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Our Board of Directors meets bi-monthly. If interested in learning more, please contact cfsmith@alz.org

CHAIR
Deanna Rockefeller
Global Science and Technology Engagement Principal, Lockheed Martin

VICE CHAIR
Maggie Zeman
Senior Vice President and GM New York, Double Forte PR

PAST CHAIR
Wendy Blattner
Owner, Sequel Studio

MEMBERS
Poki’I Balaz, DMP, EMBA 
Obama Foundation and Columbia World Projects
Obama Foundation Scholar


David Berger, MD, MHCH, FACS
Chief Executive Officer, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, University Hospital of Brooklyn

Joseph Boitano
Executive merchant; former Executive Vice President and interim CEO of Land’s End

Lou Cannataro
Founder and Partner, Cannataro Family Capital Partners

Fran Carpentier 
Senior Media Relations Strategist, Cuttlefish Communications

Cristina Contreras, LMSW, MPA, FABC
Chief Executive Officer, NYC Health and Hospitals/Metropolitan

Esther Dong, MBA
Beauty industry executive; former Vice President and General Manager, North America, Origins

Katherine Flood-Ostrander
Director, Institutional Equity Sales, Deutsche Bank

Milan Gandhi, C.A., C.I.S.A.
Management Consultant

Debbie Goodstein-Rosenfeld
CEO, Aurora Pictures Corp.

Jamaar Harold 
Director of Operations, Altice USA

Elizabeth Johnson 
President and Owner, Always Best Care Senior Services

​Tzvi Jonas, MD 
Chief Medical Officer, Brooklyn Gardens

Ladidas Lumpkins, CPA, JD, LL.M.
Partner-in-Charge of Private Wealth Services, Prager Metis

Karyn Marsh, PhD
​Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, New York University Langone Health; Managing Associate Director, Center for Cognitive Neurology; Administrative Director, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center/Co-Director, Center of Excellence on Alzheimer’s Disease

Suzanne Miller 
President, Empire State Properties

Heidi Lohrfink Nigg
Teacher, Rye City School District

Steven R. Moffitt, CFA 
Managing Director-Investment Banking Division, Goldman Sachs

Mark Oster
Retired; former National Managing Partner, Not-for-Profit and Higher Education, Grant Thornton LLP

Don Plaus, CIMA
Managing Director, Head of Merrill Private Wealth Management, International and Institutional

Matt Preschern 
Chief Marketing and Demand Generation Officer, NTT Ltd.

Louis Romeo, MBA
Audit & Assurance Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP

Jermaine L. Ross, PhD
Head of Neuroscience, Immuneering

Joel Salinas, MD 
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology at
NYU Langone Health; Chief Medical Officer at Isaac Health


Tracy Silver

Suzanne Silverstein
Senior retail executive; former President, 7 For All Mankind

Alexandra Soffer
Teacher, PS 321, New York City Department of Education; Fine Artist

Rodeena Stephens-Ceaser
Assistant Professor & Department Co-Chair, Communications and Media Arts & Journalism, Westchester Community College; Director of Communication, The Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral of New York

Dan Stevens
Founder & CEO, BlissBomb

Emeritus
Lonnie E. Wollin, Esq. 
Attorney in Private Practice
 
Ex-Officio

Christopher F. Smith
Executive Director, Alzheimer's Association, New York City Chapter