Staff & Advisory Councils
Office of the President
Sam Gill
President
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Karen Jacobsen
Executive Assistant to the President and Board Liaison
Erica Dziedzic
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Operations
Peter Simmons
Chief Operating Officer
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Beth Woltering
Office Operations Manager
Linda Artola
Operations Assistant
Investments
Jeffrey Heil
Chief Investment Officer
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Leena Bhutta
Deputy Chief Investment Officer
Jennifer Katz
Director, Impact Investments
Cynthia Haidar
Associate Director, Investments
Bracewell Polo
Financial Analyst
Lisa Yeh
Investment Operations Manager
Grants Administration
Adrienne Fisher
Director, Grants Management & Evaluation
Linda Diamond
Program Associate, Grants Management
Phenisher Harris
Program Associate, Grants Management
Medical Research Program
Sindy Escobar-Alvarez, Ph.D.
Program Director for Medical Research
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Kevin Sia, Ph.D.
Program Officer for Medical Research
Karen Han
Program Associate for Medical Research
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Scientific Advisory Council Members
The Scientific Advisory Council provides general advice and guidance to the Medical Research Program on its Clinical Research Career Ladder and Innovations in Clinical Research programs.
Chair - Andrew Schafer, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
Vivian Cheung, M.D.
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Frederick G.L. Huetwell Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, Division of Neurology
Professor, Department of Human Genetics
University of Michigan
Benjamin L. Ebert, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair, Medical Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Jose C. Florez, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Dianna Milewicz, M.D., Ph.D.
President George H.W. Bush Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine
Division Director, Professor, Vice-Chair-Medical Genetics
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Daniel J. Rader, M.D.
Seymour Gray Professor of Molecular Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Child Well-being Program
Lola Adedokun, M.P.H.
Program Director for Child Well-being and Director for the African Health Initiative
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Rumeli Banik, Ph.D.
Senior Program Officer for Child Well-being
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Karimata Bah
Program Associate for Child Well-being and Associate for the African Health Initiative
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Sandra Ching
Program Associate for Child Well-being and Associate for the African Health Initiative
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Advisory Board Members
Kimber Bogard, Ph.D.
Advisory Board Chair
Senior Vice President of Strategy and Programs
New York Academy of Medicine
Yusuf Ali
Network Coordinator, Vital Village Network
Boston Medical Center
Eric Brettschneider, J.D., M.A.
First Deputy Commissioner
NYC Administration for Children's Services
Rosemary Chalk
Former Director, Board on Children, Youth, and Families
Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council
Angela Diaz, M.D., M.P.H.
Director
Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center
Felton Earls, M.D.
Emeritus Professor
Harvard Medical School
Maxine Hayes, M.D., M.P.H.
Clinical Professor
University of Washington School of Public Health
Lauren van Schilfgaarde, J.D.
Tribal Law Specialist
Tribal Law and Policy Institute
Indigenous Peoples Portfolio Advisory Board
Kealoha Fox, Ph.D., M.A.
Native Hawaiian Liaison
Aloha Care
Stephanie Fryberg, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
University of Michigan
John Haworth
Senior Executive Emeritus
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Puni Jackson
Program Director
Ho’oulu‘ Āina Kōkua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services
Nikki Pitre
Executive Director
Center for Native American Youth
Lauren van Schilfgaarde, J.D.
Director
Tribal Legal Development Clinic
UCLA School of Law
Erik Stegman, J.D., M.A.
Executive Director
Native Americans in Philanthropy
Shavaughna Underwood
Aspen Fellow
Center for Native American Youth
African Health Initiative
Lola Adedokun, M.P.H.
Director for the African Health Initiative and Program Director for Child Well-being
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Karimata Bah
Associate for the African Health Initiative and Program Associate for Child Well-being
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Sandra Ching
Associate for the African Health Initiative and Program Associate for Child Well-being
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Building Bridges Program
Zeyba Rahman
Senior Program Officer for the Building Bridges Program (DDFIA)
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Linda Artola
Program Associate for the Building Bridges Program (DDFIA) and Operations Assistant
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Advisory Council Members
The Advisory Council guides the Building Bridges Program with overarching and subject specific advice.
Abdullah Antepli
Chief Representative of Muslim Affairs
Duke University
Anisa Mehdi
Emmy Award-winning Journalist
Fulbright Scholar in Jordan
Hind Makki
Founder, Side Entrance blog
Co-Founder, Muslim ARC
Hussein Rashid
Adjunct Professor of Comparative Religion
Barnard College
Media commentator and columnist
Shahed Amanallah
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Affinis Lab
Theodore Levin
Arthur R. Virgin Professor of Music
Dartmouth College
Finance
Finance
Eileen Oberlander
Controller / Director of Finance
Christopher Anthony
Accounting Manager
Andrew Cortese
Accounting Manager
Lynn Pipitone
Accounting Manager
Keri Rice
Senior Finance Associate
Human Resources
Human Resources
James Eodice, MBA/MHRM
Human Resources Director
Veronica Mayes
Senior Human Resources Associate
Nicole Cruz
Human Resources Manager
Information Services
Information Services
Guli Basu
Chief Technology Officer
Sairah Varughese
Information Systems Analyst