TAMR Officers and Board of Directors

OFFICERS

President: Lorraine Chammah,
BA Biology, BS. MS Nursing
Science teacher, nurse and community activist
Former President Capitol Area Parkinson’s Society

Vice President, Legislative Affairs: Leslie Ribnik, JD,

Vice President of Community Affairs: Marjorie Gold, JD,

Secretary: Jan Ozias, RN, PH,

Treasurer: A. J. Hernandez
President of the Young Onset group of the Capital Area Parkinson’s Assoc.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Carol P. Arnaud

Hugh L. Brady
Attorney at Law
Director, Legislative Lawyering Clinic, University of Texas School of Law
Author, Texas House Practice

William Brinkley, Ph.D., Co-chair – Science Committee
Senior Vice President for Graduate Sciences
Dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine

Joe A. Brown
Past president Texans for Advancement of Medical Research
Texas Coordinator, Parkinson’s Action Network
Board of Directors, Houston Area Parkinson’s Society

Nina Brown, Communication Committee
Texas Coordinator, Parkinson’s Action Network
Vice President, Board of Directors, Houston Area Parkinson’s Society
Secretary – The Alliance for Medical Research

Mark Davis, CPA,
Member, Board of Directors, Young Onset Parkinson Association
Texas Congressional coordinator Parkinson’s Action Network (PAN)
Retired from British Petroleum after 25 years in commercial and control capacities

Veronica De La Garza, Legislative Committee
Advocacy Director, South Central Region, American Diabetes Association

Larry A. Denner, Ph.D.
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Associate Director of Research, Stark Diabetes Center
Director, McCoy Diabetes Mass Spectrometry Laboratory
Senior Scientist, Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine

Ralph Dittman, MD, MPH, MCSE, Finance Committee
Surgeon, Author and Playwright

Judith L. Haley
Past president, Texans for Advancement of Medical Research
Vice President, Outreach Chair, Executive Board, JDRF Houston/Gulf Coast Chapter
Vice Chair, Texas Diabetes Council

Rick Hayley
Three-time Governor Appointee to the Texas Diabetes Council.
Federal Legislative Ambassador of the American Cancer Society.
Experimental islet cell and stem cell recipient patient with type 1 diabetes.
Former Board Member of the Coastal Bend Chapter of the American Diabetes Association.

J. Maxine Jenks, Ph.D., J.D.
Attorney and author
Board member, Capital Area Parkinson’s Society, Austin, Texas
Charter member, Riverbend Church

Shaina Johnson

Bettie Sue Masters, Ph.D., D.Sc., M.D. (Hon.), Co-chair – Science Committee
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
President, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology-2002-2004
Elected Member, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies-1996–
Member, Advisory Committee to the Director of the National Institutes of Health-2000-2004
The Robert A. Welch Foundation Distinguished Professor in Chemistry, The Univ. of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio-1990–
Women’s Leadership Council of San Antonio-2001-
Member, Advisory Council to the National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health-2004-2008

Kathryn McCarter

Scott McCarter

Rebecca K. McCleery,
Past president of Texans for Advancement of Medical Research
Legislative Chair and Board of Directors, Austin Chapter, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)
Fellow, Austin Project

Stephen L. McCleery, Legislative Committee
Attorney; Board Member and Fellow, Austin Project
First Assistant District Attorney, Travis County (Retired)
Fellow and Board Member, Austin Project
Volunteer, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)

Joan Nichols Ph.d.
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and The Departments of Anesthesiology and Microbiology & Immunology
Assistant Director, Laboratory of Regenerative and Nano-Medicine
Director, AIDS Clinical Trials Support Laboratory
Director, Infectious Diseases Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory

William C. Rainey, M.D. FACS, Science Committee Chair
Chairman, Board of Directors, West Texas Hospital
Member, Board of Directors, Texas Health Insurance Risk Pool

Kathy Rupert

James Shrader
President, Young Onset Parkinson’s of Central Texas (YOPCT)
Board Member, Capitol Area Parkinson’s Society (CAPS)
Texas Congressional Coordinator, Parkinson’s Action Network (PAN)
Advocate, Activist, Parkinsonian

Cheryl Travis
Member, National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Margaret Sampson

Laura Templeton


ADVISORY BOARD

Ellen Arnold
Legislative Committee Chair
Public Affairs Consultant
Volunteer, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Jim Arnold
Public Affairs Consultant
Volunteer, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

Joaquin Cortiella, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiolgy
Director Regenerative and Nano-Meicine Laboratory
Jared Dutton

Allen Feltman

Julie Hiebert

Kitty Hoskins
Board Member & Past President of Capital Area Parkinson’s Society

Terry Huffington

Cayce Kovacs
Alamo Area Parkinson’s Young Onset Support Group AAPSG Facilitator
Parkinson’s Action Network PAN Texas Congressional Coordinator
Stem Cell Action Network SCAN member

Ellen Kraig

Robert Long

Joan Nichols, PhD.

Sharon B Murphy MD
Director, Children’s Cancer Research Institute
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Franelle Rogers

Peggy Romberg

Melinda Rose
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Executive Board Member, Houston
JDRF Texas Senior State Leader Legislation
JDRF On-Line Support Team Member

Kathy Rupert

Margaret Sampson

Kim Schmid
Founder and Webmaster, Corpus Christi Parents Dealing with Diabetes

Richard Taylor

Bradley Stephenson

Larry J. Wright, Legislative Committee
Volunteer, Houston Chapter, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)

Patricia Wright,
Executive Board Member, Houston Chapter, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)

The members of the TAMR Board, Advisory Board and committees serve as individuals. Their credentials are listed only to demonstrate the members’ areas of expertise.