People: Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc (INO.A)

Dr. Angel Cabrera, Ph.D., has been appointed as Director of Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., effective June 15, 2012. Dr. Cabrera is outgoing president of the Thunderbird School of Global Management, regarded as the world's graduate school of international business. On July 1, Dr. Cabrera will become president of George Mason University, the university in Virginia. During his eight-year term, Dr. Cabrera led a academic, operational and financial overhaul of the international business school, stemming operating deficits and declining revenues and consolidating Thunderbird's leadership position in the global business educational arena. Prior to Thunderbird, Cabrera served as Dean of IE Business School in Madrid, which he helped propel into the top tier of international business schools. Prior to IE he was a change management consultant with Accenture. Angel Cabrera earned his Ph.D. and M.S. in psychology and cognitive science from the Georgia Institute of Technology which he attended as a Fulbright Scholar and his B.S. and M.S. in computer and electrical engineering from Madrid's Polytechnic University, Spain's premier engineering school. He received additional training in cognitive science at Carnegie Mellon University and in global leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School. He has published in fields ranging from learning technology to psychology, management and higher education. His most recent book, "Being Global: How to Think, Act and Lead in a Transformed World," was recently published by Harvard Business Review Press. Dr. Cabrera is an advocate of corporate social responsibility and managerial professionalism.