JDRF International Officers, Directors, and Staff

Research Team

Meet the team of scientists at JDRF who develop and manage our portfolio of research.

Mary Tyler Moore International Chairman	Dick Allen Chair, Research
Robert Wood Johnson IV Chairman of JDRF	Chip Halverson Chair, Development
Frank Ingrassia Chairman, Board of Directors	George Nethercutt Secretary/Chair, Nominating
Fernando Aguirre Treasurer/Chair, Finance

Board of Directors Fiscal Year 2011

Diane Adams	Frank Ingrassia
Fernando Aguirre	Rik Kirkland
Dick Allen	Ellen Leake
Shannon Allen	John Madden
Rik Bonness	Scott McCormick
Mary Elizabeth Bunzel	Jim McDonald
Mitch Caplan	Pat McFeeley
Karen Case	David Nelms
Tom Chapman	George Nethercutt
Matthew Cohn	Carol Oxenreiter
Dayton Coles	Gail Pressberg Chair, Board of Chancellors
Rebecca Davies	Derek Rapp
Cynthia Ford	David Rehr
Chip Halverson	Glen Tullman
Mike Hendren	Michael White
Bob Hindle	Bill Young, Jr.
Steve Hitchins	Ex officio: Leo Mullin

Executive Office Staff

Jeffrey Brewer President & CEO	Gerri Bostick Chief Human Resources Officer & Assistant Secretary
Mania Boyder Executive Vice President, Development	Edward Sebald Chief Financial Officer & Assistant Treasurer
Richard A. Insel, M.D. Executive Vice President, Research	William Ahearn Vice President, Strategic Communications & Assistant Secretary
Larry Soler Executive Vice President, Government Relations & Operations	Gil King Vice President, Internal Audit
Robert Goldstein, M.D., Ph.D. Senior Vice President, Scientific Affairs	Jamie Klobuchar Vice President, Individual, Major and Planned Giving
Karin Hehenberger, M.D., Ph.D. Senior Vice President, Strategic Alliances	Cynthia Rice Vice President, Government Relations
Claire Schultz Senior Vice President, Marketing	Aaron Kowalski Assistant Vice President, Glucose Control
James Szmak Chief Information Officer	General Counsel: Patrick O'Hare, Esq. Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver Baltimore, MD; Washington, DC

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clinical trials

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for scientists

As the leading charitable funder of diabetes research worldwide, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International offers a wide variety of grants and fellowships to qualified diabetes researchers.

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