Board of Directors

Alice Bast
Founder & President
National Foundation for Celiac Awareness (NFCA)

Tina Battistoni
Marketing Manager
Rich Products Corporation

Chairman
Dorothy Binswanger
Senior Communications Specialist
Jacobson Strategic Communications

David H. Cohen
President
DHC Enterprises Inc.

Joseph F. Coradino
President
PREIT Services, LLC

Denise L. Devine
CEO & President
Froose Brands, LLC

Bill Green
Managing Partner
WSG Partners, LLC

John C. Grugan
Partner
Ballard Spahr LLC 

Joseph H. Jacovini, Esq.
Chairman
Dilworth Paxson, LLP

Ken King
Principal, Recruiting and Hiring 
Edward Jones

Richard J. Mandel, MD
President
Center for Advanced Orthopaedics, PC 

Ed Snider
Chairman
Comcast-Spectacor

David S. Yadgaroff
Vice President & General Sales Manager
KYW Newsradio 1060

Vittoria Zaslavsky
SeniorVice President
Commercial Banking Group
 Citibank, N.A.  

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Scientific/Medical Advisory Board

Rita Balice-Gordon, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience
University of Pennsylvania Medical School

Rachel Begun, MS, RD, CDN
Food and Nutrition Communications Consultant, Educator and Spokesperson 
Principal
Rachel Begun Nutrition Communications

Keith Berkowitz, MD
Private Practice - Internal Medicine
Medical Director
Center for Balanced Health

Craig J. Brown, MD, FACS
Ophthamologist, Founding Partner
The Eye Center

Sheila E. Crowe, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FACG, AGAF
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Digestive Health Center of Excellence
University of Virginia School of Medicine

Anthony J. DiMarino, MD
Division Director
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Jan Erikson, PhD
Professor
Immunology Program
The Wistar Institute

Nancy Patin Falini, MA, RD, LDN
Dietitian in Private Practice specializing in celiac disease and gluten intolerance
Consultant/Author/Lecturer
Consultant to The Celiac Center at Paoli Hospital

Alessio Fasano, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Medical Director, Center for Celiac Research
University of Maryland Center for Celiac Research

Paolo Fortina, MD, PhD
Clinical Genomics Core, Director
Center for Translational Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University

Marla J. Gold, MD
Dean, School of Public Health
Drexel University

Gary M. Gray, M.D.
Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology), Emeritus
Stanford University School of Medicine
Scientific Director
Celiac Sprue Research Foundation

Edward Hoffenberg, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Center for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Children's Hospital Colorado
and University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine

Martin F. Kagnoff, MD
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Director, Laboratory of Mucosal Immunology
University of California at San Diego

Donald D. Kasarda, PhD
Collaborator
Agricultural Research Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ciaran P. Kelly, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Chief, Blumgart Firm
Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship Training
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Anne Roland Lee, MSEd, RD
Director of Nutritional Services
Schar USA 

Daniel A. Leffler, MD, MS
Director of Clinical Research
The Celiac Center at BIDMC
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

Robert H. Lerman, MD, PhD
Functional Medicine Research Center
MetaProteomics, Inc. 

Ted Malahias, DDS
Dental Consultant
Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University

Robert Mangione, PD, EdD
Dean, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions
Clinical Professor of Pharmacy
St. John's University

Ramasamy Manikam, PhD
Director, Center for Feeding Disorders
St. Mary's Healthcare System for Children
Board Member
Center for Celiac Research
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Stanton Miller, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor 
Lankenau Institute of Medical Research 
Jefferson School of Population Health

Director, Center for Public Health Research
Main Line Health

Gerard E. Mullin, MD 
Associate Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins Hospital 

te Professor of Medicine  assProfessor of Medicine
  Professor of MedicineJoseph A. Murray, MD
Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

Michelle Pietzak, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
USC Keck School of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Ludvig M. Sollid, MD
Professor, Institute of Immunology
Rikshospitalet University Hospital
University of Oslo

Warren Strober, MD
Section Chief
The Mucosal Immunity Section
National Institutes of Health

Ritu Verma, MD
Section Chief
Gastroenterology & Nutrition
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

NIH Liaison

Stephen P. James, MD
Director, Division of Digestive Diseases & Nutrition
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
National Institutes of Health

Program Advisors

Rita Balice-Gordon, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience
University of Pennsylvania Medical School

Joseph A. Murray, MD
Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

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Business Advisory Board

Richard Binswanger
The ClearView Group

 Veenita B. Bleznak, Esq.

Stephen Bouikidis
Executive Vice President
NetReach Techonologies

Laura Carlsmith
Web Marketing Director/Content and Brand Partnerships
The EatingWell Media Group

Ross Cohen
President
Triumph Dining 

Michael J. Danke
Director
Expense Reduction Analysts

Louis J. Giuliano
Former Chairman
ITT Industries

J.C. Henry III
President & CEO
EP Henry Corporation

Linda Holliday
Angel Investor & Consultant
Former President
Digitas Health

Pamela J. Kania, MS
Healthcare Advisor
Women's Health

Jaime C. Klein
Founder and President
Inspire Human Resources

Jody Levy
President
The Advantage Partnership, LLC

Chris Mycek
Managing Director, Philadelphia
Vice President, Health & Wellness
imc²

Michael S. Savett, Esq.
Partner 
Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLP  

Tim Schofield
Healthcare Consultant 

Roy Shapiro
Chairman Emeritus
KYW Newsradio 1060

Roberta Snow
Professor, Department of Management
West Chester University

Margaret Fearey Walsh
President
Changing-Places, Inc.

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