CHAIR
Janet Hieshetter
Executive Director
Dystonia Medical Research Foundation
TREASURER
Louise Vetter
Chief Executive Officer
Huntington's Disease Society of America
SECRETARY
Mark Rasenick, PhD
ABC Advocacy Committee Chair
Distinguished Professor of Physiology & Biophysics and Psychiatry
University of Illinois, Chicago
PAST CHAIR
Robin Elliott
Emeritus President
Parkinson’s Foundation
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Michael Amery, Esq. (F2018)
Senior Legislative Counsel
American Academy of Neurology
John Greenfield, MD (F2020)
Professor and Chair of Neurology
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Bobby Heagerty (F2018)
Emeritus Director, Community Affairs & Education
Oregon Health & Science University
Peter W. Kalivas, PhD (F2018)
Professor and Chair, Department of Neuroscience
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
John Lehr (F2020)
Chief Executive Officer
Parkinson's Foundation
Helen Mayberg, MD (F2019)
Professor, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, and Neuroscience
Mount Sinai Professor of Neurotherapeutics
Director, Center of Advanced Circuit Therapeutics
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Patrick McCartney (F2020)
Executive Director
International Essential Tremor Foundation
Matthew Rizzo, MD (F2018)
ABC Program Committee Chair
Frances and Edgar Reynolds Professor and Chair
Department of Neurological Sciences
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Andrew Sperling, JD (F2019)
Director, Federal Legislative Advocacy
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Ted Thompson (F2019)
Senior Vice President, Public Policy
Michael J. Fox Foundation
Robert Wechsler, MD, PhD, FAAN (F2019)
Medical Director
Idaho Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
CORPORATE BOARD MEMBERS
Todd Bledsoe
Associate Director, Movement Disorder Advocacy Development
Teva Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Craig Kramer
Chair, External Affairs – Global Campaign for Mental Health Neuroscience
Janssen Research & Development, LLC
Michele M. Oshman
Director, Advocacy & Professional Relations
Eli Lilly & Company: Bio-Medicines
Tarek Samad, PhD
Head, Neuroinflammation Research
Pfizer R&D
Stephen Scango
Director, Federal Government Affairs
Abbvie, Inc.
Heather Strawn
Vice President, Government Affairs
Lundbeck Pharmaceuticals LLC
Virginia A. Valenze
Director, Advocacy & Alliance Development
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Deborah Walter
Director, Therapeutic Area Policy & Advocacy
Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
CHAIR EMERITUS
Francis Kittredge, Jr, MD
ABC Chair 2004-F2008