During the recent meeting of the Board of Trustees, Slattery was selected to serve a four-year term on the board.
The Elon University Board of Trustees has selected William “Bill” Slattery P’25 P’28 to serve a four-year term on the board.
Slattery is a partner in the Biotherapeutics group at Deerfield Management Company. Before joining Deerfield in 2000, he worked at Amerindo Investment Advisors as a senior healthcare analyst and held research positions at National Medical Enterprises, Johnson & Johnson and HMSS. A director and former chairman of Red Door Community, Slattery serves on the board of Vescor Therapeutics, LLC and the Salisbury School in Salisbury, CT.
Slattery holds an undergraduate degree from The State University of New York at Albany and completed coursework in immunology at Rutgers University. Bill and his wife, Latticia “Tish” Slattery, reside in Rye, New York and have five children. Daughter Madelyn Slattery ’25, is majoring in English and is involved in various student organizations including the Tri-Delta Sorority and WSOE radio. Their youngest son, James, joined the Elon community as a member of the Class of 2028.
The Slatterys direct their philanthropy through the Slattery Family Foundation and support Red Door Community, which offers free support to those impacted by cancer and their families, several preparatory schools and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. The Slatterys have generously supported financial aid at Elon and recently have made a significant commitment to support the university’s HealthEU initiative.