Board of Directors

Alice Bast
Founder & President
NFCA

Dorothy Binswanger
Community Volunteer

Richard Binswanger
The ClearView Group

David H. Cohen
President
DHC Enterprises Inc.

Secretary and Treasurer
Jay Coogan
Partner
Duane Morris LLP

Bill Green
Managing Partner
WSG Partners LLC

Melissa Helmbrecht
Chairman & CEO
Splashlife

Laurence Kagan
Principal 
Kagan Cocozza Asset Management

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

Mindy Rich
Vice Chairman
Rich Products Corporation

Ed Snider
Chairman
Comcast-Spectacor

Kelly Topfer
Volunteer
Vail Valley Medical Center
Austin Children's Shelter
Bridge Point Elementary School
Gold Ribbon Rescue 

Chairman
Jack Wyszomierski
CFO & Executive Vice President, retired
VWR International

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

 

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Scientific/Medical Advisory Board

Bob Anderson, PhD, FRACP
Ian Mackay Fellow, Autoimmunity and transplantation division
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute

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

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
Registered Dietitian: Private Practice
Specializing in Celiac Disease
Consultant/Author/Lecturer

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
Director, Center for Pediatric IBD
The Children's Hospital
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center

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
Physician Advisor
Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center

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

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

Veenita B. Bleznak, Esq.
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Iroko Pharmaceuticals, LLC

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
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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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