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Leadership

Board of Directors

Board of Directors
Research Advisory Committee
Ambassadors Council

David W. Dodick, MD, FAAN

Chair

Mayo Clinic and Atria Academy of Science and Medicine

Ben Lenail

Vice Chair

Rare Disease Activist and Biotech Investor

James A. Essey

Treasurer

TemPositions Group

Jacqueline French, MD

Secretary

New York University and Epilepsy Foundation

Sean Sansiveri

Chair-Elect

OneTeam Partners

Merit Cudkowicz, MD, MSc

Mass General Hospital, Chief of Neurology

Stephen Hauser, MD

UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences

Frances Jensen, MD, FACP, FAAN

University of Pennsylvania, Department of Neurology

Ralph Leslie

The Pew Charitable Trusts

Thabele “Bay” Leslie-Mazwi, MD

University of Washington, Department of Neurology

Ronald C. Petersen, MD, PhD, FAAN

Mayo Clinic, Department of Neurology

Matthew S. Picard

Investment Professional

Bolt Ventures

John Pohlad

Independent Family Office Consultant

Alyx B. Porter, MD, FAAN

Mayo Clinic, Department of Neurology

Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, MD, FAANS, FACS

Mayo Clinic, Department of Neurological Surgery

Joanne L. Smikle, PhD

Principal Consultant, Smikle Training Services

Ex Officio, Voting Directors

Phyllis C. Zee, MD, PhD

RAC Chair

Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School

Ex Officio, Non-Voting Directors

Michelle Heritage

Executive Director, American Brain Foundation

Phyllis C. Zee, MD, PhD

RAC Chair

Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School

Jose Biller, MD, FAAN, FACP, FAHA

Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

Alice Chen-Plotkin, MD

University of Pennsylvania

Jacqueline French, MD, FAAN

NYU Langone Comprehensive Epilepsy Center

Na Tosha N. Gatson, MD, PhD, FAAN

Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center / Banner Health

James C. Grotta, MD, FAAN

Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center

David Jones, MD

Mayo Clinic

Walter J. Koroshetz, MD

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Mark F. Mehler, MD, FAAN

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Bruce Ovbiagele, MD, MSc, MAS, MBA, FAAN

UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences

Ronald C. Petersen, PhD, MD, FAAN

Mayo Clinic, Department of Neurology

Richard Ransohoff, MD

Third Rock Ventures

Gordon Smith, MD

Virginia Commonwealth University Health System

Beth Stevens, PhD

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Benjamin Tolchin, MD, MS, FAAN

Yale School of Medicine

Josep Dalmau, MD, PhD, FAAN

Research Professor ICREA-IDIBAPS

David Eagleman, PhD

Neuroscientist, Writer & Entrepreneur

Dan Gasby

Author, Alzheimer's, & Brain Health Advocate

Peter Goadsby, MD, PhD

UCLA

Kevin Goodno

Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

Robert C. Griggs, MD, FAAN (Honorary)

University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

James C. Grotta, MD

Memorial Hermann Hospital

Lenora A. Higginbotham, MD

Emory University

Michael D. Hill, MD

University of Calgary

Ralph Jozefowicz, MD, FAAN

University of Rochester Department of Neurology

Lauren Miller Rogen

Filmmaker, Co-Founder Hilarity for Charity (HFC)

Seth Rogen

Writer, Actor, Co-Founder Hilarity for Charity (HFC)

Martin Shenkman, CPA, MBA, PFS, AEP, JD

Shenkman Law

Lisa Shulman, MD, FAAN

University of Maryland

Joseph Sirven, MD, FAAN

Mayo Clinic

Gordon Smith, MD

Virginia Commonwealth University Health System

James Stevens, MD, FAAN

Allied Physicians, Inc.

Ben Utecht

Speaker, Author, and Brain Health Advocate

Susan Schneider Williams

Artist and Advocate