Our Team

Fred Roedl, MBA

Board Chair

Kat Belendiuk, PhD

Vice Chair

Sue Sessa

Treasurer

Jacqueline Villatoro

Secretary

Deena Andreola

Board Member

Jenny Rosenthal

Board Member

Scott Perry, MD

Board Member

Tracy Dixon-Salazar, PhD

President & CEO

Amber Mathas

Chief Operating Officer

Kathy Leavens

Senior Director of Programs

Helen Chen, PhD

Research Director

Jennifer Griffin

Director of Family Support

Kayleigh Keen

Community Engagement Manager

Luz Arias

Communications Manager

Sami Cox

Finance & Development Coordinator

Alexandra Turner

Administrative Assistant

Elaine Wirrell, MD

Chair, Mayo Clinic, Rochester

Pete Crino, MD, PhD

University of Maryland, School of Medicine

Jennifer Gelinas, MD, PhD

University of California Irvine

Juliet Knowles, MD, PhD

Stanford University

Fabio Nascimento, MD

Washington University, St. Louis

Renée Shellhaas, MD, MS

Washington University School of Medicine

James W. Wheless, BScPharm, M.D., FAAP, FACP, FAAN, FAES

Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital

Elizabeth E. Gerard, MD

Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine

Kevin Merritt, MBA, CFA

Director of Research

Dale Todd

Vice President of Development

Karen H. Groff, M.Ed.

Retired Educator

Natalie Gilmore

Past Board Chair

Melanie Huntley, PhD

Genentech

Ben Decter

Emmy Award–Winning Composer & Songwriter

Christopher Mitchell, JD

Stein, Mitchell, Beato, & Missner LLP

John R. Currier

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)