Larry H. Somerville

Larry H. Somerville

Chair

Board Member Since 2019

Retired Executive VP

Larry H. Somerville is excited to serve on the board of CIS Wake County. “The work that is being done impacts students positively – in schools, in communities, and at home – and will produce fruit for generations to come.”

Larry is a retired executive of the biopharmaceutical industry.  He was the Executive
Vice President of Marketing and Sales at Lung Biotechnology (subsidiary of United
Therapeutics Corporation) and a member of the parent company’s Executive
Management Team.  He was responsible for the global commercialization of marketed
products and ensured the success of pipeline development compounds, in-license
candidates and alliance management.

Larry earned a bachelor degree in Business Education from Livingstone College in
Salisbury, North Carolina and completed executive management programs at Wharton School of Business, Columbia University, University of Michigan, and CranfieldUniversity, Bedfordshire, UK.

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