Vanessa Acero

LPCC-Licensed Mental Health Therapist

Jennifer Adair, PhD, FUNAS

Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Genetic & Cellular Medicine

UMASS Chan Medical School

Christophe Arbet-Engels, MD, PhD

Chief Medical Officer

X4 Pharmaceuticals

Danaé Bartke

Executive Director

HCU Network America

Claire Beggs

Executive Director, Global Regulatory Affairs and Drug Safety

Jazz Pharmaceuticals

Robyn Bent, MS, RN

Director, Patient-Focused Drug Development

CDER, FDA 

Bruce Bloom, JD, DDS

Rare Disease Community Liaison

Healx

Philip J. Brooks, PhD

Acting Director, Division of Rare Diseases Research Innovation

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), NIH 

R. Duane Clark

General Manager, U.S. Rare Diseases

Sanofi

Micah Clayborne

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Transplant Teenz

Kelly Esperias

Chief Strategy & Operations Officer

NORD

Miguel Fernández Alcalde

President

EMD Serono

Terence Flotte, MD

President

American Society for Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT)

Brooke Foster

Student

Rider University 

Stephanie Fradette, MD

Head of Neuromuscular Development Unit

Biogen

Brooke Friedman, BA

Neuroscience PhD Student; New York Ambassador

Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai; NORD Rare Action Network®

Avery Garrison

Rare Community Member

Amy Gaviglio, MS, CGC

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Connetics Consulting LLC

Pamela Gavin

Chief Executive Officer

NORD

Sarah Gheuens, MD, PhD

Chief Medical Officer, Head of R&D

Agios

Kaushik Ghosal, PhD

Amyloidosis Research Consortium ASPIRE Collaboration

Katie Gillick

Rare Community Member

John Greally, MD

Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein

Lee Greenwood

Rare Community Member

Nadine Grossman, M.Sc.

Vice Chair

FOP Germany/IFOPA

Cynthia Grossman, PhD

Director, Division of Patient-Centered Development

CDRH, FDA

Allison Herrity, MPH

Senior Policy Analyst

NORD

Terri Klein, CNPM, MPA

President and Chief Executive Officer

National MPS Society

Nerissa Kreher, MD, MBA

Chief Medical Officer

Alltrna

Mimi Lee, MD, PhD

Program Manager, Health Science Futures

ARPA-H

Martin Mackay, PhD

Co-Founder

RallyBio

Ray Merenstein

Parent, Director of NAMI CO

Colorado Rare Disease Advisory Council

Alan M. Miller, MD, PhD

Chief Medical Officer

TD2 Oncology

Vinod Mitta

Director

Seamless Care Models Group, CMS Innovation Center, US HHS

Jana Monaco

Rare Caregiver; Virginia Ambassador

NORD Rare Action Network®

Edward Neilan, MD, PhD

Chief Medical and Scientific Officer

NORD

Sean Nolan

Chief Executive Officer

Taysha Gene Therapies

Catherine Owen Adams, BSc.

Chief Executive Officer

Acadia Pharmaceuticals

Jill Pollander, RN, MSN

Vice President of Patient Services

NORD

Mike Porath

Chief Executive Officer and Founder; Executive Director

The Mighty; Dup15q Alliance

Maha Radhakrishnan, MD

Executive Partner

Sofinnova Investments

Amy Rick, JD

Director of Strategic Coalitions

FDA’s Rare Disease Innovation Hub

Dylan Ritter, PhD

Director of Scientific and Clinical Initiatives

Dup15Q Alliance

Philip Ross

Vice Chairman

Jefferies LLC

Anindita (Annie) Saha

Associate Director for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Policy (acting), Office of Medical Policy

CDER, FDA

David Scheer

President

Scheer & Company

Sheldon Schuster, PhD

Professor and President Emeritus; Vice Chair

Keck Graduate Institute; NORD Board of Directors

Cheryl Schwartz

Senior Vice President, U.S. Rare Disease Business Unit Lead and U.S. Commercial Operations

Takeda

John Scott, PhD

Director, Division of Biostatistics

CBER, FDA 

Tracey Sikora

Vice President of Research and Clinical Programs

NORD

Stephen Squinto, PhD

Chief Investment Officer

J.P. Morgan Life Science Private Capital

Theresa Strong

Director of Research Programs

Foundation for Prader-Willi Research

Michelle Tarver, MD, PhD

Director

Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), FDA

David Tischler

Chief Executive Officer

CureTrust

Andres Trevino

Global Head of Patient Advocacy

Chiesi

Fumihiko Urano, MD, PhD

Samuel E. Schechter Professor in Medicine

Washington University School of Medicine 

Jian Wang, PhD

Vice President, Digital Innovation

IQVIA R&DS

Advait Wattal

Ambassador; Student

NORD Rare Action Network®; University of Pennsylvania 

Sheila Wilson

Vice President, Clinical Operations and Data Management

Orchard Therapeutics