The CNS Advisory Board is an independent body of volunteers that promotes the educational and research activities of the College. Board members advocate for CNS priorities with internal and external stakeholders, including campus administration, the Chancellor's office, the Board of Trustees, the Governor's office, the Legislature, the business community, and the public. The Board provides leadership and expert council in three key areas: fund-raising, advocacy, and advice.
CNS Advisory Board
CNS Advisory Board Members
Katherine Abbott, '77 AS, '80 BS
President, Boston Harbor
Dr. Noel Anderson, '74, '77 MS, '80 PhD
Managing Partner, Mosaic Food Advisors LLC
William Bannick, '70 BS
Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager, Cadence Capital Management, Boston, Mass.
Joan Barksdale, '66 BS
Educator, nonprofit leader, and philanthropist
Elizabeth Brackett, '80 BS
Senior Health Physicist, MJW Corporation
Kenneth Brayman, '77 BS
Professor, Medicine, Surgery, and Transplantation; Director, Transplantation Services, University of Virginia
Richard K. Brown, '78 PhD
President and CEO of AVIA Biosystems
Franklyn Carlson, '63 AS
President, Carlson Orchards, Inc.
Varkki P. Chacko, '82 PhD
Managing Principal, Credit Capital Investments
Donald Ciappenelli, '66 BS
President, cideKick Medicines, Inc.
Peggy A. Crowley-Nowick, '86 BS
Founder and President, Zipher Medical Affairs
Frederick Dodge, '69 AS
Founder and Owner, Country Garden Creations
James B. Francis, '86 BS
Investment professional, Geode Capital Management
Joe Gensheimer
President and CEO, Crosswind Partners LLC
Stephen Gillies, '75 BS
Founder, President, and CEO, Provenance Biopharmaceuticals Corp.
Thomas H. Jozefiak, '81 BS
Vice-President, Discovery, Living Proof
James F. Kane III, '00 BS
Orthodontist, and Director, Massachusetts Association of Orthodontists
Anita Karcz, '71 BS
Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder, Institute for Health Metrics
Jeffrey L. Kopacz, '95 BS
Senior Patent Counsel, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
Edward P. Marram, '59 BS, '61 MS
Professor, Graduate School of Babson College, and Founder, Geo-Centers, Inc.
David J. Mazzo, '81 MS, '84 PhD
President and CEO, Regado Biosciences, Inc.
Richard J. McNulty, '75 BS
Dentist, Wellesley Family Dentistry
Patricia Mullan, '83 BA
Regional Planner, Mass. Department of Environmental Protection
Timothy Nourse
President, Nourse Farms, Inc.
James P. Petri, '77 AS
Banking, commercial, industrial, and real estate professional
Steven G. Richter, '77 BS
President and Scientific Director, MicroTest Laboratories, Inc.
Arthur L. Rosenthal, '73 PhD
Senior research and product development executive, multinational medical technology companies
Mary Sano, '74 BS
Professor, Psychiatry, and Director, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Charles H. Sherwood, '72 MS, '77 PhD
President and CEO, Anika Therapeutics, Inc
Ameeta Soni, '82 MS
Senior Vice-President and Chief Marketing Officer, VFA, Inc.
Anna Symington, '76 AS, '79 BS, '83 MS
Chair, Rays of Hope, Baystate Health Foundation
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