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Steve Finkbeiner

ALS Breakthrough Research Fund Scientific Advisory Board Member
Steve Finkbeiner is director of the Center for Systems and Therapeutics and the Taube/Koret Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research at Gladstone Institutes. Finkbeiner’s research is broadly focused across many neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases.
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Lucie Bruijn

ALS Breakthrough Research Fund Scientific Advisory Board Member
Lucie Bruijn serves as the therapeutic area biomarker lead for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at Novartis UK.
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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. She oversees the Public Health programmatic pillar which focuses on mental health, prevention, chronic disease, infrastructure, and health equity, and also is responsible for day-to-day operations.
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Sabrina Spitaletta

Senior Director, Employer Action Exchange, Milken Institute Health
Sabrina Spitaletta has been at the Milken Institute since 2017. She leads the work focused on the role of employers advancing public health and develops strategic collaborations across sectors and industries to advance whole-person health and performance at work and in the community.
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Madelyn McLaughlin

Senior Associate, Public Health, Milken Institute Health
Madelyn McLaughlin is a senior associate on the public health team at the Milken Institute. She has contributed to over a dozen reports and articles focused on mental health and the role of employers as key public health partners.
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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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Agnes Stephens

Director, Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration (SPARC) team, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
Aggie McMahon Stephens, MSc, is a 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 Chief Executive Officer 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.
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Brock Smith

Director, Research
Brock Smith, PhD, is a director on the research team at the Milken Institute. His research has focused on environmental economics and natural resource economics, particularly the economic and social effects of natural resource booms.
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