Stoke Therapeutics, Inc. announced the appointments of Robin A. Walker, J.D., as Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, and Joan Wood as Head of Human Resources. Ms. Walker is an accomplished biotechnology executive and lawyer, with 20 years of in-house and major law firm experience. She joins Stoke from Casebia Therapeutics, where she served as Senior Vice President, Head of Legal and counseled the executive leadership team on corporate, governance, employment, compliance and regulatory matters. Ms. Walker has extensive experience with business law, including commercial, research, development,licensing and collaboration agreements and Securities and Exchange Commission reporting. Prior to Casebia, Ms. Walker was the Associate General Counsel, Corporate, at Biogen Inc., where she provided day-to-day support to multiple business units, including Business Development, Government Affairs, Corporate Compliance, Human Resources, Grants Office, Public Affairs, and the Biogen Idec Foundation. Earlier, Ms. Walker was Senior Corporate Counsel at Staples, Inc., and a Corporate Associate in the Boston office of K&L Gates, an international law firm. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Northeast Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), the Kendall Square Association and the Shady Hill School, and sits on the Dean’s Advisory Committee at Boston University School of Law.