• Board of Directors
• Associates Board
• Medical Advisory Board



Board of Directors

President
Robert Fishman
Producer/Director, CBS Sports
New York, NY

Vice President
Elaine Textor
Philanthropist
Locust Valley, NY

Treasurer
Robert A. Mitchell, Esq.
Attorney at Law
New York, NY

Secretary
Leigh Hampton
Producer
New York, NY

Executive Board Members

Jeff Bolton
Partner
Daszkal Bolton Accounting Firm
South Florida, FL

Christina Merrill, C.S.W.
Executive Director
The Bone Marrow Foundation
New York, NY

Charlotte Moss
Designer
New York, NY

Trustees

Jonathan Alter
Senior Editor/Columnist
Newsweek
New York, NY

Evan Handler
Actor/Author
Los Angeles, CA

Jane Holzer
Philanthropist
New York, NY

Michael Kasper
Jefferies & Company
New York, NY

Harry J. Pearce
Chairman
Nortel
Troy, MI

Leslie Sacks
Philanthropist
Jupiter, FL


Honorary Trustee
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
President, International Foundation for
Socio-Economic and Political Studies
President, Green Cross International



Associate Board

Chair
Lisa Sullivan

Matti & Jennifer Anttila
Meg Braff
Deirdre Cossman
Kathleen Crowley
Kelly DeGennero
Lisa Eastman
Anna Evans

Vasilianna Fakiris
Tara & Jeff Fishman
Kate Friedman
Lesley Koeppel
Robert Merrill
Marie Napoli
Kate O’ Neill
Cheryl & Andrew Robin
Hollis F. Russell
Mara Shore
Veronica Wu



Medical Advisory Board

Chair
Joseph Antin, MD
Chief, Adult Oncology Stem Cell Transplantation Program
Dana Farber Cancer Institute


Brian L. Abbott, MD
Medical Director, Hematology Program
Big Sky Oncology at Sletten Cancer Institute

Linda Abramovitz, RN, MSN
Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist
University of California, San Francisco
Medical Center

Barbara Adler-Brecher, MS, CHTC
Transplant Center Coordinator
Hackensack University Medical Center

Tauseef Ahmed, MD
Director, Bone Marrow Transplantation Program
Westchester Medical Center

Zahir Ali, RN
Transplant Center Coordinator
Emory University Hospital

Kristy Applegate, BBA
Blood and Marrow Transplant Coordinator
ChildrenÕs Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston

Scott I. Bearman, MD
Clinical Director, Bone Marrow
Transplantation Program
Rocky Mountain Cancer Center

Diana Beavers, RN
Transplant Center Coordinator
University of Arkansas
for Medical Sciences

Mark W. Brunvand, MD
Rocky Mountain Blood and
Marrow Transplant Program

Mitchell S. Cairo, MD
Director, Blood and Marrow
Transplantation Program
ChildrenÕs Hospital, Columbia University

Richard E. Champlin, MD
Chairman, Department of Blood
and Marrow Transplantation
MD Anderson Cancer Center

Nelson J. Chao, MD, MBA
Professor of Medicine and Immunology
Chief, Division of Cellular Therapy/BMT,
Duke University

Allen Chen, MD, PhD, MHS
Associate Professor,
Oncology and Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive
Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Peter Coccia, MD
Vice-Chairperson, Department
of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Morton Cowan, MD
Medical Director,
Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Program
University of California, San Francisco
Medical Center

Pamela Crilley, DO
Director,
Bone Marrow Transplantation Program
Hahnemann University Hospital

Nicholas C. DÕCunha
Medical Director,
Bone Marrow Transplant Program
Texas Tech University HSC

Gustavo Del Toro, MD
Director, Pediatric Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Service
Mount Sinai Hospital

John DiPersio, MD
Program Director,
Division of Stem Cell Transplantation
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
at Washington University

John R. Edwards, MD
Director, Bone Marrow Transplantation Program
Florida Hospital Cancer Institute

James L.M. Ferrara, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine
Doris Duke Distinguished Clinical Scientist
Director, Blood and Marrow
Transplantation Program
University of Michigan
Comprehensive Cancer Center, CGC 6308

Vicki L. Fisher, RN, MSN, CPNP
Program Manager Ð Pediatric BMT Program
Rainbow Babies & ChildrenÕs Hospital

Sara Flickner, RN, BSN, OCN
Transplant Center Coordinator
Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Steven Fruchtman, MD
Vice President, Clinical Research
Allos Therapeutics, Inc.

Henry Fung, MD
Director BMT Center Section of
Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation
Rush-Presbyterian/St.Lukes Medical Center

Mary Gaston, RN, BSN, CPON, CHTC
Transplant Center Coordinator
St. Jude ChildrenÕs Research Hospital

Sergio Giralt, MD
Chief, Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Cecilia Gladbach, RN
Transplant Center Coordinator
Children's Medical Center of Dallas

Londia Goff, RN
Transplant Center Coordinator
West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc.

Steven C. Goldstein, MD
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine,
Bone Marrow Transplantation Program
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer & Research Institution

Renee Gorczyca, RN
Transplant Center Coordinator
Western Pennsylvania Cancer Institute

Luis Isola, MD
Medical Director,
Bone Marrow Transplantation Program
Mount Sinai Hospital

Roy B. Jones, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
University of Texas,
MD Anderson Cancer Center

Matt Kalaycio, MD, FACP
Director, Chronic Leukemia
and Myeloma Program
Department of Hematologic Oncology
and Blood Disorders
Cleveland Clinic, Taussig Cancer Center

Neena Kapoor, MD
Clinical Director, Bone Marrow
Transplantation Program
ChildrenÕs Hospital Los Angeles

Gary Kleiner, MD
Co-Director of HSCT
Pediatric Immunology
University of Miami

 

Joanne Kurtzberg, MD
Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
Carolinas Cord Blood Bank
Duke University Medical Center

Tidi Lambert, RN, MN, OCN
Bone Marrow Transplant Coordinator
University of California, Los Angeles

Michael Lill, MD
Director, Blood and Marrow
Transplantation Program
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Deborah J. Liney, RN
Technical Director,
Unrelated Donor/Transplant Programs
Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Jeffrey M. Lipton, MD, PhD
Chief, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and
Stem Cell Transplantation
Schneider Children's Hospital

Judith Luck, RN
Transplant Center Coordinator
University of Miami, Sylvester
Comprehensive Cancer Center

David Maloney, MD, PhD
Associate Member,
Clinical Research Division,
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Division of Oncology,
University of Washington

Wendi Martinez, RN
Transplant Center Coordinator
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Sam Mazj, MD
Hematology/Oncology Ð BMT Division
North Shore University Hospital

Linda McVay, RN
Transplant Center Coordinator
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Kenneth R. Meehan, MD
Director, Bone Marrow Transplantation Program
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Stephen D. Nimer, MD
Head, Division of Hematologic Oncology
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Richard J. OÕReilly, MD
Chief, Bone Marrow Transplantation Service
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Andrew L. Pecora, MD, FACP
Cancer Center Director
Hackensack University Medical Center

Gail Risley, RN, CHTC
Transplant Center Coordinator
Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital
and Richard J. Solove Research Institute

Lynn Root, RN
Transplant Center Coordinator
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Virginia Ross, RN
Nurse Coordinator
Mount Sinai Hospital

Scott Rowley, MD
Chief, Adult Blood and
Marrow Transplant Program
Hackensack Medical Center

Peggy A. Russell, RN, CHTC
Allogeneic Nurse Coordinator
Presbyterian/St. LukeÕs Medical Center

Christy Satterlee, CHTC
Unrelated Donor Program Manager
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

Michael W. Schuster, MD
Director, Bone Marrow & Hematopoietic
Stem Cell Transplantation Program
Stonybrook Medical Center

Eileen Scigliano, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Mount Sinai Hospital

Stuart Seropian, MD
Assistant Professor,
Section of Medical Oncology
Yale University School of Medicine

Tsiporah Shore, M.D., FRCPC, FACP
Clinical Director of the Bone Marrow
and Stem Cell Transplantation Program
Weill Cornell Medical College - New York Presbyterian Hospital.

Franklin Smith, III, MD
Director, Hematology/Oncology
Cincinnati ChildrenÕs Hospital

Ranier Storb, MD
Program Head - Clinical Research
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Sieboney Stowe, RN
Nurse Coordinator
UCD Health System

Diana Tate, RN
Transplant Center Coordinator
University of Alabama at Birmingham
and The Children's Hospital of Alabama

Mary Territo, MD
Director, Bone Marrow
Transplantation Program
UCLA Center for the Health Sciences

Kathryn Tierney, RN, MSN
Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist,
Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
Stanford University Medical Center

Scott Urban, RN
Transplant Center Coordinator
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Koen van Besien, MD
Medical Director
University of Chicago
Stem Cell Transplant Program

Marcel R.M. van den Brink, MD, PhD
Head, Division of Hematologic Oncology
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

William P. Vaughan, MD, MBA
Director, UAB Bone Marrow
Transplantation Program
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Mati Vizcaino, RN, CHTC
Transplant Center Coordinator
All ChildrenÕs Hospital

Georgia B. Vogelsang, MD
Professor of Oncology
Johns Hopkins Oncology Center

James C. Wade, MD, MPH
Chief, Neoplastic Diseases
and Related Disorders
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital

Jennifer Wilder, RN
Transplant Center Coordinator
National Institutes of Health

John R. Wingard, MD
Director, Blood and Marrow
Transplantation Program
Florida Shands Cancer Center