National Board of Trustees

Scott Kauffman
Chair, The ALS Association Board of Trustees
Chairman and CEO
MDC Partners
New York, NY and Palo Alto, CA

Fred M. DeGrandis
Vice Chair, The ALS Association Board of Trustees
Senior Director and President
Medic Management LLC and NorthShore Medicine
Cleveland, Ohio

Sandra (Sandy) Piersol
Secretary, The ALS Association Board of Trustees
Corporate Compliance Officer
McBee, a division of Netsmart Technologies Inc
Downingtown, PA

Connie Houston
Treasurer, The ALS Association Board of Trustees
Treasurer
Team Oney
Louisville, KY

Sue Gorman
Immediate Past Chair, The ALS Association Board of Trustees
Principal Interior Designer
Sue Gorman Interior Designs
Nationwide, based in Charlotte, NC

Jinsy Andrews, M.D., MSc, FAAN
Director of Neuromuscular Clinical Trials
Columbia University
New York, NY

Millie Arnold
Retired Medical Manager
Jackson, Ohio

Michael Benatar, MBChB, MS, DPhil
Professor of Neurology and of Public Health Sciences
Chief of Neuromuscular Division
Executive Director of the ALS Center at the University of Miami
Miami, Florida

Eugene P. Brandon, Ph.D.
Head of Translation
IQVIA Cell and Gene Therapy Center
San Diego, CA

Tom Carroll
Founding Partner
Brand Equity Partners LLC
New York, NY

Mark Calmes
Retired Vice President, Environmental
Archer Daniels Midland
Ellisville, MO

Larry Falivena
Retired Account Executive
Salesforce
Apex, NC

Paul Ingholt, Esq.
Partner, National Security Segment
Guidehouse
McLean, Virginia

Christi Kolarcik, Ph.D.
Faculty, Research Instructor
University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine and Brain Institute
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

John P. Krave, Esq.
Senior Counsel
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.
Pasadena, CA

Nancy LeaMond
Chief Advocacy & Engagement Officer/Executive Vice President, Community State and National Affairs
AARP
Bethesda, MD

J. Thomas "Tommy" May
Retired Chairman and CEO
Simmons First National Corporation
Pine Bluff, AR

Peter McKown
Founder & Director
POM Consulting, LLC
Denver, Colorado

Ken Menkhaus, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science
Davidson College
Davidson, NC

Rebecca G. Moss, Esq.
Senior Counsel
Ledcor Group of Companies
Austin, Texas

Warren Nelson
President & CFO-Retired
JEM Restaurant Group/Southeastern Pizza Group
Palm Harbor, FL

Mark Stancil
Vice President
Goldman Sachs
Atlanta, GA

Dave Van de Riet
Vice President of Investments
Raymond James & Associates
St. Louis, MO
Kenton Van Harten
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
American Home Furniture & Mattress
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Lifetime Trustees
Lawrence R. Barnett
Founding Chairman
1913 - 2012