ABOUT US
The Michael J. Fox Foundation 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 the email address below.
Chief Executive Officer Todd Sherer, PhD Founder Michael J. Fox
Co-Founder & Executive Vice Chairman Deborah W. Brooks
Sr. Vice President, Communications & Content Strategies Holly Teichholtz
Editor Cheryl Blowers
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Writers Laura Amann Anna Boyum
Communications Officer Allison Boiles
Publications Coordinator Emily Murphy
Designer Simplissimus
Boards and Councils
Board of Directors Jeff Keefer, Chairman Woody Shackleton, Vice Chairman Holly S. Andersen, MD Glenn Batchelder Mark Booth Jon Brooks Barry J. Cohen Andrew Creighton Donny Deutsch David Einhorn Karen Finerman Lee Fixel Nelle Fortenberry Michael J. Fox Willie Geist David Glickman David Golub Mark L. Hart III Skip Irving Edward Kalikow Amar Kuchinad Edwin A. Levy Marc S. Lipschultz Ofer Nemirovsky Andy O’ Brien Douglas I. Ostrover Tracy Pollan George E. Prescott Ryan Reynolds Frederick E. Rowe Lily Safra Carolyn Schenker Curtis Schenker Richard J. Schnall Anne-Cecilie Engell Speyer George Stephanopoulos Bonnie Strauss Rick Tigner Fred G. Weiss Sonny Whelen Peter Zaffino
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Founders’ Council Lonnie and Muhammad Ali Steven A. Cohen Albert B. Glickman John Griffin Andrew S. Grove Katie Hood Jeffrey Katzenberg Morton M. Kondracke Nora McAniff Donna Shalala, PhD
Leadership Council
Richard Fitzgerald, Chairman
Daisy Prince, Vice Chairman Omar Abdel-Hafez Shakeeb Alam Loren Berger Felix Bhandari Susan Bilotta Zachary Brez Dev Chodry John S. Daly Taryn Fixel Michael Kaplan Julia Kelly Justin Lepone Pamela Mirels Rafi Rosman Scott Schefrin Bill Shepherd Ryan Squillante
Patient Council David Iverson, Co-Chair
Soania Mathur, MD, Co-Chair
Carl Bolch, Jr. Eugenia Brin Ken Cater Christopher Chadbourne Carey Christensen Rich Clifford Quentin Dastugue Steve DeWitte
Anne Cohn Donnelly, D. P. H. David Eger, PhD Bill Geist Cindy Gray Lynn Hagerbrant Karen Jaffe, MD Nicole Jarvis, MD Tony Mendez Hilton Mirels, MD Bret Parker Eric Pitcher William( Bill) Richter Bryan Roberts Israel Robledo Richie Rothenberg Margaret Sheehan Dan Suwyn W. N.( Bill) Wilkins
Executive Scientific Advisory Board Thomas Gasser, MD, PhD Etienne C. Hirsch, PhD Kalpana M. Merchant, PhD Ira Shoulson, MD Tanya Simuni, MD Matthew Stern, MD Malú G. Tansey, PhD Public Policy Council Phil Cox Quentin Dastugue Tom Davidson Douglas L. DuMond Col. Karl E. Friedl, PhD, Ret. David Higgins, PhD Julius W. Hobson Jr. Matt Keswick Rod Larson Jessica Lawrence-Vaca Daniel Lewis, JD Monnie Lindsay, JD Jim McNasby, JD Jeff Strunk Anne J. Udell, PhD