Board of Directors
Officers (In Formation)
Mel Lester, MD, President
Cynthia Ford, Vice President
Sheri Mark, RN, JD, Treasurer
Linda Bloch, JD
Sue Burstein-Kahn, ALS of Michigan
Cathy Coury, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (West Michigan)
Brian Cybul, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (SE Michigan)
John Davis, CPA, Wayne State University
Gary Dunbar, PhD, Central Michigan University
James Eliason, PhD, Asterand, PLC
Fern Ettinger, National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Detroit Section
Mike Harris, Michigan Paralyzed Veterans of America
Hon. George K. Heartwell, Mayor, Grand Rapids
Doreen Hermelin, Community Activist
Daniel Heumann, JD, Daniel Heumann Fund for Spinal Cord Research
Ruth Linnemann, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Michigan Chapter
Sue Luria, Hadassah, Greater Detroit Chapter
J. Justin McCormick, PhD, Michigan State University Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Sean Morrison, PhD, University of Michigan Center for Stem Cell Biology
Isaac J. Powell, MD, Wayne State University, Karmanos Cancer Institute
Kathleen Russell, MSW, CSW, Parkinson’s Action Network
Kathleen N. Straus
Dale Tahtinen, PhD, Michigan Technological University
Reginald M. Turner Jr., Clark Hill PLC
Paul R. Ziegler, PR Financial
MCSCRC Executive Director
Marcia Baum, Secretary
Advisory Committee
Governor Jennifer M. Granholm
Hon. Mel Larsen
U.S. Senator Carl Levin
Michigan State Rep. Andrew Meisner
Former U.S. Congressman Joe Schwarz, MD
