Dena House is a senior people executive with deep experience leading human resources, organizational development, and learning across the biotechnology and life sciences sectors. She currently serves as Chief People Officer at Adverum Biotechnologies, where she leads the company’s people strategy, culture, talent, and organizational effectiveness agenda. Since joining Adverum, Dena has progressed through senior HR leadership roles, including VP of Human Resources and SVP of HR, Organizational Development and Learning. Her work focuses on building scalable people practices, developing leaders, and strengthening the organizational foundations needed to support scientific innovation and business growth. Before Adverum, Dena held senior HR and organizational development roles at Myriad Genetics and Counsyl. She is known for combining strategic HR leadership with a strong focus on learning, culture, and employee development in complex, mission-driven environments.