Executive Team
Brian Wachtel
Chief Development Officer, Executive Director & Chief of Staff
Making Cures Possible Since 2016
Board of Directors
Alfred Slanetz, Ph.D. | Chairman of the Board
President & CEO
Geneius Biotechnology, Inc.
Massachusetts
Judith P. Barnhard
CPA, CFP®, CDFA™
Senior Advisor
Councilor, Buchanan & Mitchell, PC
Maryland
Karen Burke, M.D.
Clinical Professor and Research Scientist
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
New York
Silas Deane
VP
Tyler Technologies
Tennessee
Padmakumar Kaimal, Ph.D.
Biotech and Pharmaceutical Drug Development Consultant
New Jersey
Brian R. Leyland-Jones, MBBS, Ph.D.
Chief Medical Officer
AIM-HI Accelerator Fund
Maryland
Franklin Salisbury, Jr., M.Div., J.D.
CEO Emeritus
National Foundation for Cancer Research
Maryland
Scientific Advisors
Webster K. Cavenee, Ph.D.
Director of Strategic Alliances in Central Nervous System Cancers, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, San Diego
Distinguished Professor at the University of California, San Diego
Ruggero De Maria, M.D.
President, Alliance Against Cancer;
Director, Institute of Pathology, Catholic University;
Rome, Italy
Scott Lippman, M.D.
Director, Moores Cancer Center, UC San Diego Health
Kanaga Sabapathy, Ph.D.
Head, Division of Cellular and Molecular Research
National Cancer Center Singapore
Thea Tlsty, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology & Director of the Center for Translational Research in the Molecular Genetics of Cancer, University of California San Francisco
Director for the Program in Cell Cycling and Signaling, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Peter Vogt, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President, Chief Science Officer, and Professor
The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California
NFCR Staff
Join Our Team
The National Foundation for Cancer Research seeks unpaid interns and candidates for full-time positions.
If you are a highly-motivated and detail-oriented individual interested in joining an organization that believes in Research for a Cure, please email your resume and cover letter to employment@nfcr.org.
