Board of Directors
*Denotes Executive Committee member
Christy Sandborg, MD
Board Chair
Pediatric Rheumatologist, Stanford University
Jay Mehta, MD, MS*
President
Pediatric Rheumatologist, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Aimee Hersh, MD*
Vice President
Pediatric Rheumatologist, University of Utah School of Medicine and Primary Children’s Hospital
Andrea Knight, MD, MSCE
Treasurer
Hospital for Sick Children
Stacy Ardoin, MD*
Past President
Adult and Pediatric Rheumatologist, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Robert Fuhlbrigge, MD, PhD
Pediatric Rheumatologist, Children’s Hospital Colorado
Rick Goulburn, MBA
Retired Executive Vice President, Vifor Pharma
Diego McDonald
Executive Director of BlueSentinel
Rachel Myslinski, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
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)
Jay Mehta, MD, MS
Chair
Pediatric Rheumatologist, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Aimee Hersh, MD*
Vice Chair
Pediatric Rheumatologist, University of Utah School of Medicine and Primary Children’s Hospital
Peter Chira, MD, MS
University of Utah
Scott Canna, MD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
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 at Birmingham
William (Danny) Soulsby, MD
University of California San Franscisco
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
Committees
Cross-Cutting Research Committee
Peter Chira, MD, MS
Chair
University of Utah
Aviya Levy , MD
Vice Chair
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Early Career Committee
Danny Soulsby, MD
Chair
University of California San Francisco
Belina Yi, D.O.
Vice Chair
Johns Hopkins University
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 at Birmingham
Erin Hammelev
Vice Chair
Medical College of Wisconsin
Fellows Sub-Committee
Abigale Jagger, MD
Co-Chair
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Elizabeth (Tess) Murray, MD
Co-Chair
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
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 Committee (TRC)
Scott Canna, MD
Chair
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
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
Rachel Myslinski, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
Erin Hareng
Vice President of Philanthropy & Communications
Mary Beth Aschenbrenner
Senior Director of Research & Data Strategy
Karin Tse Park, MPH
Senior Director of Mission Delivery
Stephen Witte
Senior Director of Finance and Administration
Amy Beith
Corporate Partnerships Director
Vincent Del Gaizo
Director of Partnerships and Engagement
Erin Moriarty Wade
Director of Communications & Online Giving
Caitlin Williams
Director of Individual & Foundation Giving
Becky Hodge
Senior Manager of Data Operations
Emily Klein
Senior Research Manager,
Grants & Awards
Elizabeth (Liz) Cassidy
Project Manager for Mission Delivery
Alyssia Parsons, MS
Research Manager
Bailey Parker
Membership Manager
& Executive Assistant
Aubrie Stricker, Ph.D.
Registry and Biobank Operations Coordinator
Hanna Ho
Research Coordinator