Board of Directors

CJD FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Florence Kranitz - President

Pierluigi Gambetti, M.D. - Medical Director
Director, National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center

Mark Goldfarb - Chairman
President, Saltz, Shamis & Goldfarb

Mayra Lichter, Esq. - Vice Chairman
Co-Founder, CJD Foundation

Ruthie George - Treasurer
Community Volunteer

Sybil Willen - Secretary
Community Volunteer

Ana Betro - Fundraising Vice President
Community Volunteer

Brian Appleby, M.D. 
Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Charles Cash
Bethesda, Maryland

Tom Haught
President, Sequoia Financial Group

Amanda Baxley Kalinsky, RN, BSN
Nashville, TN

Bob Kassai, Co-Chairman, Funeral Directors and Embalmer's Education Project
Funeral Director and Embalmer

Marie Kassai, RN, Co-Chairman, Funeral Directors and Embalmer's Education Project
Infection Control Nurse

Veronica Oberdorf, RN, Chairman, Medical Education Project Chairman
Community Volunteer

Paul Paternoster
President, Selectrode Industries Inc.

Scott Paternoster
CEO, Chief Media

Tom Sawyer, Former Member of Congress
Senator, Ohio House of Representatives

Deana Simpson, RN
Founder and Director, CJD Insight

Michael Vitanza
Controller, Financial Analysis & Consolidations, General Electric

Stuart Yaffa
President, XTreme Technologies Group

Debbie Yobs
Director of Marketing, J.H. Cohn, LLP

Cele Sardo - Emeritus
Co-Founder, CJD Foundation