Presently, Diane C. Young holds the position of Chief Medical Officer & Senior Vice President of Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. Dr. Young is also on the board of The Valerie Fund.

In her past career she held the position of Chief Medical Officer & Vice President at GTx, Inc., Head-Oncology Clinical Development at Novartis Oncology, Inc., Assistant Director-Clinical Investigation II at Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc., Vice President-Global Development at R.W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute and Director-Clinical Research at Sandoz Research Institute.

Diane C. Young received a doctorate from Harvard Medical School and an undergraduate degree from Harvard University.