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Athena Rae Roesler

Director, Public Health, Milken Institute Health
Athena Rae Roesler is a director on the Public Health team at Milken Institute Health, where she leads a portfolio of work focused on prevention and chronic disease.
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Sarah Wells Kocsis

Senior Director, Public Health
Sarah Wells Kocsis is a senior director at the Milken Institute, where she oversees the Public Health programmatic portfolio, focusing on mental health, prevention, chronic disease, health equity, and infrastructure, and is responsible for day-to-day operations.
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Sabrina Spitaletta

Senior Director, Public Health, Employer Action Exchange
Sabrina Spitaletta has been at the Milken Institute since 2017. She leads the work focused on the role of employers in public health and develops strategic collaborations across sectors and industries to advance whole-person health and performance at work. Spitaletta designed and created the Employer Action Exchange, a platform that advances employer priorities and insights with specific actions that impact employees, communities, and businesses. 
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Madelyn McLaughlin

Associate, Public Health, Milken Institute Health
Madelyn McLaughlin is an associate on the public health team at the Milken Institute.
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Paul Chew

Paul is currently President, 1Rx DigiPharm Advisory, LLC and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for Cormedix, a company harnessing taurolidine technology to combat vascular infections. He is also on the Board of Directors and CMO for Phesi, a company applying proprietary statistical platforms and web-based analytics to optimize clinical trial design and execution in oncology, neurodegenerative disease, and rare diseases.
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Glorimar Aragon

Associate Director, Environmental and Social Innovation team, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
Glorimar Aragon is an associate director on the Environmental and Social Innovation team at Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy. In her role, Aragon advises individual philanthropists and philanthropic families on opportunities where capital can make the most significant impact.
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Kelsey Barcomb, PhD

Senior Associate, Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration (SPARC) team, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
Kelsey Barcomb, PhD, is a program manager for BD² and a senior associate on the Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration (SPARC) team of Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy. Barcomb received her doctorate in pharmacology from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and completed postdoctoral training in the field of neuroscience.
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Martine Polycarpe

Senior Associate, Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration (SPARC) team, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
Martine Polycarpe is the program coordinator for the BD² Integrated Network and a senior associate at the Milken Institute, where she supports the Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration team.
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Agnes Stephens

Associate Director, Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration (SPARC) team, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
Aggie McMahon Stephens, MSc, is an associate director on the Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration (SPARC) team at Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy. With a background in clinical neuroscience, she specializes in science philanthropy, research sector development, and global collaborations that maximize the impact of investments in science.
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Richard Ditizio

CEO, Milken Institute
Richard Ditizio is the CEO of the Milken Institute, responsible for all pillars and departments across the organization's global footprint. Under his leadership, the Institute expanded its staff and programmatic work to Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America.