Our Team

Leadership Team

• Pat Garcia-Gonzalez

  Chief Executive Officer

  

• Patricia M. Pearce, CPA, CGMA

  Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Administration

  

• Bryan Murphy-Eustis

  Vice President, Programs

  

• Wilma Comenat

  Vice President, Development

  

• Inés García González

  Region Head for Latin America

  

• Mei Ching Ong

  Region Head for Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe and Central Asia

  

• Viji Venkatesh

  Region Head for South Asia

  

• Catherina Scheepers

  Region Head for Africa and the Middle East

  

• J. Michael Wrigglesworth

  Senior Director of Program Strategy and Data Solutions

  

Board of Directors

• Paula Boultbee

  President of the Board

  

• Pat Garcia-Gonzalez

  CEO of The Max Foundation

  

• Robert Farmer

  Honorary Board Member

  

• Tracey Higgins

  Vice President of the Board
  Edmonds Community College

  

• Susan Jerian, MD

  Board Member
  President and Founder, ONCORD, Inc.

  

• Curt Malloy, JD, MPH

  Secretary of the Board
  Chief Operating Officer at Cancer Research and Biostatistics (CRAB)

  

• Mika Matsuzaki

  Board Member
  Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  

• Jerald Radich, MD

  Board Member
  Professor, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

  

• Graciela Mabel Woloj Rothstein

  Board Member
  Principal at MW Consulting

  

Global Team

Argentina

• Ines Garcia Gonzalez

  Region Head for Latin America

  

• Melisa Gisele Fazio

  Program Coordinator

  

• Mercedes Arteaga

  Senior Program Manager

  

• Victoria Duhalde

  Program Coordinator

  

Chile

• Lyat Granati

  Program Officer

  

Dominican Republic

• Martha Rosario Molina

  Program Coordinator

  

Ethiopia

• Tenaye A. Ashebir

  Program Coordinator

  

Georgia

• Mariam Izoria

  Program Coordinator

  

Guatemala

• Jacqueline Montúfar

  Program Coordinator

  

India

• Anshika Tandon

  Program Officer

  

• Ashika Naik

  Program Coordinator

  

• Angel Kaushish

  Data Solutions Developer

  

• Anona Walter

  Administrative Executive & Assistant Program Coordinator

  

• Ashok Boricha

  Office Admin Assistant

  

• Azim Mohd

  Driver

  

• Beena Narayanan

  Program Officer

  

• Dipanwita Maiti

  Regional Head of Programs for South Asia

  

• Julie Soundarva

  Housekeeping

  

• Jyotiy Parameshwaran

  Program Coordinator

  

• Komal Surve

  Program Coordinator

  

• Phillip Fernandes

  Administrative Assistant

  

• Prasad Kothekar

  Program Coordinator

  

• Priyanka Kandalgaokar

  Program Officer

  

• Shalini Subramanian

  Program Coordinator

  

• Sudha Samineni

  Program Officer

  

• Santosh Kadam

  Accounts/Office and Personnel Manager

  

• Urvashi Negi

  Program Coordinator

  

• Viji Venkatesh

  Region Head for South Asia

  

Kenya

• Lucy Mwangi

  Program Coordinator

  

Malaysia

• Mei Ching Ong

  Region Head for Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia

  

• Lim Min Jia

  Program Officer, Patient Support

  

• Nor Aina Binti Abd Rahim

  Administrative Executive

  

• Nur Izzati Binti Mohd Rodzi

  Program Officer

  

Mexico

• Cynthia Figueroa Guerra

  Program Officer

  

• Mariana Rubi Gonzalez

  Program Coordinator

  

Nepal

• Sweta Agrawal

  Program Coordinator

  

Nigeria

• Faith Afolabi

  Program Coordinator Nigeria

  

Philippines

• Nelia Medina

  Program Officer

  

South Africa

• Catherina Scheepers

  Region Head for Africa and the Middle East

  

• Emma Kgopa-Chabangu

  Logistics Coordinator

  

• Geraldine Botha

  Program Coordinator

  

• Mario Borain

  Program Officer

  

Thailand

• Wirat Sae-Kuai

  Program Officer and Head of Thailand Liaison Office

  

USA

• Alicia Annamalay

  Director of Programs

  

• Ana Maria Stutesman

  Supply Chain and Logistics Manager

  

• Bryan Murphy-Eustis

  Vice President, Programs

  

• Craig Anderson

  Director of Information Technology

  

• Diane Cryder

  Senior Accountant

  

• Jennifer Rynning

  Programs Coordinator

  

• Josué Blanco

  Senior Brand & Communications Manager

  

• Julie Koo

  Senior Development Manager, Institutional Giving

  

• Kim Arent

  Senior Development Manager, Individual Giving

  

• Michael Wrigglesworth

  Senior Director of Program Strategy and Data Solutions

  

• Neal Parry

  Senior Supply Chain and Logistics Manager

  

• Pat Garcia-Gonzalez

  Chief Executive Office

  

• Patrick Flanagan

  HR Business Partner

  

• Patti Pearce

  Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Administration

  

• Stephanie Tam

  Development Coordinator

  

• Tomara Henderson

  Executive Assistant

  

• Wilma Comenat

  Vice President of Development

  

Uzbekistan

• Sukhrob Saliev

  Program Coordinator

  

Venezuela

• María Julia Sánchez

  Program Coordinator

  

Vietnam

• Tang Thi Thanh Thao

  Program Officer

  

Medical Advisory Boards

Hematology Advisors

• Michele Baccarani, MD

  Former Head of the Institute of Hematology and Medical Oncology “L. and A. Seràgnoli”, S. Orsola at the University Hospital, Bologna, Italy (Retired)

• Jorge E. Cortes, MD

  Professor of Medicine, Chief/CML Section, Deputy Chair, Department of Leukemia, MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, USA

• Brian J. Druker, MD

  Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, JELD-WEN Chair of Leukemia Research, USA

• Andreas Hochhaus, MD

  Klinikum Mannheim der University Heidelberg in Mannheim, Germany

• Timothy Hughes, MD

  Hanson Institute, SA Pathology Adelaide, South Australia

• Michael J. Mauro, MD

  Leader, Myeloproliferative Diseases Program Member, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Professor of Medicine, Cornell University Medical College, New York, USA

• Beverly Mitchell, MD

  Senior Advisor; Former Director of the Stanford Cancer Institute and George E. Becker Professor of Medicine at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, USA

• Javier Pinilla-Ibarz, MD, PhD

  Associate Member and Director of Immunotherapy. Malignant Hematology Division. H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA

• Jerald Radich, MD

  Clinical Research Division, Member with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Professor of Medicine at University of Washington, USA

• Delphine Rea, MD, PhD

  Doctor of Medicine and Sciences, Service d’Hématologie adulte, Hôpital Saint-Louis, France

• Gianantonio Rosti, MD

  Institute of Haematology and Medical Oncology Lorenzo ed Ariosto Seràgnoli, Bologna University School of Medicine, S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy

• Neil P. Shah, MD, PhD

  Edward S. Ageno Distinguished Professor in Hematology/Oncology Leader, Hematopoietic Malignancies Program Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center University of California, San Francisco, USA

• Moshe Talpaz, MD

  Assoc. Director for Translational Research, The University of Michigan Health Systems, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Oncology Advisors

• Matías Chacón, MD

  Medical Oncologist at the Instituto Médico Alexander Fleming in Buenos Aires, Argentina

• George D. Demetri, MD

  Director of the Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, USA

• Peter Reichardt, MD

  Head of the Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology Director of the Sarcoma Center Berlin-Brandenburg Director of the Cancer Center Berlin-Buch at HELIOS Klinikum Berlin-Buch in Berlin, Germany

• Jonathan Trent, MD

  Co-Director, Musculosketal Center Director, Sarcoma Medical Research Program Professor of Medicine at Sylvester Cancer Center in Miami, Florida, USA

Strategic Innovation Advisory Board

• Carolyn Blasdel, FNP-BC

  Tacoma, USA

• R. Banks Bourne, MBA

  Chief Executive Officer, Bourne Partners, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

• Rhonda Curry

  Chief of Communications and Government Relations at UCLA Health Sciences, UCLA Health and Medical School in Los Angeles, CA; USA

• Gilberto de Lima Lopes, Jr., MD, MBA, FAMS

  Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Medical Director for International Programs and Associate Director of Global Oncology at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami, Miami, USA

• Michele Galen, J.D.

  Communications Consulting and Transition Coach, Boston, USA

• Teresa Guillien, MPA

  Managing Program Director Resource Media and Faculty in the Nonprofit Management Certificate Program at the University of Washington, USA

• William E. Heisel, Journalism BA

  Director of Global Services, The Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, USA.

• Michael Mandola, PhD

  Global Medical Director, HQ Medical Lung, Immuno-Oncology, Bristol-Myers Squibb

• Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, MD

  Executive Vice-President, Director of International Outreach Program; Chair, International Pediatric Research, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital; Memphis, TN, USA.

• Mikkel Z. Oestergaard, PhD

  Director, HTA Statistics at MSD

• Lawrence N. Shulman, MD

  Deputy Director for Clinical Services, Director Center for Global Cancer Medicine, Abramson Cancer Center at University of Pennsylvania, USA

• Andy Stergachis, PhD, BPharm

  Professor of Pharmacy and Global Health, Associate Dean of School of Pharmacy, and Director of the Global Medicines Program, University of Washington (UW)

• Kristofer Rogers

  Principal at The Web Shop consulting, North Rivers, Australia.