Casey McPherson
Founder & CEO
AlphaRose Therapeutics
Casey McPherson is a talented entrepreneur and singer-songwriter known for his two #10 US hits and a #10 video on VH1, having performed for hundreds of thousands of fans worldwide. Following the diagnosis of his youngest daughter, Rose, with a rare disease, Casey dedicated himself to understanding genetics and drug development.
In 2020, he founded the To Cure A Rose Foundation to support research for Rose and other rare diseases. He co-founded Everlum Bio in 2022, the first contract research lab focused on rare diseases for family-run foundations, and in 2023, he established AlphaRose Therapeutics, a platform for the commercialization of rare disease therapeutics, where he serves as founder and CEO.