About Us
Fall / Winter 2020 | Category 25
The Michael J . Fox Foundation ( MJFF ) is dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson ’ s disease through an aggressively funded research agenda and to ensuring the development of improved therapies for those living with Parkinson ’ s today . MJFF publishes The Fox Focus on Parkinson ’ s twice a year , including an interactive version . To change your subscription preferences , email
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Founder Michael J . Fox
Chief Executive Officer Todd Sherer , PhD
Co-Founder & Executive Vice Chairman Deborah W . Brooks
Deputy Chief Executive Officer Sohini Chowdhury
Chief People Officer & General Counsel Jim McNasby
Chief Marketing Officer Holly Teichholtz
Editor Deborah Burzynski
Design and Production Jessica Levine
Emily Murphy Simplissimus
Writers Allison Boiles
Carol Blymire Christina Destro Rachel Dolhun , MD Krishna Knabe Maggie Kuhl Kristina Magana Kat McCarrick
Boards and Councils
Board of Directors Skip Irving , Chairman Jeff Keefer , Vice Chairman Holly S . Andersen , MD Bonnie M . Bandeen Glenn Batchelder Susan Bilotta Mark Booth Jon Brooks Barry J . Cohen Andrew Creighton John S . Daly Donny Deutsch David Einhorn Karen Finerman Lee Fixel Nelle Fortenberry Akbar Gbajabiamila Willie Geist David Glickman Mark L . Hart III Anne M . Holloway Edward Kalikow Amar Kuchinad Marc S . Lipschultz Barry Malkin Colin R . Masson Ofer Nemirovsky Andy O ’ Brien Douglas I . Ostrover Lisa A . Piazza , MD Tracy Pollan Ryan Reynolds Hartley T . Richardson Frederick E . Rowe Lily Safra Carolyn Schenker Curtis Schenker Richard J . Schnall Woody Shackleton Anne-Cecilie Engell Speyer George Stephanopoulos Bonnie Strauss Rick Tigner
Fred G . Weiss Sonny Whelen Peter Zaffino
Founders ’ Council Lonnie and Muhammad Ali Steven A . Cohen Albert B . Glickman David Golub John Griffin Andrew S . Grove Katie Hood Jeffrey Katzenberg Morton M . Kondracke Edwin A . Levy Nora McAniff Donna Shalala , PhD
Leadership Council Richard Fitzgerald , Co-Chairman Omar Abdel-Hafez Shakeeb Alam Loren Berger Felix Bhandari Zachary Brez Alexandra Cherubini Dev Chodry Taryn Fixel Michael Kaplan Julia Kelly Pamela Mirels Dan Morris Daisy Prince Rafi Rosman Scott Schefrin Bill Shepherd Ryan Squillante Meredith Tutterow
Patient Council Soania Mathur , MD , Co-Chair Bret Parker , Co-Chair Matt Ackerman Carl Bolch , Jr . Eugenia Brin
Ken Cater Jimmy Choi Carey Christensen Michael R . “ Rich ” Clifford Quentin Dastugue MarÍa L . De LeÓn , MD Steven D . DeWitte Anne Cohn Donnelly , DPH David Eger , PhD Hadley Ferguson Michael S . Fitts Bill Geist Larry Gifford Cynthia Gray Lynn Hagerbrant Kathy Holden Karen Jaffe , MD Nicole Jarvis , MD Hilton Mirels , MD Eric Pitcher Bill Rasmussen Claudia Revilla Bryan Roberts Israel Robledo Richie Rothenberg Margaret Sheehan M . Daniel Suwyn W . N . ( Bill ) Wilkins
Executive Scientific Advisory Board
Bastiaan Bloem , MD , PhD D . James Surmeier , PhD Andrew West , PhD Jeffrey Kordower , PhD Carole Ho , MD Kalpana Merchant , PhD Ken Marek , MD Ian Reynolds , PhD Patrik Brundin , MD , PhD Soania Mathur , MD Eric Siemers , MD Brit Mollenhauer , MD Rita Balice-Gordon , PhD
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