Jerry Treppel has served as the managing member of Wheaten Capital Management LLC, a capital management company focusing on investments in the health care sector, since 2003. In October 2008, Mr. Treppel was also appointed managing director of Ledgemont Capital Group LLC, a boutique merchant bank that provides access to capital and corporate advisory services to public and private companies.  Over the past 20 years, Mr. Treppel was an equity research analyst focusing on the specialty pharmaceuticals and generic drug sectors at several investment banking firms including Banc of America Securities, Warburg Dillon Read LLC (now UBS), and Kidder Peabody and Co.  He previously served as a healthcare services analyst at various firms, including Merrill Lynch & Co.  Mr. Treppel holds a BA in Biology from Rutgers College, an MHA in Health Administration from Washington University, and an MBA in Finance from New York University.  Mr. Treppel has been a Chartered Financial Analyst *CFA) since 1988.  

Ashok Nigalye joined Elite in September, 2009 as Chief Scientific Officer.  Since July 2008, Dr. Nigalaye has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Epic Pharma LLC, a manufacturer of generic pharmaceuticals and Elite’s strategic partner pursuant to the Epic Strategic Alliance Agreement.  From August 1993 to February 2008, Dr. Nigalaye served as Vice President of Scientific Affairs and Operations of Actavis Totowa LLC, a manufacturer of generic pharmaceuticals, where he was responsible for directing and organizing company activities relating to pharmaceutical drug manufacturing, regulatory affairs and research and development.  Dr. Nigalaye currently serves as a director of GTI Inc., a privately held company.  Dr. Nigalaye holds a B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Bombay, an M.S. in Industrial Pharmacy from Long Island University, and a Ph.D. in Industrial Pharmacy from St. John’s University.  Dr. Nigalaye is a licensed pharmacist in the State of New York. 

Chris Dick joined Elite in November of 2002 as Vice President of Corporate Development. He directs licensing and business development activities for Elite. He joined Elite from Elan Drug Delivery, Inc. where he served as Director of Business Development. While in this position he was responsible for licensing and business development of Elan’s portfolio of drug delivery technologies. Prior to Elan, Mr. Dick was Manager of Business Development and Marketing for EnTec, a drug delivery business unit within FMC Corporation’s Pharmaceutical Division. Mr. Dick held various other business and technical positions at FMC including Manager of Marketing for the FMC’s pharmaceutical functional coatings product line. Mr. Dick received an M.B.A. from Stern School of Business, New York University and a B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University.

Carter Ward joined Elite in July of 2009 as Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Ward is a certified public accountant, graduated summa cum laude from Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY. For most of the past ten years, Mr. Ward’s experience has been in the generic pharmaceutical industry, most recently filling multiple finance and supply chain leadership roles with Actavis Group and its U.S. subsidiary, Amide Pharmaceuticals. Earlier in his career, he was the Chief Financial Officer for Positive Healthcare/Ceejay Healthcare, a U.S.-Indian joint venture engaged in the manufacture and distribution of generic pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals in India.  Mr. Ward began his career in public accounting with KPMG.