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Board Alumni
Gary McDowell, PhD
Board Alumnus , FoR Founder, and Executive Director (2016 - 2019)
CEO and Founder, Lightoller LLC, Chicago, IL
Jessica Polka, PhD
Board Alumna, FoR Founder, and President (2018 - 2020)
Director, ASAPBio
Sarah Mazzilli, PhD
Board Alumna, FoR Founder, and Treasurer (2016 - 2018)
Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston MA
David Riglar, PhD
Board Alumnus (2016 - 2019)
Sir Henry Dale Research Fellow, Imperial College London, UK
Patricia Goodwin, PhD
Board Alumna and Clerk (2016 - 2018)
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Boston, MA
Kearney Gunsalus, PhD
Board Alumna (2016 - 2019)
Assistant Professor Siena College, NY
Kristin Krukenberg, PhD
Board Alumna (2016 - 2017
Analytical Scientist, Shire, Lexington, MA
Kyle Dolan, PhD
Board Alumnus (2016 - 2017)
Head of Science and Innovation (Chicago), UK Science & Innovation Network
Yelena Bernadskaya, PhD
Board Alumna (2016 - 2018)
Postdoctoral Researcher New York University, New York, NY
Sonia Hall, PhD
Board Alumna (2017 - 2019)
Director of Engagement and Development, Genetics Society of America, Pittsburgh, PA
Harinder Singh, PhD
Board Alumnus (2017 - 2021)
Program Director, Graduate Professional Success in STEM (GPS-STEM), University of California, Irvin
Sarah Junco Wong, PhD
Board Alumna (2017 - 2019)
Science Assistant, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), Okinawa, Japan
Calvin N. Ho, PhD
Board Alumnus (2017 - 2019)
Manager, Patient Centered Science, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD
Emma Alme, PhD
Board Alumna (2020- 2021)
ASHG Policy Fellow, Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC Washington, D.C.
Rodoniki Athanasiadou, PhD
Board Alumna (2016 - 2017)
Data Scientist, H2O.ai,
New York and Mountain View
Nicole Parker, PhD
Board Alumna (2017 - 2021)
Science Policy Analyst, Ripple Effect Communications, Rockville, MD
Rebeccah Lijek, PhD
Board Alumna and Clerk (2016 - 2017)
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences Mount Holyoke College
Erica Walsh-Michel, PhD
Board Alumna (2016 - 2018)
Senior Scientist, Pharmacology, Merck, MA
Adriana Bankston, PhD
Board Alumna (2017 - 2021)
Principal Legislative Analyst, University of California Office of Federal Governmental Relations, Washington, DC
Teon Brooks, PhD
Board Alumnus (2017 - 2018)
Data Scientist, Mozilla, Brooklyn, NY
Zach Farrow, PhD
Board Alumnus (2017 - 2019)
Field Application Specialist, Fluidigm Corporation, Sand Diego, CA
Vincent Boudreau, PhD
Board Alumnus (2018 - 2020)
Post-doctoral fellow, University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco
Liz Moore, PhD
Board Alumna (2020 - 2021)
Project Manager, Health Communications, CISCRP Boston, MA