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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John Menapace
Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Administration
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Bryan Murphy-Eustis
Vice President, Program Strategy & Partnerships
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Wilma Comenat
Vice President, Development
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Geoff Cook
Vice President, Communications
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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
Vice President, Program Operations
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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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 team spans across 20 countries—each with diverse backgrounds and cultures who share a determination to improve patients’ wellbeing.
Africa & Middle East
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Catherina Scheepers
Region Head for Africa and the Middle East
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Geraldine Botha
Program Coordinator Southern Africa
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Jean Claude Mutabazi
Program Coordinator Rwanda
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Kayinfa Nicole
Program Coordinator Mozambique
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Lucy Mwangi
Program Coordinator Kenya
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Mario Borain
Program Officer Southern & Eastern Africa
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Nicole Jordaan
HR and Admin Officer
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Tayamika Zalinga Phiri
Program Coordinator Malawi
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Tresor Mbuyi
Program Officer French West Africa
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Tenaye Ashebir
Program Coordinator Ethiopia
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Mmamolahlegi Mahopo
Logistics Coordinator
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Vimbai Taruwedzera
Program Officer
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Kafui Vodounou
Program Coordinator Ivory Coast
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Perpertual Asiamah
Program Coordinator Ghana
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Maxane Kilosho
Program Coordinator Democratic Republic of Congo
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Jubril Esan
Program Coordinator Nigeria
Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe & Central Asia
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Mei Ching Ong
Region Head for Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia
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Aytan Shirinova
Program Coordinator Azerbaijan
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Chanikan Wongsamai
Program Officer Thailand
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Mariam Izoria
Program Coordinator for Georgia
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Nelia Medina
Program Officer for Philippines
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Nor Aina Binti Abd Rahim
HR & Admin Officer
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Nur Fatiha Nabila Mohd Nor
Program Coordinator-Max Schooling Project
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Nur Izzati Binti Mohd Rodzi
Program Officer Malaysia
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Nur Iklil Rifhan
Program Coordinator
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Socheatha Jim
Program Coordinator for Cambodia
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Sukhrob Saliev
Program Coordinator for Uzbekistan
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Thao Tang Thi Thanh
Program Officer Asia Pacific
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Wirat Sae-Kuai
Program Officer & Head of Thailand Liaison Office
Latin America
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Ines Garcia Gonzalez
Region Head for Latin America
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Cynthia Figueroa Guerra
Program Officer for Mexico & CAC
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Cristian Neves
Patient Education & Communications Coordinator
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Jacqueline Montúfar
Program Coordinator for Central America & Caribbean
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Lyat Granati
Program Officer for South America
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Mariana Rubi Gonzalez
Program Coordinator for Mexico
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María Julia Sánchez
Program Coordinator for Venezuela
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Martha Rosario Molina
Program Coordinator for Dominican Republic & Haiti
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Melisa Gisele Fazio
Program Coordinator for Bolivia, Argentina, & Paraguay
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Victoria Duhalde
Program Coordinator for Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, & Chile
South Asia
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Viji Venkatesh
Region Head for South Asia
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Anshika Tandon
Program Officer India
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Ashika Naik
Program Coordinator India & Sri Lanka
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Ashok Boricha
Admin Assistant
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Beena Narayanan
Program Officer India, Sri Lanka, & Bangladesh
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Dipanwita Maiti
Regional Program Manager
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Jyotiy Parameshwaran
Program Coordinator India & Sri Lanka
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Komal Surve
Program Coordinator India
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Phillip Fernandes
Admin Assistant
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Prasad Kothekar
Program Coordinator India
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Priyanka Kandalgaokar
Program Officer India
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Shalini Subramanian
Program Coordinator India & Nepal
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Sudha Samineni
Program Officer India & Nepal
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Santosh Kadam
Office, Admin, & HR Manager
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Shrutika Kaspale
Administrative Executive
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Sweta Agrawal
Program Coordinator Nepal
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Pooja Patil
Logistics Coordinator
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Urvashi Negi
Program Coordinator India
Headquarters
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Abigail Russo
HR & Office Coordinator
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Alexander Laya
Supply Chain Manager
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Alicia Annamalay
Director of Program Strategy & Partnerships
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Angel Kaushish
Data Solutions Developer
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Andrielle Yost
Senior Program Manager - Partnerships
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Bryan Murphy-Eustis
Vice President of Program Strategy
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Charmaine Vazquez
Senior Development Manager
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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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Emma Kgopa Chabangu
Supply Chain and Logistics Manager
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Geoff Cook
Vice President of Communications
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Hellen Kibenge
Program Coordinator
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Jennifer Rynning
Program Manager - Partnerships
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John Menapace
Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Administration
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Justin Craig
Executive Assistant
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Kelsey Bray
Communications Officer
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Mahmoud Alballah
Data Solutions Developer
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Manoj Nebhnani
Director of Global Supply Chain
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Meghan Paynter
Patient Navigator
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Mercedes Arteaga
Senior Program Manager - Operations
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Michael Wrigglesworth
Vice President of Program Operations
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Nick Schmidt
HR Generalist
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Pat Garcia-Gonzalez
Chief Executive Officer
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Patrick Flanagan
HR Business Partner
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Rachel McKelvey
Communications & Development Coordinator
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Raiza Ramirez
Development & Communications Coordinator
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Sandy Brewster
Controller/Director of Accounting
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Soon Beng Yeap
Director of Communications
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Tomara Henderson
Administrative Compliance Manager
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Wilma Comenat
Vice President of Development
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.