Kate Haviland

Kate Haviland serves as the chief operating officer at Blueprint Medicines, a publicly traded precision therapy biopharmaceutical company. Kate is a member of the executive leadership team responsible for the business development, alliance management, corporate affairs, commercial strategy and operations, new product planning, program management and information technology functions. Prior to joining Blueprint in 2016, Kate was the vice president of rare diseases and oncology program leadership at Idera Pharmaceuticals. In this role, she oversaw all aspects of the product development and new product planning strategy for the company’s oncology and rare disease pipeline programs.

Previously, Kate worked at Sarepta Therapeutics as the head of commercial development, at PTC Therapeutics in commercial development as the product lead for Translarna, and at Genzyme in corporate development, before moving into program management for two enzyme replacement therapies in the personalized genetic health business unit. Before joining Genzyme, Kate spent five years as a life science strategy consultant. Kate is a member of the Corporate Advisory Council for the National Tay-Sachs and Allied Disease Association, is an advisory board member at Peeled Snacks Inc., a consumer health food company, and is a member of the inaugural class of Women in Bio’s Boardroom Ready Program, the BioPharma Executive Council and the Harvard Business School Healthcare Alumni Association. Kate holds a bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University with a double major in biochemistry and economics and an MBA from Harvard Business School.