John L. Higgins is a businessperson who has been at the helm of 6 different companies. Mr. Higgins is Chairman at Academy of Whole Learning, Chairman at OmniAb, Inc., Chairman of OmniAb Operations, Inc. (a subsidiary of OmniAb, Inc.) and Chief Executive Officer of Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc. Mr. Higgins is also on the board of Bio-Techne Corp. and Pfenex, Inc.

In the past he occupied the position of Chairman for CoMentis, Inc., Director at Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc., CFO & EVP-Administration & Corporate Development at Connetics Corp. and Member-Healthcare Banking Team at Dillon, Read & Co., Inc.

He received an undergraduate degree from Colgate University.