“With courage, you will dare to take risks,have the strength to be compassionate and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.”
— Mark Twain
Elizabeth Grammer, Esq.
Chief Legal & Administrative Officer
Liz has served as our Chief Legal and Administrative Officer since 2020. Before that, Liz served as our General Counsel since May 2014 and in a variety of legal roles at Ardelyx beginning in early 2010. Liz brings more than 30 years of experience representing and advising privately held and publicly traded life sciences companies, providing strategic leadership, and overseeing legal, corporate governance, intellectual property, government affairs and policy, human resources, and compliance operations.
Prior to joining Ardelyx, Liz served as vice president and general counsel of Trine Pharmaceuticals and as general counsel of GelTex Pharmaceuticals. Liz began her career in the law firms of Ware & Freidenrich in Palo Alto, Calif., and Palmer & Dodge in Boston, in both cases focusing her efforts on work with emerging life sciences companies.
Liz earned a Bachelor of Arts from Boston University and a Juris Doctorate from Stanford Law School.
“With courage, you will dare to take risks,have the strength to be compassionate and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.”
— Mark Twain