Leadership & Staff

Research!America’s dedicated staff are willing to work with you on your efforts to advocate for research to improve health.

Leadership

Sudip S. Parikh, PhD
Chair, Board of Directors

Chief Executive Officer, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Executive Publisher, Science Family of Journals

Mary Woolley
President and CEO

CEO, Research!America

Leadership Team

Staff

Operations

• Mike Coburn   
  Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
• Aimée Lefever  
  Director of Operations
• Michelle Reddersen  
  Controller
• Lisa Montgomery  
  Executive Assistant
• Elias Bell  
  Constituent Database Specialist

Development & Membership

• Anne Mandeville   
  Vice President of Development and Membership
• Katie Goode  
  Senior Director of Development and Membership
• Kristen Furlong  
  Director of Membership and Development
• Joel Nepomuceno  
  Director of Membership and Development Operations

Policy & Advocacy

• Eleanor “Ellie” Dehoney   
  Senior Vice President of Policy and Advocacy
• Erin Darbouze  
  Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy
• Victoria Schneider  
  Senior Manager of Global Health R&D Advocacy
• Jacqueline Lagoy  
  Global Health R&D Operations and Events Coordinator
• Savannah Sims   
  Senior Associate, Global Health R&D Advocacy
• Trent Carlson   
  Policy and Advocacy Associate
• Kaitlynn Brackens   
  Science Policy Intern, internship sponsored by Burroughs Wellcome Fund
• Jayashree Iyer   
  Science Policy Intern, internship sponsored by Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Advocacy Programs & Initiatives

• Sheila Murphy   
  Vice President of Advocacy Programs and Initiatives
• Samantha Miller  
  Director of Policy & Advocacy Programs
• Shilpa Rajan   
  Director of the Science and Technology Action Committee
• Jasmine George  
  Senior Manager of Policy & Advocacy Programs
• Cortez Bowlin  
  Dr. Louis Sullivan Science Policy Fellow
• Chidimma Ndubuisi Oluavu  
  Science Policy Intern, internship sponsored by Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Communications & Civic Science

• Jenny Luray   
  Senior Vice President of Strategy and Public Engagement
• Glenn O’Neal   
  Senior Director of Communications
• Taylarr Lopez   
  Director of Communications
• Erin Brown   
  Associate Director of Communications and Marketing
• Laurie Zabala  
  Senior Manager of Science Initiatives and Outreach
• Fanuel Muindi  
  Senior Fellow for Civic Science
• Miyah Reed  
  Science Communications Intern, internship sponsored by Burroughs Wellcome Fund
• Wyatt Elsner  
  Civic Science Intern, internship sponsored by Howard Hughes Medical Institute