Our People
Director

Lee J. Helman, MD
Bethesda, MD
Senior Advisor

Michael Brown, MD
Dallas, TX
Meet our strategic advisory board

Bret Alexander
Dallas, TX

Jim Amatruda, MD, PhD
Los Angeles, CA

Mary Katherine Clarke
Dallas, TX

Cigall Kadoch, PhD
Boston, MA

Richard Gorlick, MD
Houston, TX

Katherine Janeway, MD
Boston, MA

Robert G. Mennel, MD
Dallas, TX

Melinda Merchant, MD, PhD
Boston, MA

Sung Poblete, PhD, RN
New York, NY

Robert Schreiber, PhD
St. Louis, MO

Bill Tap, MD
New York, NY

Mac Tichenor
Dallas, TX

Daniel Von Hoff, MD, F.A.C.P.
Scottsdale, AZ

Jinghui Zhang, PhD
Memphis, TN

Chand Khanna, DVM, PhD
Washington DC
Meet our staff

Chelsey Blanks
Executive Assistant
Dallas, TX

Vivian Laws
Development Manager
Dallas, TX
Director
Lee Helman, MD
Advisory Board Chair
Chand Khanna, DVM, PhD
President
Mac Tichenor
Senior Advisor
Michael Brown, MD
Strategic advisory board
Chand Khanna, DVM, PhD, ex officio
Lee Helman, MD, ex officio
Mac Tichenor, ex officio
Bret Alexander, Committee Chair
Mary Katherine Clarke
Richard Gorlick, MD, Committee Chair
Sung Poblete, RN, PhD
Bill Tap, MD
Dan Von Hoff, MD
Jim Amatruda, MD, PhD
Katherine Janeway, MD, Committee Chair
Cigall Kadoch, PhD
Bob Mennel, MD
Melinda Merchant, MD, PhD
Bob Schreiber, PhD
Jinghui Zhang, PhD
Trustees
Bret Alexander
Mary Katherine Clarke
Mac Tichenor