Board of Directors/Staff

Foundation Directors
Alfred Sommer, M.D., M.H.S.
 Chairman

Maria C. Freire, Ph.D.
 President
mfreire@laskerfoundation.org

W. Michael Brown
 Secretary

John R. Considine
 Treasurer

Christopher W. Brody
Purnell W. Choppin, M.D.
Robert C. Cullen
Carol B. Einiger
James W. Fordyce
 Chairman Emeritus
Joseph L. Goldstein, M.D.
Jordan U. Gutterman, M.D.
Faith Hochberg
Sherry Lansing
Cathy J. Sulzberger
Robert Tjian, Ph.D.
Martin Tolchin
Kern Wildenthal, M.D., Ph.D.

Directors Emeritus
Mrs. William McCormick Blair, Jr.
Anne B. Fordyce
Senator Mark O. Hatfield

Directors Emeritus (in memoriam)
Michael E. DeBakey, M.D.
Daniel E. Koshland, Jr., Ph.D.

Foundation Staff
David Keegan
 Senior Program Director
dkeegan@laskerfoundation.org

Sunil Varshneya, CPA
 Director of Finance
svarshneya@laskerfoundation.org

Lucy Rinaldi
 Chief Investment Officer
lrinaldi@laskerfoundation.org

Tania Nieves
 Project Manager
tnieves@laskerfoundation.org

Katie Barnes
 Administrative Assistant
kbarnes@laskerfoundation.org

Office address and phone number:
110 E. 42nd Street, Room 1300
New York, NY 10017
Phone: 212-286-0222
Fax: 212-286-0924