Board of Directors
*Denotes Executive Committee member
Christy Sandborg, MD
Board Chair
Pediatric Rheumatologist, Stanford University
Stacy Ardoin, MD*
President
Adult and Pediatric Rheumatologist, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Jay Mehta, MD, MS*
Vice President
Pediatric Rheumatologist, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Aimee Hersh, MD*
Treasurer
Pediatric Rheumatologist, University of Utah School of Medicine and Primary Children’s Hospital
Robert Colbert, MD, PhD*^
Past President
Pediatric Rheumatologist, Bethesda, Maryland
^Dr. Colbert serves in his personal capacity
Robert Fuhlbrigge, MD, PhD
Pediatric Rheumatologist, Children’s Hospital Colorado
Rick Goulburn, MBA
Retired Executive Vice President, Vifor Pharma
Larry Hausner
Interim Chief Executive Officer
Diego McDonald
Executive Director of BlueSentinel
Harry Saal, PhD
Retrotope, Inc.
Daniel H. Solomon, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Section Clinical Sciences
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
John Sundy, MD, PhD
Chief Medical Officer and Head of R&D, Seismic Therapeutic
Carol Wallace, MD
Professor Emeritus, University of Washington
Leigh White, JD
Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC)
Stacy Ardoin, MD
Chair
Adult and Pediatric Rheumatologist, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Jay Mehta, MD, MS
Vice Chair
Pediatric Rheumatologist, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Peter Chira, MD, MS
University of Utah
Lauren Henderson, MD, MSSc
Boston Children’s Hospital
Susan Kim, MD, MMSc
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Laura Lewandowski, MD, MS^
National Institutes of Health
^Dr. Lewandowski serves in her personal capacity
Livie Timmerman
University of Alabama
Erin Treemarcki , DO
University of Utah
Marinka Twilt, MD, PhD
University of Calgary
Sheetal Vora, MD
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority D/b/a Atrium Health
Jennifer Weiss, MD
Hackensack University Medical Center
Eveline Wu, MD
University of North Carolina Children’s Hospital
Research & Leadership Development Forum (RLDF)
Danielle Schocken, MD
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Erin Treemarcki, DO
University of Utah
Joanne Drew, MFA, CCRP
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Giya Harry, MD, MPH, MSc
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Jordan Roberts, MD
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Committees
Cross-Cutting Research Committee
Peter Chira, MD, MS
Chair
University of Utah
Aviya Levy , MD
Vice Chair
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Early Investigators
Erin Treemarcki, DO
Chair
University of Utah
Danny Soulsby , MD
Vice Chair
University of California San Francisco
Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM)
Susan Kim, MD, MMSc
Chair
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Kaveh Ardalan, MD, MS
Vice Chair
Duke Children’s Health Center
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)
Marinka Twilt, MD, PhD
Chair
University of Calgary
Melissa Lerman, MD, PhD, MSCE
Vice Chair
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Pain
Jennifer Weiss, MD
Chair
Hackensack University Medical Center
Sabrina Gmuca, MD
Vice Chair
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Research Coordinator Network (RCN)
Livie Timmerman
Chair
University of Alabama
Erin Hammelev
Vice Chair
Medical College of Wisconsin
Fellows Sub-Committee
Minal Aundhia, MD
Co-Chair
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Juan Carlos Torres-Sanchez, MD
Co-Chair
Baylor College of Medicine
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Laura Lewandowski, MD, MS^
Chair
National Institutes of Health
^Dr. Lewandowski serves in her personal capacity
Rebecca Sadun, MD, PhD
Vice Chair
Duke University
Small Centers
Sheetal Vora, MD
Chair
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority D/b/a Atrium Health
Daniel Glaser, MD
Vice Chair
Yale School of Medicine
Rare Disease Committee
Eveline Wu, MD
Chair
University of North Carolina Children’s Hospital
Jessica Bloom, MD, MSCS
Vice Chair
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Translational Research and Technology Committee (TRTC)
Lauren Henderson, MD, MSSc
Chair
Boston Children’s Hospital
Anna Patrick, MD, PhD
Vice Chair
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
DEIA Committee
Giya Harry, MD, MPH, MSc
Chair
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Joyce Chang, MD, MSCE
Vice Chair
Boston Children’s Hospital
CTP Committee
Emily Von Scheven, MD, MAS
Chair
Pediatric Rheumatologist, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Stacey Tarvin, MD
Vice Chair
Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University
CARRA Staff
Leslie Hanrahan
Vice President of Business Development and Senior Director of Research
Stephen Witte
Senior Director of Finance and Administration
Vincent Del Gaizo
Director of Partnerships and Engagement
Erin Moriarty Wade
Director of Communications & Marketing
Mary Beth Aschenbrenner
Director of Registry Operations & Informatics
Karin Tse Park, MPH
Associate Director of Research Operations
Emily Klein
Senior Research Manager,
Grants & Awards
Alyssia Parsons, MS
Research Manager
Andy Rosado
Database Administrator
Bailey Parker
Membership Coordinator & Executive Assistant
Hanna Ho
Research Coordinator