management

Jed Latkin

CEO

Jed was appointed CEO of Windtree Therapeutics on December 1, 2024, and will continue to serve as a member of the Board which he has been a member of since October 2024. He has nearly three decades of financial and biotech experience, including as CEO of a public biotech company. As the CEO of Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Jed  executed deals and raised substantial funds, and also held the position there as the Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he performed as both the Chief Operating Officer and Head of Finance at ProPhase Labs for the past two years, conducting deals and managing broad aspects of the business. Jed’s experience also includes serving as a CEO of Black Elk Energy Offshore in 2014 as part of Nagel Avenue Capital, which he joined after working for over ten years on Wall Street with a variety of investment banking organizations and funds, including ING, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup Securities.

Jed earned a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Science degree from Rutgers University, graduating with honors and Phi Beta Kappa.

George Cox

Vice President of Technical Operations

George Cox was appointed Windtree’s Vice President of Technical Operations in April 2008 and is responsible for the global manufacturing, quality and logistics of clinical drugs and supplies for the company.

Mr. Cox brings over 35 years of experience in global manufacturing, clinical supply and international cold chain logistics. Prior to joining Windtree, Mr. Cox served as Senior Director of Supply Chain for Auxilium Pharmaceuticals and at MedImmune, Inc. While at MedImmune, he was instrumental in obtaining government funding for the then pandemic preparedness. Before this position, Mr. Cox held various positions of increasing responsibilities at Rhone-Polenc Rorer Pharmaceuticals, Uniform Tubes and Proctor-Silex. His experience spans the pharmaceutical and biotech industries in small start-ups, as well as large pharma.

Mr. Cox earned his Bachelor of Science in Accounting at Villanova University.