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

Ashley Burns

Director of Finance and Administration

Kayleigh Keen

Communications & Community Engagement Manager

Hanna Jorgenson

Communications Coordinator

Board 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 Member

Medical Science Advisory Council

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 Worth

Leadership Circle

John R. Currier

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

LGS Community Support Coordinators

Jacqueline Villatoro

West Babylon, NY

Lesa McLeod

Hudson, FL

Jeannie Schnur

Leesburg, VA

Darla Davison

Kennedy, NY

Tricia Proefrock

Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Christy Wall

Post Falls, ID

Jamie Riley

North Haverhill, NH

Amy Rose

Spokane Valley, WA