FNIH Staff

Office of the President

Julie Louise Gerberding, M.D., M.P.H.
Chief Executive Officer
(301) 443-1811

David Wholley, M.Phil.
Executive Vice-President, Strategy and Business Development
(301) 594-6343

Jane Krmpotich
Chief of Staff
(301) 443-1811

Communications and Events

David Carmel, M.B.A.
Chief Growth and Innovation Officer
(301) 402-5311

Janelle Lewis
Associate Vice President of Meetings and Events
(301) 594-2919

Suzanne Béchamps
Communications Officer
(301) 451-6059

Jasmine Buchanan
Meetings and Events Coordinator
(301) 435-6644 

Jenny Cárdenas
Meetings and Events Coordinator
(301) 402-3157

Terry Kerere
Meetings & Events Planner
(301) 496-8126

Sam Mooney
Communications Officer
(301) 435-7653

Angelique M. Moss
Meetings and Events Planner
(301) 496-1406

Mira Patel
Director, Meetings and Events
(301) 594-9713

Katherine Thompson
Director of Communications
(301) 435-4038

Michelle Tran
Administrative Assistant
(301) 827-7373

Finance

Donald Hill, M.B.A., CFA
Chief Financial Officer
(301) 435-6246

Eva Coyne, C.P.A.
Vice President, Controller
(301) 451-8856

Rachael Lee
Senior Accounting Manager
(301) 435-3929

Sharon Nie
Senior Accountant
(301) 827-5314

Henry Seiler
Staff Accountant
(301) 402-5311

Operations and Legal

Kevin A. Klock, J.D.
Senior Vice President of Operations and Legal Affairs (General Counsel)
(301) 435-1641

Catherine Master, J.D.
Associate General Counsel
(301) 451-2499

Paulina Acevedo Calle
Contracts Manager
(301) 594-9255

Elizabeth S. Johns
Special Project Associate and Archivist
(301) 435-4578

Joanne Louis
Human Resources Officer
(301) 435-4493

Vanessa Perlman, J.D.
Senior Legal Counsel
(301) 480-5849

Kathy Peterson
Senior Operations Officer and Facilities Manager
(301) 402-5643

Katie Robinson
Associate Operations Officer
(301) 402-0597

Lesley A. Sebastian, M.B.A, M.Sc.
Director of Operations
(301) 402-0391

Dorina Sepúlveda
Executive Assistant
(301) 451-7163

Hanna Yu
Legal Operations Manager
(301) 594-8401

Research Partnerships

Joseph P. Menetski, Ph.D.
Vice President, Research Partnerships
(301) 594-6596

Stacey Adam, Ph.D.
Associate Vice-President, Research Partnerships
(301) 435-8364

Steven Hoffmann, M.S.
Associate Vice President, Research Partnerships
(301) 443-2102

Courtney Silverthorn, Ph.D. 
Associate Vice-President, Research Partnerships
(301) 827-8365

Loni Ajagbe
Scientific Project Manager, Neuroscience
(301) 443-5837

Dana Connors, M.S., P.M.P.
Senior Scientific Program Manager, Cancer Research Partnerships
(301) 435-2613

Taqwa El-Hussein
Scientific Project Manager, Cancer
(301) 827-5874

Juan Esparza-Trujillo, M.S., GLPCP, GMPCP
Scientific Project Manager
(301) 827-1391

Althea Lang, Ph.D. 
Scientific Project Manager
(301) 435-0105

Brad Garrison, MBA, PMP
Senior Project Manager, Research Partnerships
(301) 402-0397

Wesley Horton, M.S.
Senior Scientific Project Manager, Neuroscience
(301) 496-1519