About Us
Fall / Winter 2022 | 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 and Co-Founder
Deborah W . Brooks
Executive Vice President , Research Strategy
Todd Sherer , PhD
Chief Marketing Officer
Holly Teichholtz
Senior Vice President , Medical Communications
Rachel Dolhun , MD
Vice President , Communications
Allison Boiles
Editor Elizabeth Chute
Design and Production Jessica Levine Simplissimus
Writers Carol Blymire Christina Destro Maggie Kuhl Kristina Magana Kat Mehlhorn
Boards and Councils
Board of Directors Skip Irving , Chairman Jeff Keefer , Vice Chairman Holly S . Andersen , MD Bnnie 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 Anne M . Holloway Melanie Bolch Isbill Edward Kalikow Alex Krys Amar Kuchinad Marc S . Lipschultz Barry Malkin Colin R . Masson Ofer Nemirovsky Andrew J . O ’ Brien Douglas I . Ostrover Lisa A . Piazza , MD Tracy Pollan Jack F . Quinn Ryan Reynolds Hartley T . Richardson Frederick E . Rowe 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 Lily Safra Donna Shalala , PhD
Leadership Council Richard Fitzgerald , Chairman Omar Abdel-Hafez Shakeeb Alam Loren Berger Felix Bhandari Zachary Brez Alexandra Cherubini Dev Chodry Taryn Fixel Gabe Gelman Michael Kaplan Julia Kelly Matt Levy Pamela Mirels Vikas Mohindra 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 Leonard Chandler Jimmy Choi Carey Christensen 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 Sebastian Krys Jim McNasby Rebecca Miller , PhD Hilton Mirels , MD Eric Pitcher Gary Rafaloff Bill Rasmussen Claudia Revilla Bryan Roberts Israel Robledo Richie Rothenberg Margaret Sheehan M . Daniel Suwyn W . N . ( Bill ) Wilkins
Executive Scientific Advisory Board
Rita Balice-Gordon , PhD Bastiaan Bloem , MD , PhD Patrik Brundin , MD , PhD Jeffrey Kordower , PhD Ken Marek , MD Soania Mathur , MD Kalpana Merchant , PhD Brit Mollenhauer , MD Ian J . Reynolds , PhD Ekemini A . U . Riley , PhD Eric Siemers , MD D . James Surmeier , PhD Matthew Troyer , MD Andrew West , PhD
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