Carole Cobb, Chief Operating Officer at GreenLight Biosciences.
Carole Cobb serves as the Chief Operating Officer at GreenLight Biosciences, Inc., located in Medford, Massachusetts. In her 35-year career, she has held progressively more responsible positions in biotechnology with a specific focus on fermentation-based commercial manufacturing, including process development, worldwide manufacturing and global supply chain management.
She was previously SVP, Global Supply, at Genencor International and continued at that position following its acquisition by Danisco AS. She oversaw the companies’ industrial biotechnology-based manufacturing strategy, growth and implementation during a period that saw the doubling of manufacturing infrastructure through acquisition, expansion and new plant construction in the U.S., Asia, South America and Europe.
Ms. Cobb’s earlier positions at Genencor and Danisco, beginning in 1990, were in manufacturing plant management and business development. Before joining Danisco, she served for nine years as development/research engineer at Eastman Kodak Co. Ms. Cobb’s education includes a Master of Business Administration in Finance and B.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry and Cell and Molecular Biology.