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Jeff Keefer,
Vice Chairman
Holly S. Andersen, MD
Glenn Batchelder
Mark Booth
Jon Brooks
Barry J. Cohen
Donny Deutsch
David Einhorn
Karen Finerman
Lee Fixel
Nelle Fortenberry
Michael J. Fox
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Amar Kuchinad
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Tracy Pollan
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LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
Lonnie and Muhammad Ali
Steven A. Cohen
Albert B. Glickman
John Griffin
Andrew S. Grove
Andrew Slabin,
Chairman
Richard Fitzgerald,
Vice Chairman
Omar AbdelHafez
Katie Hood
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Morton M. Kondracke
Nora McAniff
Donna Shalala, PhD
Loren Berger
Felix Bhandari
Susan Bilotta
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David Eger, PhD
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Andres Lozano, MD, PhD*
Kenneth Marek, MD
Eldad Melamed, MD
Kalpana M. Merchant,
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C. Warren Olanow, MD
Bernard M. Ravina, MD,
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Peter H. Reinhart, PhD
Ian J. Reynolds, PhD
Irene Hegeman Richard,
MD
Ira Shoulson, MD*
Andrew Singleton, PhD
David G. Standaert, MD,
PhD
Dennis A. Steindler, PhD
Caroline Tanner, MD, PhD,
FAAN
David M. Weiner, MD*
Michael Zigmond, PhD
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD
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Dr PH
Erwan Bezard, PhD
Anders Björklund, MD, PhD
Susan Bressman, MD
Robert E. Burke, MD
Angela Cenci-Nilsson,
MD, PhD
Marie-Françoise Chesselet,
MD, PhD
P. Jeffrey Conn, PhD
Mark R. Cookson, PhD
David Eidelberg, MD
Matthew Farrer, PhD
Charles (Chip) Gerfen, PhD
J. Timothy Greenamyre,
MD, PhD
Franz F. Hefti, PhD
Etienne C. Hirsch, PhD*
Oleh Hornykiewicz, MD
Ole Isacson, MD
(Dr Med Sci)*
Joseph Jankovic, MD
Gene Johnson, PhD*
Jennifer Johnston, PhD
Jeffrey H. Kordower, PhD
*Executive Committee
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