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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

Merit Cudkowicz, MD, MSc

Mass General Hospital, Chief of Neurology

David Eagleman, PhD

Neuroscientist & Entrepreneur

James C. Grotta, MD, FAAN

Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center

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

Alyx B. Porter, MD, FAAN

Mayo Clinic, Department of Neurology

Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, MD, FAANS, FACS

Mayo Clinic, Department of Neurological Surgery

Sean Sansiveri

NFL Players Association

Ex Officio, Voting Directors

Robert C. Griggs, MD, FAAN

University of Rochester Department of Neurology

Carlayne E. Jackson, MD, FAAN

American Academy of Neurology

Ex Officio, Non-Voting Directors

Mary E. Post, MBA, CAE

Chief Executive Officer, American Academy of Neurology

Jane Ransom

American Brain Foundation

Robert C. Griggs, MD, FAAN

Chair

University of Rochester Department of Neurology

Jose E. Cavazos, MD, PhD, FAAN

Vice Chair

University of Texas Health – San Antonio

Jose Biller, MD, FAAN, FACP, FAHA

Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

Jacqueline French, MD

New York University and Epilepsy Foundation

Na Tosha N. Gatson, MD, PhD

Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center / Banner Health

James C. Grotta, MD, FAAN

Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center

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

Eugene Scharf, MD

Mayo Clinic

Gordon Smith, MD

Virginia Commonwealth University Health System

Reisa Sperling, MD, MMSc

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Beth Stevens, PhD

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Benjamin Tolchin, MD, MS, FAAN

Yale New Haven Health System Center for Clinical Ethics

Phyllis C. Zee, MD, PhD

Northwestern University Medical School

Gordon Smith, MD

Virginia Commonwealth University Health System

Dan Gasby

Author, Alzheimer's, & Brain Health Advocate

Peter Goadsby, MD, PhD

UCLA

Kevin Goodno

Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

Lenora A. Higginbotham, MD

Emory University

Michael D. Hill, MD

University of Calgary

Ralph Jozefowicz, MD, FAAN

University of Rochester Department of Neurology

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

Shenkman Law

Lisa Shulman, MD, FAAN

University of Maryland

Joseph Sirven, MD, FAAN

Mayo Clinic

James Stevens, MD, FAAN

Allied Physicians, Inc.

Ben Utecht

Speaker, Author, and Brain Health Advocate

Susan Schneider Williams

Artist and Advocate