief Scientific Officer at Alexza Pharmaceuticals from 2004-2015, where he was responsible for the US and European approval of the CNS drug, Adasuve™. He held other various management positions, including Senior Vice President of Clinical Research and Development at Neurogen Corporation, an innovative CNS-focused biotechnology company, and was an Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at Oberlin College. Dr. Cassella received a Ph.D. in Physiological Psychology from Dartmouth College, completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine and received a B.A. in Psychology from the University of New Haven.
David Hastings
Chief Financial Officer
David Hastings has served as our Chief Financial Officer since January 2026. Mr. Hastings brings over 25 years of financial leadership in public life sciences and biopharmaceutical companies to Trevi. His accomplishments span capital raising, commercialization, business development, and investor relations management. Throughout his career, Mr. Hastings has raised over $2B in equity and debt financing. Most recently, Mr. Hastings was Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Arbutus from June 2018 until March 2025. Previously, he was Senior Vice President and CFO of Unilife from 2015 until 2017. Prior to that, he spent the majority of his career as CFO and Executive Vice President at Incyte, a role he held from 2003 to 2014. During his tenure at Incyte, Mr. Hastings oversaw all financial aspects of the company’s transition from research and development to commercialization following the launch of Jakafi® (ruxolitinib). He was integral in managing the financial and operational complexities of scaling the company to over 700 individuals. Additionally, he co-led the negotiation of two out-licensing deals for two compounds. Mr. Hastings also previously served as Vice President, CFO and Treasurer at ArQule Inc., where he played an important role in the company’s transition into a drug discovery and development organization, and in its two strategic acquisitions, including the purchase of Cyclis Pharmaceuticals Inc. Currently, Mr. Hastings is a Board member and Chair of the Audit Committee of Scynexis, Inc.
Colleen Hamilton
VP, Development Operations
Colleen Hamilton, M.S., is the Vice President of Development Operations at Trevi. She brings over 18 years of pharmaceutical industry experience spanning quality assurance, regulatory affairs, and global clinical operations. Prior to joining Trevi, Colleen served as Executive Director of Clinical Operations at Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (acquired by Sun Pharma in 2023), where she led clinical operations for the company’s lead program in alopecia areata. In this role, she oversaw global Phase 3 trial execution and played a pivotal role in the successful NDA submission, contributing significantly to the program’s eventual FDA approval. Earlier in her career, Colleen held positions of increasing responsibility in regulatory affairs, supporting multiple therapeutic areas at various stages of development. She holds a Master of Science in Regulatory and Clinical Research Management from Regis College and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts.
Thomas Sciascia, M.D.
Co-Founder, Chief Scientific Officer
Thomas Sciascia, M.D., is our co-founder and has served as our Chief Scientific Officer since November 2022. Prior to that, he served as our Chief Medical Officer from our inception, in March 2011, until November 2022. Previously, Dr. Sciascia was the Senior Vice President of Clinical Development and Regulatory and Chief Medical Officer at Penwest from 2001 to 2010. Prior to joining Penwest, Dr. Sciascia worked at Quintiles, Inc. from 1997 to 2000 as a consultant to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Dr. Sciascia also worked as Medical Director at Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc. (later acquired by Shire Pharmaceuticals Group plc) from 2000 to 2001. Dr. Sciascia received a B.S. in biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a medical degree from Columbia University. He is a board-certified neurologist licensed to practice medicine in the state of Massachusetts.
Farrell Simon, Pharm.D.
Chief Commerical Officer
Farrell Simon, Pharm.D. has served as our Chief Commercial Officer since February 2023. Prior to that, he served as our Senior Vice President, Head of Commercial and Strategy, from February 2022 until February 2023 and Vice President, Head of US Marketing, from September 2020 until February 2022. Previously, Dr. Simon was the Senior Director, Chief of Staff to the Biopharma Group President at Pfizer Inc. and a member of the biopharma executive leadership team from January 2018 to September 2020. Prior to joining Pfizer, Dr. Simon gained general management, marketing, and medical affairs experience at Procter & Gamble. Dr. Simon is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Simon Cancer Foundation and is on the board of directors for the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce. He previously held positions on the advisory boards for the business school and the College of Pharmacy at the University of Florida. Dr. Simon holds both an M.B.A. and a Pharm.D. from the University of Florida.
Katherine Takaki, Ph.D.
Senior VP, Global Regulatory Affairs
Katherine Takaki, Ph.D. is the Senior Vice President of Global Regulatory Affairs at Trevi. She has over 30 years of pharmaceutical industry experience in regulatory strategy, global project and team management, and drug discovery. Before joining Trevi, Katherine served as Vice President, Global Regulatory Affairs at Iterum Therapeutics where she helped build out the regulatory group to support the Company’s regulatory strategy and operations. Prior to that, she held leadership positions at Bristol Myers Squibb supporting multiple therapeutic areas and covering all stages of drug discovery and development. She was the global project manager for the team that developed Baraclude for the treatment of hepatitis B and launched it in markets worldwide. She was subsequently the Group Director, Head of Regulatory Strategy Marketed Products at Bristol Myers Squibb. Katherine holds a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Stephen O’Connor, Ph.D.
VP, CMC
Stephen O’Connor, Ph.D., has served as our Vice President of CMC since August 2024. Dr. O’Connor has over 30 years of experience working in Research and Development for mid-sized pharma companies and innovative biotechnology companies. Prior to joining Trevi as VP of CMC, Dr. O’Connor served as VP of CMC Technical Operations for Cara Therapeutics. At Cara, he was responsible for leading all manufacturing efforts for IV Difelikefalin (Korsuva®) from pre-clinical through US FDA approval. He also supported Cara’s partners in obtaining global approval (EU, Japan, etc.) for Korsuva®/Kapruvia®. In addition, he led a successful effort to develop and manufacture an oral formulation of Difelikefalin that was evaluated in Phase 1-3 clinical trials for various indications. Prior to joining Cara, Dr. O’Connor held positions of increasing responsibility at Bayer Pharmaceuticals and Abbott Laboratories. Dr. O’Connor received a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Brown University, completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Chemistry at the University of California at Irvine. He received a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Connecticut.
Paula Buckley
VP, Clinical Operations
Paula Buckley is the Vice President of Clinical Operations at Trevi. She has almost 35 years pharmaceutical industry experience in Analytical Chemistry, Quality Assurance and Clinical Operations. Before joining Trevi Paula served as VP Quality Assurance/Control at Penwest, as well as several leadership roles in Quality Assurance and Control in companies such as Bayer, Anesiva and I-Health. During her years at Bayer, she worked in leadership roles in Analytical Chemistry in several therapeutic areas. Paula received her Bachelor of Science degree at Southern CT State University in 1987.
Rebecca Drain
VP, Global Regulatory Affairs
Rebecca Drain is the Vice President of Global Regulatory Affairs at Trevi. She has over 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry including regulatory strategic operations, team management and drug discovery. Prior to joining Trevi, Rebecca served as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at Intensity Therapeutics where she expanded Intensity’s regulatory operational capabilities. Prior to that, she held various positions at Bristol-Myers Squibb spanning drug discovery through development. Most recently she had responsibility for the Opdivo US investigational and global marketing regulatory submissions. She was subsequently the Director, Global Dossier Management – Oncology at Bristol-Myers Squibb. She joined Trevi Therapeutics in 2022. Rebecca holds a B.S. Degree in Pathobiology from the University of Connecticut.










