Executive Committee


Charles Sanders, M.D. (Chairman)
Former Chairman and CEO, Glaxo, Inc. and Chairman, Foundation for NIH

James F. Battey, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
Director, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

ShaAvhrée Buckman, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.A.P.
Director, Office of Translational Sciences, Food and Drug Administration

Gary Herman, M.D.
Vice President, Early Stage Development (ESD), Merck Research Laboratories

Thomas Insel, M.D.
Director, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health

Douglas Lowy, M.D.
Deputy Director, National Cancer Institute

Garry Neil, M.D.
Corporate Vice President, Corporate Office of Science and Technology (COSAT), Johnson & Johnson

Steven Paul, M.D.
Director, Helen and Robert Appel Institute for Alzheimer’s Research, Weill Cornell Medical College and Senior Advisor, Third Rock Ventures; Member, Foundation for NIH Board of Directors

Sara Radcliffe, M.P.H.
Executive Vice President, Health, Biotechnology Industry Organization

Jeffrey E. Shuren, M.D., J.D.
Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration

Ellen Sigal, Ph.D.
Founder and Chairperson, Friends of Cancer Research and Member, Foundation for NIH Board of Directors

Janet Woodcock, M.D.
Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration

Mary Woolley
President and Chief Executive Officer, Research!America