MDA Leadership
Meet the passionate staff and volunteers who lead MDA’s efforts to help families with muscular dystrophy and related life-threatening diseases live longer and grow stronger.
Executive Leadership
Steven M. Derks
President and CEO
Valerie A. Cwik, M.D.
Executive Vice President, Chief Medical and Scientific Officer
Julie Faber
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Steven G. Ford
Executive Vice President, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer
Rob Grinsfelder
Executive Vice President, Chief Field Operations Officer
Ann McNamara
Executive Vice President, Chief Development Officer
Board of Directors
R. Rodney Howell, MD
Chairman of the Board
Stanley Appel, MD
Director
Robert Bennett
Emeritus Life Member
C. Thomas Caskey, MD
Director
Bart Conner
Emeritus Life Member
Harold Crump
Director
Benjamin Cumbo, III
Director
Joseph S. DiMartino
Emeritus Life Member
Steve Farella
Director
Daniel G. Fries
Director
Honorable Brad Henry
Director
Dave Hutton
Director
Louis Kunkel, PhD
Director
Timmi Masters
Emeritus Life Member
Patricia Nazemetz
Director
Christopher J. Rosa, PhD
Vice Chairman of the Board
Mike Rowlett
Director
Charles D. Schoor, Esq.
Secretary
Mark Smith
Director
John Tognino
Director
Kristine Welker
Director
Victor Wright
Treasurer
Lilian Wu, PhD
Director
