Chairperson
Gilbert “Lynn” Marks, M.D. (2020)
Senior Advisor
Tunnell
Cape May, New Jersey
Executive Secretary
Anna L. Ramsey-Ewing, Ph.D.
Director
Office of Grants Management and Scientific Review
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
Vice Chairperson
Ronald J. Bartek, M.A. (2020)
Co-Founder and Founding President
Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance
Arlington, Virginia
Board Members
(Terms end 9/30 of designated year, unless otherwise noted.)
Daniel L. Hartman, M.D. (2019)
Director of Integrated Development
Global Health Discovery Program
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Seattle, Washington
Richard E. Kuntz, M.D., M.Sc. (2019)
Senior Vice President, Chief Medical and Scientific Officer
Medtronic, Inc.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Geoffrey Shiu Fei Ling, M.D., Ph.D. (2019)
Professor of Neurology
School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
Brad Margus (2020)
Chief Executive Officer
Cerevance, Inc.
Boston, Massachusetts
Kalpana M. Merchant, Ph.D. (2020)
President and Chief Scientific Officer
TransThera Consulting Company
Portland, Oregon
Principal Investigator
Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Data Network
Arlington, Virginia
Alan Palkowitz, Ph.D. (2019)
Vice President of Discovery Chemistry Research and Technologies
Eli Lilly and Company
Lilly Corporate Center
Indianapolis, Indiana
Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D. (2020)
President and Dean
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia
Todd B. Sherer, Ph.D. (2020)
Chief Executive Officer
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
New York, New York
Sharon F. Terry, M.A. (2020)
President and Chief Executive Officer
Genetic Alliance
Washington, D.C.
Representative Members
Kiran Reddy, M.D. (2022)
Venture Professor
Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc.
Boston, Massachusetts
Michael Rosenblatt, M.D. (2022)
Chief Medical Officer
Flagship Pioneering
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Elizabeth Stoner, M.D. (2022)
Executive Partner
MPM Capital
New York, New York
Ex Officio Members
National Institutes of Health
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
Bethesda, Maryland
Food and Drug Administration
Norman Sharpless, M.D.
Acting Commissioner
Silver Spring, Maryland
National Science Foundation
Richard Dickinson, Ph.D.
Director
Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems
Alexandria, Virginia
Department of Defense
Vacant
Department of Veterans Affairs
Rachel Ramoni, D.M.D., Sc.D.
Chief Research and Development Officer
Office of Research and Development
Washington, D.C.