Leadership

Deb Barbara

Deb Barbara

VP, Strategy and Business Development

Deb Barbara joined Maravai in April 2022. Ms. Barbara has over 30 years of experience in a variety of business development roles, most recently as Senior Director/General Manager, Nucleic Acid Therapeutics for Thermo Fisher Scientific. Prior to that, she was Vice President, Business Development at Strategic Diagnostics (SDIX) and served as Vice President, Business Development and Licensing at Gene Logic/Ore Pharmaceuticals. She also spent seven years at Johns Hopkins University with her last role as Senior Director, Business/Technology Development, and 11 years at Amersham Life Science in progressive account management roles. Ms. Barbara holds an MBA from Loyola University Maryland and a BS in biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of Maryland Baltimore County.