Board of Directors

Honorary Chairman:

The Honorable John D. Rockefeller IV
United States Senator

Chairman:

R. Lane Bailey
President
GolinHarris Public Affairs

President:

William Singer
Of Counsel
Kirkland & Ellis, LLP

Secretary & Treasurer:

James A. Corton
Managing Partner
Genesis Partners

Members:

Daniel Alkon, MD, ex officio member
Scientific Director
Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute

Herschel Abbott
Jones Walker

Phyllis Arnold
Regional President / WV Central
BB&T

Dr. Julian Bailes
Chair and Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
WVU School of Medicine

Ralph J. Bean, Jr.
Partner, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Dr. Robert Beto, II
Director, WVU Heart Institute
Chief, Section of Cardiology
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine
WVU Department of Cardiology

Thomas Clark, M.D., M.S.
Retired

James Gottlieb
Partner
Capitol Counsel, LLC

Carolyn Long
Chair, WVU Board of Governors

C. Peter Magrath, Ph.D.
Interim President
Binghamton University

Guy McKhann, M.D.
Founding Director
Zanvyl Krieger Mind / Brain Institute
Professor, Neurology Department
The Johns Hopkins University

Shana K. Phares, ex officio member
Chief Executive Officer
Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute

Stuart M. Robbins
Retired, Managing Director of Global Equities
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette

George Spirou, Ph.D.
Professor, Director, Center for Neuroscience
Director, Sensory Neuroscience Research Center
Departments of Otolaryngology, Physiology & Pharmacology
WVU School of Medicine

Uma Sundaram, M.D.
Assistant Vice President
Assistant Dean, School of Medicine
Director, Clinical & Translational Science Institute
West Virginia University Health Science Center


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