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Julie Louise Gerberding, MD, MPH
President and Chief Executive Officer
(301) 443-1811
David Wholley, MPhil
Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer
(301) 594-6343
Jane Krmpotich
Chief of Staff
(301) 443-1811

Communications + Events

David Carmel, MBA
Senior Vice President, Chief Growth and Innovation Officer
(301) 402-5311
Geralyn LaNeve
Associate Vice President of Communications
(301) 435-8819
Janelle Lewis
Associate Vice President of Meetings and Events
(301) 594-2919
Suzanne Béchamps
Communications Officer
(301) 451-6059
Jasmine Buchanan
Meetings and Events Coordinator
(301) 435-6644
Terry Kererep
Meetings and Events Planner
(301) 496-8126
Sam Mooney
Communications Officer
(301) 435-7653
Jenny Cárdenas
Meetings and Events Coordinator
(301) 402-3157
Angelique M. Moss
Meetings and Events Planner
(301) 496-1406
Mira Patel
Director, Meetings and Events
(301) 594-9713
Ashleigh Spunaugle
Awards and Events Officer
(301) 435-8905
Katherine Thompson
Director of Communications
(301) 435-4038
Michelle Tran
Administrative Assistant
(301) 827-7373

Finance

Donald Hill, MBA, CFA
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
(301) 435-6246
Eva Coyne, CPA
Vice President, Controller
(301) 451-8856
Rachael Lee
Senior Accounting Manager
(301) 435-3929
Sharon Nie
Senior Accountant
(301) 827-5314
Henry Seiler
Staff Accountant
(301) 402-5311

Operations + Legal

Kevin A. Klock, JD
Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel
(301) 435-1641
Catherine Master, JD
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
(301) 451-2499
Lesley A. Sebastian, MBA, MSc
Associate Vice President of Operations
(301) 402-0391
Joanne Louis
Human Resources Officer
(301) 435-4493
Vanessa Perlman, JD
Senior Legal Counsel
(301) 480-5849
Kathy Peterson
Senior Operations Officer and Facilities Manager
(301) 402-5643
Katie Robinson
Associate Operations Officer
(301) 402-0597
Dorina Sepúlveda
Executive Assistant
(301) 451-7163
Heidi Weimer, JD, MPH, LLM
Associate Legal Counsel
(301) 827-5723
Hanna Yu
Legal Operations Manager
(301) 594-8401

Strategic Alliances + Advancement

Robert Balthaser, MSEd, CFRE
Vice President of Advancement
(301) 496-9921
Aimee Ahmed
Director, Strategic Alliances and Advancement
(301) 443-2103
Meredith Beisel
Assistant, Strategic Alliances and Advancement
(301) 402-6585
Heidi Blythe, MPA
Director, Strategic Alliances and Advancement
(301) 443-1744
Laren Friedman, MFA
Advancement Officer, Strategic Initiatives
(301) 451-8855
Sunny Lane, MEd
Strategic Alliances Officer
(301) 480-8399
Maria Mathews
Strategic Alliances Associate
(301) 594-2612
Brianna Mills
Strategic Alliances Officer
(301) 402-6647
Jennifer Rosenbluth-Stoll
Senior Advancement Officer, Major and Legacy Giving
(301) 402-5343
Leah Singleton
Strategic Alliances Officer
(301) 827-7367
Matt Slater
Strategic Alliances Officer
(301) 402-0508
William Tolentino, bCRE-PRO
Director, Advancement Services
(301) 594-9865

Science Partnerships

Joseph P. Menetski, PhD
Senior Vice President, Chief Translational Science Officer
(301) 594-6596
Michael Santos, PhD
Senior Vice President, Chief Population Health Science Officer
(301) 402-6917
Stacey Adam, PhD
Associate Vice President, Science Partnerships
Translational Science
(301) 435-8364
Steven Hoffmann, MS
Associate Vice President, Science Partnerships
Translational Science
Director, Biomarkers Consortium
(301) 443-2102
Courtney Silverthorn, PhD
Associate Vice-President, Science Partnerships
Translational Science
(301) 827-8365
Loni Ajagbe
Project Manager, Translational Science
Neuroscience
(301) 443-5837
Priana Appling
Administrative Assistant, Population Health Science
(301) 402-3515
David Brown, PhD
Director, Vaccine Discovery and Development
(301) 443-1599
Francesca Cignarella, PhD
Project Manager, Translational Science
Neuroscience
301-495-7733
Dana Connors, MS, PMP
Director, Translational Science
Cancer
Associate Director, Biomarkers Consortium
(301) 435-2613
Amanda Bevis, MPH, MBA, PMP
Project Manager, Translational Science
Neuroscience
(301) 402-8462
Brinda Dass, PhD
Senior Technical Expert, Policy Lead for GeneConvene
(301) 435-4964
Jeremy DeBarry, PhD
Senior Project Manager, Translational Science
Inflammation & Immunity
(301) 435-2680
Taqwa El-Hussein
Project Manager, Translational Science
Cancer
(301) 827-5874
Juan Esparza-Trujillo, MS, GLPCP, GMPCP
Project Manager, Translational Science
Platform Therapeutics
(301) 827-1391
Brad Garrison, MBA, PMP
Senior Project Manager, Translational Science
Platform Therapeutics
(301) 402-0397
Renata Hoffstetter, MS
Senior Project Manager, Population Health Science
(301) 443-1598
Wesley Horton, MS
Senior Project Manager, Translational Science
Neuroscience
(301) 496-1519
Stephanie James, PhD
Senior Scientific Advisor, Population Health Science
(301) 443-1598
Autumn Jones, MS
Project Manager, Translational Science
Inflammation and Immunity
(301) 435-5735
Erika Jones, MAPHB
Associate Project Manager, Population Health Science
(301) 402-1112
Tania Kamphaus, MSc, PhD
Director, Translational Science
Metabolic Disorders and FNIH Director of Patient Engagement
(301) 435-6247
Althea Lang, PhD
Project Manager, Translational Science
Cancer
(301) 435-0105
Cheryl Melencio
Administrative Manager, Translational Science
(301) 402-4970
Marina Milan
Project Manager, Translational Science
Cancer
(301) 827-5824
Tetyana Murza
Senior Project Manager, Translational Science
Cancer
(301) 435-2827
Ruth Najera
Administrative Assistant, Translational Science
(301) 827-4827
Jennifer Newsome, MS
Project Manager, Translational Science
Cancer
(301) 827-7365
Lynette Nguyen, PhD, PMP
Senior Project Manager, Translational Science
Metabolic Disorders
(301) 496-6281
David A. O' Brochta, PhD
Senior Technical Expert, Technical Lead for Gene Drive Research
(301) 451-2762
James O'Leary, MBA
Director, Translational Science
Inflammation and Immunity
(301) 594-6649
Alex Pasek, MD
Project Manager, Translational Science
Metabolic Disorders
(301) 435-3010
Sri Ramulu Pullagura, PhD
Program Manager, Translational Science
Neuroscience
(301)-827-4239
Harina Raja
Project Manager, Translational Science
Metabolic Disorders
(301) 827-3778
Melissa Jones Reyes, PhD
Program Manager, Translational Science
Metabolic Disorders
(301) 402-7642
Erin Rosenbaugh, PhD, PMP
Project Manager, Translational Science
Neuroscience
(301) 827-5825
Rebeca Salmeron, MBA
Project Manager, Population Health Science
(301) 827-9675
Alessio Travaglia, PhD, PMP
Director, Translational Science
Neuroscience
(301) 827-4821
Susan Wiener, MA
Program Manager
(301) 402-5736
Amber Zimmerman
Associate Project Manager, Translational Science
Inflammation and Immunity
(301) 425-5311
Kat Lambertson
Project Manager, Translational Science
(301) 496-9355

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