Board of Directors

The DMRF is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors led by the President. The Board serves as the principal fundraising and decision-making body.

Stanley Fahn, MD
Lifetime Honorary Director

Charles H. Markham, MD
Lifetime Honorary Director

Martin B. Sloate
Lifetime Honorary Director

Samuel Belzberg
Chairman/Founder

Art Kessler
President

Deborah Kilpatrick, PhD
Vice President of Science

Barbara Kessler
Vice President of Awareness & Activities

Karen K. Ross, PhD
Vice President of Support

Rosalie Lewis
Vice President of Public Policy

Dennis Kessler
Vice President of Development

Sandra Weil
Network Liaison

Mark Rudolph
Treasurer

Frances Belzberg, Co-founder
Director

Claire Centrella
Director

Shirley Diamond
Director

Donna Driscoll
Director

Nancy Harris
Director

Marilynne Herbert
Director

Richard A. Lewis, MD
Director

Diane Rudolph
Director

Greet Ruelens
Director

John Symonds
Director

Lieve Van Gorp
Director

Mahlon R. DeLong, MD
Scientific Director, ex officio

Janet Hieshetter
Executive Director, ex officio

Paula Schneider
Leadership Chairperson, ex officio


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