Frances Arnold

Frances Hamilton Arnold is the founder of Gevo, Inc. (founded in 2005), Aralez, Inc. (founded in 2019), and Provivi, Inc. (founded in 2013), serving as Director at Provivi, Inc. Current jobs include Co-Chairman at President's Council of Advisors on Science & Technology, Vice Chairman at Gordon Research Conferences, Director & Professor at California Institute of Technology since 1986, Non-Executive Director at Generate Biomedicines, Inc. since 2019, Independent Director at Alphabet, Inc. since 2019, Director at Donna & Benjamin M Rosen Bioengineering Center, Director at National Resilience, Inc. since 2020, Director at Altos Labs, Inc., Board of Advisor at Angeleno Group LLC, Member of American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Member of National Academy of Engineering, Member of National Academy of Medicine (United States), Member of The National Academies of Science, and Venture Partner at Catalio Capital Management LP.
Former job includes Independent Director at Illumina, Inc. from 2016 to 2026.
Education includes undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1979 and doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley in 1985.