Our Team
LGS Foundation Staff
Tracy Dixon-Salazar, PhD
Executive Director
Kathy Leavens
Senior Director of Programs
Amber Mathas
Senior Director of Operations
Jennifer Griffin
Director of Family Support
Cindy Dawson
Director of Development
Ashley Burns
Director of Finance and Administration
Kayleigh Keen
Communications & Community Engagement ManagerBoard of Directors
Natalie Gilmore
President
Melanie Huntley, PhD
Past-President
Karen H. Groff, M.Ed.
Vice President
Kevin Merritt, CFA
Treasurer
Christopher Mitchell, JD
Secretary
Brittany Gostomski
Board Member
Fred Roedl
Board Member
Dale Todd
Board MemberMedical Science Advisory Board
Scott Baraban, PhD
Co-Chair, University of California, San Francisco
Elaine Wirrell, MD
Co-Chair, Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Pete Crino, MD, PhD
University of Maryland, School of Medicine
Jenny Hsieh, PhD
University of Texas, San Antonio
Bobby Hunt, PhD
University of California, Irvine
Scott Perry, MD
Cook Children's Hospital, Fort WorthLeadership Circle
Tim Benke, MD, PhD
Children's Hospital Colorado
John R. Currier
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Zach Grinspan, MD
Weill Cornell Medicine
Eric Marsh, MD, PhD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Susan Masino, PhD
Trinity College
Heather Mefford, MD, PhD
St. Jude Children's Hospital
Anup Patel, MD
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Jeanne Paz, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
