About Us
Fall / Winter 2024 | 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 info @ michaeljfox . org . Submit letters and questions to the editor at newslettereditor @ michaeljfox . org .
Founder Michael J . Fox
Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder
Deborah W . Brooks
Chief Mission Officer Todd Sherer , PhD
Chief Marketing Officer
Holly Teichholtz
Vice President , Communications
Allison Boiles
Editor Cynthia Ramnarace
Design and Production Jessica Levine Simplissimus
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 Frank D ’ Amelio Donny Deutsch David Einhorn Karen Finerman Nelle Fortenberry Akbar Gbajabiamila Willie Geist Gabe Gelman 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 Ari Richter 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 Michael Howard Michael Kaplan Julia Kelly Matthew Levy Pamela Mirels Vikas Mohindra Daniel Morris Daisy Prince Rafi Rosman Scott Schefrin Bill Shepherd Ryan Squillante Meredith Tutterow
Patient Council Lynn Hagerbrant , Co-chair Bret Parker , Co-chair Matt Ackerman Eugenia Brin Bill Bucklew Ken Cater Leonard Chandler Jimmy Choi Denise Coley Fiona Davis
MarÍa L . De LeÓn , MD Peter DiBiaso Anne Cohn Donnelly , DPH Hadley Ferguson Michael S . Fitts Bill Geist Larry Gifford Ethan Henderson Kathy Holden Richard Huckabee Karen Jaffe , MD Sebastian Krys Wanda Kim Lilley Sheryl Lowenhar Soania Mathur , MD Jim McNasby Rebecca Miller , PhD Hilton Mirels , MD David Nutter Matthew Peck Gary Rafaloff Bill Rasmussen Claudia Revilla Bryan M . Roberts Israel Robledo John Seibyl Margaret Sheehan Allie Signorelli M . Daniel Suwyn
Patient Council Emeritus Members
Christopher Chadbourne Carey Christensen Quentin Dastugue Steven D . DeWitte David Eger , PhD Cynthia Gray David Iverson Nicole Jarvis , MD Richie Rothenberg
Patient Council Legacy Members
Michael R . “ Rich ” Clifford Tony Mendez Tom Picone Eric Pitcher W . N . “ Bill ” Wilkins michaeljfox . org | ( 800 ) 708 – 7644 @ michaeljfoxfoundation @ michaeljfoxorg michaeljfoxfoundation