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Staff

Executive Director: Matthew Alsante, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Director of Development: Holly Blackledge, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Fundraising Director: Norine Spencer, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Manager of Scientific and Government Affairs: Lori Hodo Hoffman, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Office Manager: Mary McCarthy, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Program Specialist: Cindy Saunders, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Administrative Assistant: Ellen DeBonis, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Patient Registry Staff: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Board of Directors

President: Mark Thornton, MD, PhD, Damascus, Maryland Vice-President: Gary Tomei, Esq., New York, New York Executive Director: Matthew Alsante, Fredricksburg, Virginia Board Member: Marianne Bouldin, Palm Desert, California Board Member: Stacey Breidinger, Cincinnati, Ohio Board Member: John Brooks, MD, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Board Member: Chris Connery, Chicago, Illinois Board Member: Anthony Fedorov, Brooklyn, New York Board Member: Alex Gillespie, New York, New York Board Member: Michael Mandell, Plantation, Florida Board Member: Patrick Mortimer, Bayville, New York Board Member: Rita Saverino Romeo, New York, New York Board Member: Candace Sue, New York, New York Board Member: Patricia Thornton, Damascus, Maryland Board Member: Tom Tobin, MD, Spokane, Washington Honorary Board Member: Laurence H. Baker, DO Honorary Board Member: Murray Brennan, MD Honorary Board Member: Ed Fry Honorary Board Member: Shon Gables Honorary Board Member: Peri Gilpin Honorary Board Member: Sean Lennon Honorary Board Member: Yoko Ono Honorary Board Member: U.S. Senator Mark Pryor Honorary Board Member: Carole Radziwill Honorary Board Member: Marisa Tomei Honorary Board Member: Heather Urich

Medical Advisory Board

Chair: George Demetri, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Medical Advisory Board Member: Robert Benjamin, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center Medical Advisory Board Member: Charles Forscher, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Medical Advisory Board Member: Richard Gorlick, MD, The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Medical Advisory Board Member: Lee Helman, MD, National Cancer Institute Medical Advisory Board Member: Marc Ladanyi, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Medical Advisory Board Member: Jonathan Lewis, MD, PhD, Ziopharm, Inc. Medical Advisory Board Member: Crystal Mackall, MD, National Cancer Institute Medical Advisory Board Member: Robert Maki, MD, PhD, Mount Sinai Medical Advisory Board Member: Alberto Pappo, MD, Texas Children Cancer Center Medical Advisory Board Member: Shreyaskumar Patel, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center Medical Advisory Board Member: Peter Pisters, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center Medical Advisory Board Member: Raphael Pollock, MD, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center

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