Our Team
A team with diverse strengths,
we have the experience and relationships necessary to help startup and early-stage life sciencescompanies grow and thrive. We are entrepreneurs and investors, so we’ve sat on both sides of the table.
June Chen, M.D.
Managing Partner
June brings over 10 years of experience in strategic communications for life sciences startups, Fortune 500 companies and global pharmaceutical and biotech giants, including Merck, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Amgen and Myriad Genetics.
Previously, June founded Paperjungle, a strategic communications firm serving clients across industry verticals, including lifesciences, financial services and technology. Paperjungle merged with LDD Partners in 2015. June is also a co-owner of Church & State and a General Partner of Mountain Pacific Venture Fund.
June earned her A.B. in English & American Literature and Language from Harvard College, and her M.D. from Duke School of Medicine. She completed an internship in Internal Medicine from Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut.
Our Values
We are driven by an unwavering commitment to integrity and ethical business, and a dedication to improving the lives of those in our community and around the world.
We seek innovation, openness, creativity and diversity, and we only accept engagements where we believe we can add value.
Our Heritage
LDD was born during the dot-com boom as a graphic design and web development firm, and has evolved into a full-service strategic management consulting and angel investing firm focused on helping innovators who are solving the world’s most complex challenges.
Lead Dog Design (LDD) is founded as a leading-edge graphic design and web development firm, with offices in New York City.
LDD opens a branch office in Santa Monica, California.
LDD is recognized as one of the “Top New Media Firms” in New York City.
LDD is acquired by Iconixx, one of the top ten largest media development firms.
Ten months later, LDD is bought back and re-envisioned as Lead Dog Digital.
Ernst & Young recognizes Ron Heffernan as one of the top entrepreneurs in New York City.
LDD is acquired by Bridgeline Software, now Bridgeline Digital [NASDAQ: BLIN].
LDD is reborn in Salt Lake City, Utah as LDD Partners, as a strategic management consulting and angel investing firm whose focus today is to advance life sciences and transform healthcare.
LDD Partners merges with Paperjungle, a strategic communications firm.
LDD Partners is rebranded as LDD