Office of the President
Maria C. Freire, Ph.D.
President and Executive Director
(301) 443-1811
Francisco Gonzalez-Cos
Program and Policy Senior Advisor
(301) 827-2841
Elizabeth S. Johns
Special Project Associate and Archivist
(301) 435-4578
Dorina Sepulveda
Executive Assistant
(301) 443-1811
Operations and Legal
Kevin A. Klock, J.D.
Vice President of Operations and General Counsel
(301) 435-1641
Catherine Master, J.D.
Associate General Counsel
(301) 451-2499
Kathy Peterson
Senior Operations Officer
(301) 402-5643
Susan Powell, M.T.S.
Senior Grants and Contracts Manager
(301) 594-6763
Lynn Smelkinson, J.D.
Senior Grants and Contracts Counsel
(301) 827-4442
Hanna Yu
Associate Legal Projects and Systems Officer
(301) 435-1641
Finance
Donald Hill, CFA
Chief Financial Officer
(301) 435-6246
Herlyth Clark
Staff Accountant
(301) 827-5315
Eva Coyne, C.P.A.
Controller
(301) 451-8856
Rachael Lee
Senior Accountant / Finance Payroll-Benefits Manager
(301) 435-3929
Diana Namugenyi
Senior Accountant
(301) 827-5314
Advancement
Robert Balthaser, M.S.Ed., CFRE
Vice President of Advancement
(301) 496-9921
Laren Friedman, M.F.A
Advancement Associate
(301) 451-8855
Cassandra Hoye
Advancement Associate
(301) 402-4976
Harris Kaplan
Advancement Associate
(301) 827-7367
Jennifer Rosenbluth-Stoll
Advancement Officer
(301) 402-5343
Communications and Events
Abbey Meltzer, M.P.S.
Vice President of Communications and Events
(301) 435-4103
Tara Asare
Meetings & Events Coordinator
(301) 827-7373
Jasmine Blakley
Meeting and Events Coordinator
(301) 451-8814
Dytrea Langon
Meetings and Events Planner
(301) 402-0114
Janelle Lewis
Meetings and Events Manager
(301) 594-2919
Mira Patel
Meetings and Events Planner
(301) 594-9713
Mary Puglisi
Communications Associate
(301) 594-7121
Katie Robinson
Meetings & Events Coordinator
(301) 402-0597
Development
Julie Wolf-Rodda, M.A.
Senior Vice President of Development
(301) 402-6027
Dorcas Blue
Development Officer
(301) 402-6647
Heidi Blythe, MPA
Development Officer
(301) 443-1744
Alison Drone, M.A.
Senior Development Officer
(301) 443-2103
Maria Mathews
Development Assistant
(301) 594-2612
Joanne Morse
Senior Development Officer
(301) 827-7364
Shawn Stern
Development Associate
(301) 827-5824
William Tolentino, bCRE-PRO
Development and Communications Systems Officer
(301) 594-9865
Research Partnerships
David Wholley, M.Phil.
Senior Vice President of Research Partnerships
(301) 594-6343
Joseph P. Menetski, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President of Research Partnerships
(301) 594-6596
Stacey Adam, Ph.D.
Director, Cancer
(301) 435-8364
Eline Appelmans, M.D., MPH, BMedSci
Scientific Project Manager, Neuroscience
(301) 827-4817
Rosa Canet-Aviles, Ph.D.
Director, Neuroscience
(301) 402-5346
Amrin Chowdhury, M.S.
Scientific Project Manager, Cancer
(301) 827-7365
Dana Connors, M.S., P.M.P.
Senior Project Manager, Cancer
(301) 435-2613
Stephanie Cush, Ph.D.
Senior Project Manager, Inflammation and Immunity
(301) 594-6649
Helen Heymann, M.M.Sc.
Scientific Project Manager, Metabolic Disorders
(301) 827-4821
Steven Hoffmann, M.S.
Director, Inflammation and Immunity
(301) 443-2102
Wesley Horton, M.S.
Scientific Project Manager, Neuroscience
(301) 496-1519
Sidra Iqbal
Scientific Project Manager, Metabolic Disorders
(301) 827-3778
Tania Kamphaus, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Scientific Program Manager, Metabolic Disorders
(301) 435-6247
Nakita Kanu, MPH
Scientific Project Manager, Inflammation & Immunity
(301) 827-4823
Cheryl Melencio
Executive Assistant
(301) 402-4970
Emily Morgan
Associate Project Manager
(301) 435-9220
Jenny Peterson-Klaus, M.S.
Scientific Project Manager, Cancer
(301) 827-7366
Ericka Ruiz, Ph.D.
Scientific Project Manager, Neuroscience
(301) 827-4827
Kelly Umana
Associate Scientific Project Manager, Neuroscience
(301) 827-5825
Science
Stephanie James, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President of Science
(301) 443-1598
Michael Santos, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President, Science
(301) 402-6917
David Brown, Ph.D.
Scientific Program Manager, CTC-VIMC
(301) 443-1599
Brinda Dass, Ph.D.
Scientific Program Manager, Policy Lead for Gene Drive Research
(301) 435-4964
Tiffany Francis, C.P., C.A.P.M.
Project Manager, Predict TB
(301) 402-0508
Renata Hoffstetter
Associate Project Manager
(301) 443-1598
David A. O' Brochta, Ph.D.
Scientific Program Manager, Technical Lead for Gene Drive Research
(301) 451-2762
Rebeca Salmeron, M.B.A
Associate Project Manager
(301) 827-9675
Karen H. Tountas, Ph.D.
Scientific Program Manager
(301) 402-4333
Susan Wiener, MA
Senior Project Manager
(301) 402-5736