Board of Directors

Executive Committee:

  • Ellen V. Sigal, Ph.D.

    Chair & Founder, Friends of Cancer Research
    Independent voting member, term ending 2027
    Full Bio

  • Marlene Malek, R.N.

    Vice Chair, Friends of Cancer Research
    Independent voting member, term ending 2027
    Full Bio

  • Jeff Allen, Ph.D.

    President and CEO, Friends of Cancer Research
    Voting member, term ending 2027
    Full Bio

  • Anna Barker, Ph.D.

    Chief Strategy Officer, Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine, University of Southern California, Secretary
    Independent voting member, term ending 2027
    Full Bio

  • Sudip S. Parikh, Ph.D.

    Chief Executive Officer, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Treasurer
    Independent voting member, term ending 2027
    Full Bio

  • Margaret Foti, Ph.D., M.D. (h.c.)

    Chief Executive Officer, American Association for Cancer Research
    Independent voting member, term ending 2027
    Full Bio

  • Richard Schilsky, M.D.

    Emeritus, University of Chicago
    Independent voting member, term ending 2027
    Full Bio

 

Board Members:

  • Pennie Abramson, Ph.D. (h.c.)

    President’s Circle, The Weizmann Institute of Science
    Independent voting member, term ending 2027

  • Carolyn “Bo” Aldigé

    Founder, Prevent Cancer Foundation
    Independent voting member, term ending 2027
    Full Bio

  • Margaret Anderson

    Chief Marketing Officer, Federal Health Sector, Deloitte Consulting LLP
    Independent voting member, term ending 2026
    Full Bio

  • Edward J. Benz, Jr. M.D.

    President and Chief Executive Officer Emeritus, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    Independent voting member, term ending 2026
    Full Bio

  • Monica Bertagnolli, M.D.

    17th Director of the National Institutes of Health
    Independent voting member, term ending 2026
    Full Bio

  • Roy S. Herbst, M.D., Ph.D.

    Deputy Director, Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital and Assistant Dean for Translational Research at Yale School of Medicine, term ending 2026
    Full Bio

  • Edward Sanghyun Kim, M.D., M.B.A.

    Physician-in-Chief, City of Hope Orange County
    Independent voting member, term ending 2026
    Full Bio

  • Paul Kim, MPP, JD

    Principal, Kendall Square Policy Strategies LLC
    Independent voting member, term ending 2026
    Full Bio

  • Elizabeth Thompson

    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Transcend4Good
    Independent voting member, term ending 2026
    Full Bio

  • Janet Woodcock, M.D.

    Former Principal Deputy Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
    Independent voting member, term ending 2026
    Full Bio