Board of Directors

Irving S. Wright, MD
Founder

Stephanie Lederman, EdM
Executive Director

Directors

Laura M. Barzilai, JD, LLM
Chair

Steven N. Austad, PhD
Senior Scientific Director

Nir Barzilai, MD
Scientific Director

Charles Beever, MBA
Treasurer and Secretary

Thomas A. Rando, MD, PhD
President

Andre Bertram
Richard W. Besdine, MD
Harvey Jay Cohen, MD
Ana Maria Cuervo, MD, PhD
David L. Eigen
Nigel F. Emmett
Richard G.A. Faragher, PhD
James Fickel
Alexandra L. Gatje
Michael W. Hodin, PhD
Thomas G. Kahn, CFA
James L. Kirkland, MD, PhD
Immediate Past President
Peter Kimmelman
Mark S. Lachs, MD, MPH
Kevin J. Lee, PhD
Denise Lefebvre
James Mellon
Laura Niedernhofer, MD, PhD
Michael Ringel, JD, PhD
Sami Sagol
Gareth W. Shepherd, PhD
David A. Sinclair, PhD, AO
Robert W. Stearns
Terrie Fox Wetle, PhD
Keith Whitfield, PhD
Sergey Young

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