Allison Harrigan, MBA

Senior Director, Portfolio Strategy & Program Management

Allison Harrigan is a Senior Director of Portfolio Strategy & Program Management at Raven. Allison’s primary responsibility is to focus on new company creation. Prior to joining Raven, Allison was Executive Director of Strategy and Business Development at a neuroscience biotech company operating in stealth. Prior to Raven, Allison spent over three years at Valo Health in positions of increasing responsibility. As Director of Corporate Strategy, Allison was responsible for driving strategic initiatives, held a key role in fundraising, and led key business development efforts, including the diligence, acquisition and integration of a drug discovery company and two clinical drug programs. Prior to Valo Health, Allison spent over three years at McKinsey where she primarily served pharmaceutical and biotech clients on topics including R&D strategy, portfolio management, and innovation. Allison started her career at the National Institutes of Health in a drug discovery group focused on rare and neglected diseases. Allison holds a MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management and a BS degree in Chemistry from Georgetown University.