Tammy Tompkins

Chief Legal Officer

Hometown

Rochester, Minnesota

Education

B.A. from Middlebury College; J.D. from Georgetown University

Other insitrocytes Describe Me As

Very focused on getting things done!

Tammy Tompkins, J.D., serves as chief legal officer of insitro. Tammy brings more than 25 years of legal and operational experience as well as extensive knowledge of the biotechnology industry. Tammy most recently served as chief legal officer at Neumora and before that, was general counsel of UNITY Biotechnology. In those roles, she served on the executive team, helped manage each company’s IPO, and built the legal, intellectual property and compliance teams.

Earlier, Tammy served as an operating partner, general counsel and chief administrative officer of Khosla Ventures, where she oversaw legal matters related to investments and funds; managed operational, investor relations and human resource matters; and served on the boards of several KV portfolio companies. Prior to Khosla Ventures, Tammy served as the general counsel of Amyris and spent 10 years in private practice, including with Shearman & Sterling, Morgan Lewis and Brobeck and Phleger & Harrison.