Veteran biotech attorney Jennifer Drimmer Rokovich has come aboard as general counsel of Tenaya Therapeutics, a San Francisco-based company developing gene therapy regimens to combat heart disease.

Rokovich was previously senior vice president, corporate legal affairs and secretary at Exelixis, a publicly traded oncology-treatment company with a market value of $5.6 billion. Rokovich will report directly to Tenaya CEO Faraz Ali.