About Us

Staff

Office of the President

Maria Freire, Ph.D.
President and Executive Director
mfreire [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 443-1811

Felicia Gray
Executive Assistant
fgray [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 443-1811

Ann Ashby, M.B.A.
Deputy Executive Director
aashby [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 435-1641

Elizabeth Johns 
Executive Assistant
ejohns [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 402-4968

Andrea Baruchin, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor to the President
abaruchin [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 594-6649

Erika Tarver
Project Officer
etarver [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 594-9255

Kathy Guire
Operations Officer
kguire [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 402-5643

Finance

Julie Tune, C.P.A., C.F.E.
Chief Financial Officer
jtune [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 435-6246

Eva Coyne
Accounting Manager
ecoyne [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 451-8856

Cathy Martin
Senior Accountant
cmartin [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 435-3007

Noemi B. Rodriguez
Staff Accountant
nrodriguez [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 435-4578

Peggy J. Gerlacher
Operations Associate
gerlachp [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 594-9867

Development

Julie Wolf-Rodda, M.A.
Director, Development
jwolf-rodda [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 402-6027

Anne Bradfield
Executive Assistant
abradfield [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 402-6647

Elizabeth Dobbins
Partnership Development Officer
edobbins [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 594-9928

Rob Drucker
Partnership Development Officer - Individual and Planned Giving
rdrucker [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 594-7121

Caite Gilmore
Partnership Development Officer
cgilmore [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 594-2612

Jennifer Ilekis
Partnership Development Officer
jilekis [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 443-1744

Paris L. A. Moore
Partnership Development Officer
pmoore [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 443-2103

Asante Shakuur
Partnership Development Officer - Biomarkers
ashakuur [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 435-4493

William Tolentino
Development Systems Administrator
wtolentino [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 594-9865

Events and Marketing

Laura Payne
Director, Events and Marketing
laura [dot] payne [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 496-9921

Jolie Mak
Events Coordinator
jmak [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 402-4975

Andrea Hickman
Events Coordinator
ahickman [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 402-0114

Jasmin Miles
Events Coordinator
jmiles [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 435-8364

Kai Yee
Web Administrator
kyee [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 594-9713

The Biomarkers Consortium

David Wholley, M.A.
Director
dwholley [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 594-6343

Cheryl Melencio
Executive Assistant
cmelencio [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 402-4970

Sonia Pearson-White, Ph.D.
Scientific Program Manager, Cancer
spearson-white [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 435-4103

Judith Siuciak, Ph.D.
Scientific Program Manager, Neuroscience
jsiuciak [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 435-6247

Maria Vassileva, Ph.D.
Scientific Program Manager, Metabolic Disorders
mvassileva [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 594-6596

Steven Hoffmann, M.S.
Scientific Program Manager, Inflammation and Immunity
shoffmann [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 443-2102

Jessica Ratay, M.S., CGC
Clinical Project Manager
jratay [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 443-2102

Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP)

Thomas Scarnecchia, M.S.
Executive Director of OMOP
tscarnecchia [at] fnih [dot] org
(802) 362-8111 ext 2

Emily Welebob, R.N., M.S.
Senior Program Manager, Research
welebob [at] fnih [dot] org
(703) 508-6225

Science Administration

Stephanie James, Ph.D.
Director of Science
sjames [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 443-1598

Tiffany Francis
Executive Assistant
tfrancis [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 443-1598

Michael Gottlieb, Ph.D.
Deputy Director of Science
mgottlieb [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 451-2762

Karen Tountas, Ph.D.
Scientific Program Manager, MAL-ED
ktountas [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 402-4333

Gail Levine, MA, CCRC
Scientific Program Manager, CTC-VIMC
glevine [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 435-4964

Anna Sambor, M.S.
Project Manager
asambor [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 443-1599

Susan Wiener, M.A.
Project Manager, GCGH
swiener [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 402-5736

Susan Powell, M.T.S.
Senior Grants Manager
spowell [at] fnih [dot] org
(301) 594-6763