Black Diamond announced the appointment of Samarth (Sam) Kulkarni, Ph.D., to its Board of Directors. An industry leader with expertise in strategy and operations in biotech and a wide range of pioneering therapeutic technologies, Sam currently serves as CEO of CRISPR Therapeutics AG. He joined CRISPR in 2015 in the early stages of the company as Chief Business Officer (CBO), and then served as President and CBO before being named its CEO in 2017.