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J. R. Hyde,III
Chairman

Mr. Hyde has served as the Chairman of our Board of Directors since November 2000, and currently serves as a member of the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Since 1989, Mr. Hyde has been the sole stockholder and President of Pittco Holdings, Inc., a private institutional investment company. Since 1996, when Mr. Hyde made a substantial contribution to support Dr. Steiner’s research, Mr. Hyde has been instrumental in forming and financing GTx and is our largest stockholder. Mr. Hyde was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE: AZO) from 1986 to 1997 and the Chief Executive Officer of AutoZone from 1986 to 1996. From March 2005 to June 2007, Mr. Hyde served as the non-executive chairman of the Board of Directors of AutoZone, Inc., and continues to serve as a member of the Board. He was also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Malone & Hyde, Inc., AutoZone’s former parent company, from 1972 until 1988. Mr. Hyde also served as a director of FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) from 1977 to 2011. As our largest stockholder and with a long history of serving as both Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of a large publicly-traded company and a member of the board of directors of other public companies, Mr. Hyde has continued to serve as a principal architect of our public company governance structure, and is the primary advisor to senior management on all matters of strategic importance.

Mitchell S. Steiner M.D., F.A.C.S
Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Steiner, a co-founder of GTx, has served as our Chief Executive Officer and Vice-Chairman of our Board of Directors since our inception in September 1997 and currently serves on the Scientific Advisory Committee. From 1995 to 2003, Dr. Steiner held numerous academic appointments, including Chairman and Professor of Urology, Director of Urologic Oncology and Research and the Chair of Excellence in Urologic Oncology at the University of Tennessee. Since 2003, Dr. Steiner has continued to serve on the faculty at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Steiner holds a B.A. in Molecular Biology from Vanderbilt University and an M.D. from the University of Tennessee, and performed his surgery and urologic training at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Steiner serves as Chief Executive Officer to GTx, and is responsible for formulating the overall product development and commercial strategies for GTx.

Michael G. Carter, M.D.
Director

Dr. Carter was appointed as a director in May 2006 and currently serves as Chair of the Compensation Committee and as a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee. Dr. Carter has been a non-executive director of Santarus, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNTS) since 2004, served as a non-executive director of Micromet AG from 2001 to 2005 and of Micromet, Inc. (NASDAQ: MITI) from 2006 to March 2012, and served as a non-executive director of Fulcrum Pharma, PLC (AIM: FUL) from 2005 to 2010. Dr. Carter was a member of the Advisory Board of Paul Capital Royalty Fund from 2005 to 2008, and has been a venture partner with SV Life Sciences Advisers, LLP since 1998 and a member of the strategic advisory board of Cowen Healthcare Royalty Partners since September 2009. Dr. Carter was the non-executive chairman of Metris Therapeutics, Ltd., a biotechnology firm specializing in women’s healthcare from 1999 to 2008. Dr. Carter served on the Pharmaceutical Board of Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, a predecessor company of AstraZeneca, and held various positions with Zeneca from 1984 to 1998, including International Medical Director and International Marketing Director. From 1985 to 1995, Dr. Carter served as a member of the U.K. Government’s Medicines Commission. Dr. Carter is an Elected Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine, and of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Dr. Carter holds a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from London University (U.K.) and a medical degree from Sheffield University Medical School (U.K.).

Barrington Furr, Ph.D.
Director

Dr. Furr has served as a director since January 2011 and currently serves as the Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee and as a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Audit Committee. Dr. Furr holds a Ph.D. in Reproductive Endocrinology from the University of Reading (United Kingdom). From 1972 to 2005, he worked for AstraZeneca and its predecessor companies. Following the 1999 merger of Zeneca with Astra, Dr. Furr was appointed Chief Scientist and Head of Project Evaluation at AstraZeneca. Dr. Furr serves as a non-executive director of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) of the Department of Health of the United Kingdom. He also serves as a non-executive director of the leading international animal genetics company, Genus plc (LSE:GNS), and he was recently appointed as the non-executive chairman of Llangarth Limited, a drug consultancy company. Dr. Furr has been recognized extensively for his work on Zoladex®, the LHRH agonist for the first line treatment of advanced prostate cancer, and Casodex®, the largest selling anti-androgen in the United States, Europe and Japan. He was awarded the Society for Drug Research Drug Discovery Award and the Jubilee Medal of the Society of Endocrinology. For his services to cancer drug discovery, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in January 2000.

J. Kenneth Glass
Director

Mr. Glass has served as a director since March 2004, and currently serves as the Chair of the Audit Committee and also currently serves on the Compensation Committee. Mr. Glass retired as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of First Horizon National Corporation (NYSE: FHN), or First Horizon, as of January 29, 2007. Mr. Glass was named President and Chief Executive Officer of First Horizon in July 2002, and he also became First Horizon’s Chairman of the Board in January 2004. From 2003 through 2007, Mr. Glass served as a director of FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX). From July 2001 through July 2002, Mr. Glass was President and Chief Operating Officer of First Horizon. From 1993 to 2001, Mr. Glass was Business Unit President of First Tennessee Bank. Mr. Glass received his B.A. in Accounting from Harding University and graduated from Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program. As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of one of the largest banks in Tennessee, Mr. Glass was recruited to the GTx Board to provide financial and business leadership expertise to the Board. With his background in accounting and as a Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Glass serves in the role of a financial expert for our Audit Committee.

Kenneth S. Robinson, M.D., M.Div
Director

Dr. Robinson has served as a director since May 2008 and currently serves as Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and as a member of the Audit Committee. From 2003 through 2007, Dr. Robinson served in the cabinet of Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen as Commissioner of Health, and in April 2009, Dr. Robinson accepted an appointment to provide executive-level public health leadership and consultation as the Health Officer of Shelby County, Tennessee, the county in which GTx is located. In February 2011, Dr. Robinson was appointed as Public Health Policy Advisor for Shelby County, Tennessee. From 1982 through 1991, Dr. Robinson taught and practiced internal medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, and from 1991 through 2003, he was an Assistant Dean at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine. Since 1991, he has served as Pastor and Chief Executive of St. Andrew AME Church. Dr. Robinson holds a B.A., cum laude, from Harvard University, a M.D. from Harvard Medical School, and a Master of Divinity from Vanderbilt Divinity School.