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FARA Leadership

Board of Directors|Advisors
Development Advisory Board|Executive Staff

Ronald J. Bartek, President/ Director/ Co-Founder
Retired U.S. Government Official; Business Consultant
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Thomas A. DeCotiis, PhD, Chairman of the Board
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, CorVirtus
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Marilyn E. Downing, Secretary / Director
Teacher/ Diagnostician, Special Education
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Edward Ramsey, Treasurer / Director
Co-Owner and Vice President, Taylor Ramsey Corporation
Head of International Trade Division
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Paul Avery, Director
Chief Operating Officer, OSI Restaurant Partners, LLC
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Rob Dhoble, Director
President, Diversified Agency Services Healthcare
Omnicom Group

Earl Giller, MD, Scientific Director
Consultant, Global CNS Pharmacology Consulting, LLC
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Holly Hedrick, MD, Director
Surgeon, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Nicholas A. Johnson, Director
Associate & Senior Mechanical Engineer, Bard, Rao + Athanas Consulting Engineers, LLC
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Laura Kalick, Director
Nonprofit Tax Director, BDO Seidman, LLP
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Steve Klasko, Director
CEO, USF Health
Dean, College of Medicine
University of South Florida

Paul Marcotte, Director
Attorney & Communications Consultant
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Peter Pitts, Director
Senior Vice President, Global Health Affairs,Manning Selvage & Lee
Senior Fellow, Center for Medicine in the Public Interest
Former Associate Commissioner, US Food and Drug Administration
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FARA Advisors

Mary Beth Kozmicki, Communication Advisor
GM Global Marketing & Communications, Electronic Data Systems (EDS)

William Hartnett, Information Technology & Development Advisor
Program Manager, Electronic Data Systems (EDS)

Marianne Wilcox, Information Technology Advisor
Enterprise Architect, Electronic Data Systems (EDS)


FARA Development Advisory Board

Bob Basham
Founder, OSI Restaurant Partners

Mary Caruso
Small Business Owner

Dave Colletti
Senior Director, MillerCoors

Jim Courier
InsideOut Sports and Entertainment

Chip Diehl Br Gen Ret.
Retired US. Air Force

Ron Duckstein
Joint Venture Partner, Outback Steakhouse

Herman Fernandez
Vice President of National Accounts, Southern Wine & Spirits of Florida

Skip Fox
President, Fleming's Prime Steakhouse

Paul Jacobs
President, TSC Jacobs

Dave Kingston
President, Kingston Companies

Sandy Lane
Small Business Owner

Kent Little
Joint Venture Partner, Outback Steakhouse

William Krutzer
Louisiana State Commissions

Fred Paglia
Vice President, Sales & Mkg, Kraft North American Foodservice

Billy Rosenthal
Chairman, Standard Meat Company

Douglas Rothschild
Principal, CLW Real Estate Services Group

Steve Shlemon
President, Carrabba's Italian Grill

Jeff Smith
President, Outback Steakhouse

Glenn Stearns
Chairman, Stearns

Chris Sullivan
Founder, OSI Restaurant Partners

Irene Wenzel
Chief Procurement Officer, OSI Restaurant Partners

Ted Yost
Vice President of National Sales, Coca-Cola North America


FARA Executive Staff

Ron Bartek, President

Jennifer Farmer, MS, CGC, Executive Director

Bronya Keats, MD, Chief Research Officer

Giovanni Manfredi, MD, Chief Scientific Officer

Raychel Bartek, Co-Founder and Patient-Family Liaison

Felicia DeRosa, MPA, Program Director

Kyle Bryant, Ride Ataxia Founder & Director

Jamie Young, Office Manager