Leadership Team
Our Leadership Team, which is mission focused and responsible for strategy, finances and management, includes executives from our headquarters and region heads based in the US and in regional offices around the world.
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Pat Garcia-Gonzalez
Chief Executive Officer
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Patricia M. Pearce, CPA, CGMA
Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Administration
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Bryan Murphy-Eustis
Vice President, Programs
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Wilma Comenat
Vice President, Development
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Inés García González
Region Head for Latin America
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Mei Ching Ong
Region Head for Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe and Central Asia
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Viji Venkatesh
Region Head for South Asia
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Catherina Scheepers
Region Head for Africa and the Middle East
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J. Michael Wrigglesworth
Senior Director of Program Strategy and Data Solutions
Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors is comprised of professionals dedicated to serving our mission. The Board provides governance and fiduciary oversight, along with guiding policy and assessing organizational performance goals.
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Paula Boultbee
President of the Board
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Pat Garcia-Gonzalez
CEO of The Max Foundation
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Robert Farmer
Honorary Board Member
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Tracey Higgins
Vice President of the Board
Edmonds Community College -
Susan Jerian, MD
Board Member
President and Founder, ONCORD, Inc. -
Curt Malloy, JD, MPH
Treasurer of the Board
Chief Operating Officer at Cancer Research and Biostatistics (CRAB) -
Mika Matsuzaki
Secretary of the Board
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
Our 63 team members span across 20 countries—each with diverse backgrounds and cultures who share a determination to improve patients’ wellbeing.
Argentina
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Ines Garcia Gonzalez
Region Head for Latin America
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Melisa Gisele Fazio
Program Coordinator
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Mercedes Arteaga
Senior Program Manager
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Victoria Duhalde
Program Coordinator
Chile
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Lyat Granati
Program Officer
Dominican Republic
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Martha Rosario Molina
Program Coordinator
Ethiopia
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Tenaye A. Ashebir
Program Coordinator
Georgia
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Mariam Izoria
Program Coordinator
Guatemala
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Jacqueline Montúfar
Program Coordinator
India
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Anshika Tandon
Program Officer
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Ashika Naik
Program Coordinator
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Angel Kaushish
Data Solutions Developer
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Anona Walter
Administrative Executive & Assistant Program Coordinator
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Ashok Boricha
Office Admin Assistant
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Azim Mohd
Driver
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Beena Narayanan
Program Officer
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Dipanwita Maiti
Regional Head of Programs for South Asia
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Julie Soundarva
Housekeeping
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Jyotiy Parameshwaran
Program Coordinator
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Komal Surve
Program Coordinator
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Phillip Fernandes
Administrative Assistant
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Pooja Patil
Logistics Coordinator
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Prasad Kothekar
Program Coordinator
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Priyanka Kandalgaokar
Program Officer
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Shalini Subramanian
Program Coordinator
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Sudha Samineni
Program Officer
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Santosh Kadam
Accounts/Office and Personnel Manager
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Urvashi Negi
Program Coordinator
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Viji Venkatesh
Region Head for South Asia
Kenya
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Lucy Mwangi
Program Coordinator
Malaysia
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Mei Ching Ong
Region Head for Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia
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Lim Min Jia
Program Officer, Patient Support
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Nor Aina Binti Abd Rahim
Administrative Executive
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Nur Izzati Binti Mohd Rodzi
Program Officer
Mexico
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Cynthia Figueroa Guerra
Program Officer
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Mariana Rubi Gonzalez
Program Coordinator
Nepal
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Sweta Agrawal
Program Coordinator
Nigeria
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Faith Afolabi
Program Coordinator Nigeria
Philippines
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Nelia Medina
Program Officer
South Africa
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Catherina Scheepers
Region Head for Africa and the Middle East
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Emma Kgopa-Chabangu
Logistics Coordinator
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Geraldine Botha
Program Coordinator
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Mario Borain
Program Officer
Thailand
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Wirat Sae-Kuai
Program Officer and Head of Thailand Liaison Office
USA
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Abigail Russo
HR & Office Coordinator
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Alicia Annamalay
Director of Programs
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Andrielle Yost
Senior Program Manager
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Bryan Murphy-Eustis
Vice President, Programs
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Charmaine Vazquez
Senior Development Officer
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Craig Anderson
Director of Information Technology
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Diane Cryder
Senior Accountant
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Emily Muirhead
Development Officer
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Jennifer Rynning
Programs Coordinator
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Josué Blanco
Senior Brand & Communications Manager
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Michael Wrigglesworth
Senior Director of Program Strategy and Data Solutions
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Neal Parry
Senior Supply Chain and Logistics Manager
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Pat Garcia-Gonzalez
Chief Executive Officer
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Patrick Flanagan
HR Business Partner
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Patti Pearce
Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Administration
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Raiza Ramirez
Development & Communications Coordinator
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Sam Reddy
Sr. Analyst, Supply Chain
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Tomara Henderson
Executive Assistant
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Wilma Comenat
Vice President of Development
Uzbekistan
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Sukhrob Saliev
Program Coordinator
Venezuela
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María Julia Sánchez
Program Coordinator
Vietnam
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Tang Thi Thanh Thao
Program Officer
Medical Advisory Boards
Our Medical Advisory Board includes specialists who are key opinion leaders in the field of oncology. Based all around the world, these expert physicians are formative in leading research and managing patient care at their centers of excellence.
Hematology Advisors
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Jorge E. Cortes, MD
Professor of Medicine, Chief/CML Section, Deputy Chair, Department of Leukemia, MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, USA
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Brian J. Druker, MD
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, JELD-WEN Chair of Leukemia Research, USA
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Andreas Hochhaus, MD
Klinikum Mannheim der University Heidelberg in Mannheim, Germany
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Timothy Hughes, MD
Hanson Institute, SA Pathology Adelaide, South Australia
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Michael J. Mauro, MD
Leader, Myeloproliferative Diseases Program Member, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Professor of Medicine, Cornell University Medical College, New York, USA
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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
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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
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Jerald Radich, MD
Clinical Research Division, Member with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Professor of Medicine at University of Washington, USA
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Delphine Rea, MD, PhD
Doctor of Medicine and Sciences, Service d’Hématologie adulte, Hôpital Saint-Louis, France
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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
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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
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Moshe Talpaz, MD
Assoc. Director for Translational Research, The University of Michigan Health Systems, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Oncology Advisors
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Matías Chacón, MD
Medical Oncologist at the Instituto Médico Alexander Fleming in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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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
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Yehoda M. Martei, MD MSCE
Assistant Professor of Medicine Vice Chief of Diversity, Inclusion, and Health Equity Hematology – Oncology Division, University of Pennsylvania
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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
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Jonathan Trent, MD
Co-Director, Musculosketal Center Director, Sarcoma Medical Research Program Professor of Medicine at Sylvester Cancer Center in Miami, Florida, USA
Cardiology Advisors
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Dr. Juan Pablo Costabel
Head of Hospitalization and Coronary Unit, Instituto Cardiovascular de Buenos Aires
Strategic Innovation Advisory Board
Hailing from both the public and private sectors, our Strategic Innovation Advisory Board includes incredible leaders in the fields of global health, fundraising, business and communications who lend their advice, skills and expertise towards achieving our mission.
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Carolyn Blasdel, FNP-BC
Tacoma, USA
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R. Banks Bourne, MBA
Chief Executive Officer, Bourne Partners, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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Rhonda Curry
Chief of Communications and Government Relations at UCLA Health Sciences, UCLA Health and Medical School in Los Angeles, CA; USA
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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
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Michele Galen, J.D.
Communications Consulting and Transition Coach, Boston, USA
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Teresa Guillien, MPA
Managing Program Director Resource Media and Faculty in the Nonprofit Management Certificate Program at the University of Washington, USA
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William E. Heisel, Journalism BA
Director of Global Services, The Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, USA.
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Michael Mandola, PhD
Global Medical Director, HQ Medical Lung, Immuno-Oncology, Bristol-Myers Squibb
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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.
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Mikkel Z. Oestergaard, PhD
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Lawrence N. Shulman, MD
Deputy Director for Clinical Services, Director Center for Global Cancer Medicine, Abramson Cancer Center at University of Pennsylvania, USA
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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)
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Kristofer Rogers
Principal at The Web Shop consulting, North Rivers, Australia.