Meet Our Team
Driving Cure CMD's mission wouldn't be possible without these dedicated individuals.
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Rachel Alvarez
Executive Director
Board Member, Secretary
Gustavo Dziewczapolski, PhD
Scientific Director
Doenica Palacio
Outreach & Development Coordinator
Kelly Berger
Outreach & Engagement Coordinator
Lani Knutson
Legislative Advocacy
Team Leader
Avery Roberts
Outreach & Engagement Coordinator
Terry Selucky
Grants & PR Consultant
Fine Point Consulting
Charlene York
Publication Librarian
Travel Coordinator
Kierra Sunris
Young Adult Content Creator
Luke Hoban
Editor
Community Advisor
Liam Miller
App Developer
Community Advisor
Rob Sunris
Board Member
President
John Day, MD PhD
Board Member
Scientific & Medical Advisor
Oscar H. Mayer, MD
Board Member
Scientific & Medical Advisor
Jodi Wolff, PhD
Board Member
Industry & Development Advisor
Eunice Kim
Board Member
Vice President
Hilary Dover
Board Member
Incoming Treasurer
Anthony Parisi
Board Member
Community Advisor
Patrick May
Board Member
Co-Founder, Outgoing Treasurer
Carla Grosmann, MD
Board Member
Medical Advisor, Genetic Curator
Mindy Roberts
Board Member
HR & Governance Advisor
Mark Beare
Board Member
Executive Advisor
Tim Knutson
Board Member
Development Advisor
Jeff Rowbottom
Board Member
Development Advisor
A. Reghan Foley, MD
Scientific & Medical Advisor
Neuromuscular & Neurogenetic Diseases of Childhood
NINDS, NIH
Hemant Sawnani, MD
Medical Advisor
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
John Pascoe, MD
Medical Advisor
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Wayne Ogata
Scientific Advisor
Community Member
With Gratitude
Cure CMD is grateful for Dr. Anne Rutkowski, co-founder and prior medical director, for her long standing service to the CMD Community. Cure CMD's foundation was built on Anne's vision and single-minded determination to aggressively drive research toward treatments for the congenital muscular dystrophies. We would not be where we are today without her.
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We would also like to thank Richard Cloud for his outstanding contributions as co-founder of Cure CMD, and for founding the first pharmaceutical company focused solely on identifying a treatment for CMD.
