Our Team

Leadership Team

• Pat Garcia-Gonzalez

  Chief Executive Officer

  

• John Menapace

  Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Administration

  

• Bryan Murphy-Eustis

  Vice President, Program Strategy & Partnerships

  

• Geoff Cook

  Vice President, Communications and 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

  Vice President, Program Operations

  

Board of Directors

• Paula Boultbee

  President of the Board

  

• Pat Garcia-Gonzalez

  CEO of The Max Foundation

  

• Robert Farmer

  Honorary Board Member

  

• Susan Jerian, MD

  Board Member
  President and Founder, ONCORD, Inc.

  

• Curt Malloy, JD, MPH

  Senior Vice President, Strategic Operations at HDT Bio

  

• Jerald Radich, MD

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

  

• Graciela Mabel Woloj Rothstein

  Board Member
  Principal at MW Consulting

  

• Maria Pia Ruffilli

  Board Member
  Retired, (former Senior Director International Public Affairs, Therapeutic Area Team, Team Leader – Pfizer)

  

• Edgar Thomas

  Board Member, Certified Public Accountant
  Co-Founder, COO - Avise Inc

  

Global Team

Africa & Middle East

• Catherina Scheepers

  Region Head for Africa and the Middle East

  

• Geraldine Botha

  Program Coordinator Southern Africa

  

• Jean Claude Mutabazi

  Program Coordinator Rwanda

  

• Kayinfa Nicole

  Program Coordinator Mozambique

  

• Lucy Mwangi

  Program Coordinator Kenya

  

• Mario Borain

  Program Officer Southern & Eastern Africa

  

• Nicole Jordaan

  HR and Admin Officer

  

• Tayamika Zalinga Phiri

  Program Coordinator Malawi

  

• Tresor Mbuyi

  Regional Program Manager for Africa & The Middle East

  

• Tenaye Ashebir

  Program Coordinator Ethiopia

  

• Mmamolahlegi Mahopo

  Logistics Coordinator

  

• Vimbai Taruwedzera

  Program Officer

  

• Kafui Vodounou

  Program Coordinator Ivory Coast

  

• Perpertual Asiamah

  Program Coordinator Ghana

  

• Maxane Kilosho

  Program Coordinator Democratic Republic of Congo

  

• Jubril Esan

  Program Coordinator Nigeria

  

• Elsy Omoyi Onoya

  Program Officer French West Africa

  

• Evan Leyian ole Mapelu

  Program Coordinator for Kenya

  

Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe & Central Asia

• Mei Ching Ong

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

  

• Aytan Shirinova

  Program Coordinator Azerbaijan

  

• Chanikan Wongsamai

  Program Officer Thailand

  

• Mariam Izoria

  Program Coordinator for Georgia

  

• Nelia Medina

  Program Officer for Philippines

  

• Nor Aina Binti Abd Rahim

  HR & Admin Officer

  

• Nur Fatiha Nabila Mohd Nor

  Program Coordinator-Max Schooling Project

  

• Nur Izzati Binti Mohd Rodzi

  Program Officer Malaysia

  

• Nur Iklil Rifhan

  Program Coordinator

  

• Socheatha Jim

  Program Coordinator for Cambodia

  

• Sukhrob Saliev

  Program Coordinator for Uzbekistan

  

• Thao Tang Thi Thanh

  Regional Program Manager

  

• Wirat Sae-Kuai

  Program Officer & Head of Thailand Liaison Office

  

Latin America

• Ines Garcia Gonzalez

  Region Head for Latin America

  

• Cynthia Figueroa Guerra

  Program Officer for Mexico & CAC

  

• Cristian Neves

  Patient Education & Communications Coordinator

  

• Jacqueline Montúfar

  Program Coordinator for Central America & Caribbean

  

• Lyat Granati

  Program Officer for South America

  

• Mariana Rubi Gonzalez

  Program Coordinator for Mexico

  

• María Julia Sánchez

  Program Coordinator for Venezuela

  

• Martha Rosario Molina

  Program Coordinator for Dominican Republic & Haiti

  

• Melisa Gisele Fazio

  Program Coordinator for Bolivia, Argentina, & Paraguay

  

• Victoria Duhalde

  Program Coordinator for Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, & Chile

  

South Asia

• Viji Venkatesh

  Region Head for South Asia

  

• Ashika Naik

  Program Officer India

  

• Ashok Boricha

  Admin Assistant

  

• Beena Narayanan

  Program Officer India, Sri Lanka, & Bangladesh

  

• Dipanwita Maiti

  Regional Program Manager

  

• Jyotiy Parameshwaran

  Program Coordinator India & Sri Lanka

  

• Komal Surve

  Program Coordinator India

  

• Phillip Fernandes

  Admin Assistant

  

• Prasad Kothekar

  Program Coordinator India

  

• Priyanka Kandalgaokar

  Program Officer India

  

• Shalini Subramanian

  Program Coordinator India & Nepal

  

• Sudha Samineni

  Program Officer India & Nepal

  

• Santosh Kadam

  Office, Admin, & HR Manager

  

• Shrutika Kaspale

  Administrative Executive

  

• Sweta Agrawal

  Program Coordinator Nepal

  

• Pooja Patil

  Logistics Coordinator

  

• Urvashi Negi

  Program Coordinator India & Sri Lanka

  

Headquarters

• Alexander Laya Martinez

  Supply Chain Manager

  

• Alicia Annamalay

  Director of Program Strategy & Partnerships

  

• Angel Kaushish

  Data Solutions Developer

  

• Andrielle Yost

  Senior Program Manager - Partnerships

  

• Anshika Tandon

  Program Manager - Operations

  

• Baily Hays

  HR & Accounting Coordinator

  

• Bryan Murphy-Eustis

  Vice President of Program Strategy

  

• Charmaine Vazquez

  Senior Development Manager

  

• Craig Anderson

  Director of Information Technology

  

• Diane Cryder

  Senior Accountant

  

• Emily Muirhead

  Development Manager

  

• Emily Vega

  Senior Development Coordinator

  

• Emma Kgopa Chabangu

  Senior Supply Chain Manager

  

• Geoff Cook

  Vice President of Communications and Development

  

• Hellen Kibenge

  Program Coordinator

  

• Jennifer Rynning

  Program Manager - Partnerships

  

• John Menapace

  Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Administration

  

• Justin Craig

  Executive Assistant

  

• Kelsey Bray

  Communications Officer

  

• Lisa Walters

  Senior Quality Assurance Manager

  

• Mahmoud Alballah

  Data Solutions Developer

  

• Manoj Nebhnani

  Director of Global Supply Chain

  

• Marine Durand

  Senior Program Manager

  

• Meghan Paynter

  Patient Navigator

  

• Mercedes Arteaga

  Director of Program Operations

  

• Michael Wrigglesworth

  Vice President of Program Operations

  

• Nick Schmidt

  HR Generalist

  

• Pat Garcia-Gonzalez

  Chief Executive Officer

  

• Patrick Flanagan

  HR Business Partner

  

• Rachel McKelvey

  Senior Communications Coordinator

  

• Raiza Ramirez

  Development Officer

  

• Sandy Brewster

  Controller/Director of Accounting

  

• Soon Beng Yeap

  Director of Communications

  

• Tomara Henderson

  Administrative Compliance Manager

  

Medical Advisory Boards

Hematology Advisors

• 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

• Yehoda M. Martei, MD MSCE

  Assistant Professor of Medicine Vice Chief of Diversity, Inclusion, and Health Equity Hematology – Oncology Division, University of  Pennsylvania

• 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

Cardiology Advisors

• Dr. Juan Pablo Costabel

  Head of Hospitalization and Coronary Unit, Instituto Cardiovascular de Buenos Aires