John L. Brooks, III

John L. Brooks III is the Managing Director of Healthcare Capital LLC, which advises early-stage life sciences companies. Mr. Brooks is on the board of a number of public, private and not-for-profit organizations. Mr. Brooks is currently the president and CEO of Diamune, Inc.

Mr. Brooks is the former President & Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Joslin Diabetes Center, a Boston based diabetes research, clinical care, and education organization.

Mr. Brooks is a well-known life sciences executive.  He has co-founded nine life sciences companies. He was a co-founder of Prism Venture Partners, a $1.25B venture capital firm. He is also the co-founder of Insulet (PODD).

Prior to that, Mr. Brooks was a senior medical device executive at Pfizer, and a senior manager at Arthur Andersen & Co. in Boston, MA, where he focused on early-stage companies.

A native of Massachusetts, he holds an M.S. in Business Administration and a B.B.A. cum laude from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and he is a Certified Public Accountant.

Mr. Brooks is a NACD Certified Director