Letter from the CEO
Jeffrey Brewer, President & CEO
When I joined JDRF as president and CEO a year and a half ago, the organization was at a critical juncture. We were clearly in a position to leverage 40 years of tremendous scientific advances and increased understanding of type 1 diabetes (T1D) to provide us with opportunities greater than ever before to advance progress toward a cure. We also found ourselves presented with critical opportunities for transforming the lives of people with T1D in the near term. JDRF would not be forced to choose between a cure in the future and better, safer, and healthier lives for people with T1D today. This is why JDRF has embraced our responsibility and obligation to stakeholders by continuing the acceleration of research progress toward a cure and playing a linchpin role in the development and delivery of transformational therapies for all those living with T1D.
Officers, Directors, and Staff
Officers
Mary Tyler Moore
International Chairman
Robert Wood Johnson IV
Chairman of JDRF
Dick Allen
Chairman, International Board of Directors
David W. Nelms
Treasurer/Chair, Finance
Mary Elizabeth Bunzel
Secretary/Chair, Nominating & Governance
Susan Alberti
International Patron
International Board of Directors for Fiscal Year 2013
Diane Adams
Dick Allen
Shannon Allen
Mary Elizabeth Bunzel
Karen Case
Max C. (Tom ) Chapman III
Matthew Cohn
Rebecca Davies
Maarten B. T. de Groot
Pamela Edmonds
Mark Fischer-Colbrie
Cynthia Ford
Michael Hendren
Steve Hitchins
Frank Ingrassia
Nicole Johnson
Richard (Rik) Kirkland
Ellen Leake
Michael R. Lee
Douglas Lowenstein
Red Maxwell
James F. McDonald
Patrick McFeeley
David W. Nelms
Preetish Nijhawan
Carol Oxenreiter
William C. Parsons
Derek K. Rapp
David K. Rehr, PhD
Pamela Sagan
Chair, Chancellors
Lorne Shiff
Lawrence A. Soler
Lorraine Stiehl
Glen E. Tullman
Wendy W. Wood
Executive Office Staff
President & CEO
Jennifer Arcure
Chief of Staff
Richard A. Insel, M.D.
Chief Scientific Officer
Edward Sebald
Chief Financial Officer & Assistant Treasurer
Gerri Feemster Bostick, SPHR
Chief Human Resources Officer & Assistant Secretary
James Szmak
Chief Operating Officer
Cynthia Rice
Vice President, Government Relations
Vice President, West Division
Patrick McKenna, Esq., FACHE
Vice President, East Division
Linda C. Saulnier
Vice President, Central Division
John Vranas
Vice President, Fundraising Programs
Margo Lucero
Vice President, Strategic Corporate Alliances
Gil King
Vice President, Internal Audit
Vice President, Communications
Julia Greenstein, Ph.D.
Vice President, Cure Therapies
Aaron Kowalski, Ph.D.
Vice President, Treatment Therapies
Sridhar Thodupunoori
Vice President, Information Technology
John McGuire, CFRE
Vice President, Development Strategy and Planning
Robert Swanson
Assistant Vice President, IT Operations
