Staff Directory

 

Executive Office

Martha Liggett, Esq.
Executive Director  

LaFaundra Neville, CAP
Executive Assistant 

Chase Willett
International Programs Coordinator 

Michelle Lara
International ProgramsCoordinator 

Anita Braxton
Receptionist/Office Coordinator  

Office of the Deputy Executive Director

Matthew Gertzog, MBA, CAE
Deputy Executive Director 

Business Services 

Victoria Smith-Moore, CAP
Senior Manager, Meetings and Business Operations 

Rodney Hunter
Business Services Specialist  

Information Technology and Customer Relations 

Karina Fernandez, MS
Director ofInformation Technology 

Ghennet Aklilu
Database Administration Manager  

Kimberly Fayton
Customer Relations Manager 

Stephanie Franklin
Customer Relations Representative  

Alexandra Steinheimer
Customer Relations Representative 

Meetings 

Heather Guichard
Meetings Associate 

Communications Department

Jenifer Hamilton, CAE
Director, Communications  

Karen Learner
Managing Editor 

Michael Mersky
Web Manager  

Andrea Slesinski
Communications Manager 

Claire Gwayi-Chore, MHS
Communications Specialist 

Alexander Kireyev
Marketing Coordinator 

Rebecca Deprey
Web Coordinator 

Lindsey Love
Communications Assistant 

Tiffany Reid
Editorial Assistant 

Development Department

Lisa Fanning
Development and Awards Manager 

Kelly Billings
Corporate Relations Manager 

Arthinia Morgan
Corporate Relations Specialist 

Lauren Nickson
Awards Coordinator 

Education Department

Mark Smith, PhD, CAE
Director, Education 

Sharon Alleyne
Senior Manager, Education  

Marshall Nayer
Education Meetings Specialist 

Jenole Yarn
Education Coordinator 

Ana Velarde
Education Associate 

Training Department

Charles Clayton
Director, Training 

Karen Kayoumi
Senior Manager, Training and Evaluation 

Joseph Basso
Training Manager 

Kathleen Komarinski
Training Associate 

Finance Department

Tiffany Ake, CPA
Director, Finance 

Tamiko White
Accounting Manager 

Anita Tillery
Accountant 

Gladys Ogoe
Accounting Assistant 

Government Relations, Practice, and Scientific Affairs

Mila Becker, Esq.
Senior Director, Government Relations, Practice, and Scientific Affairs 

Suzy Leous
Senior Manager, Quality and Practice 

Ulyana Desiderio, PhD
Senior Manager, Scientific Affairs  

Tracy Roades
Research Advocacy Manager  

Stephanie Kaplan
Government Relations Manager  

Patrick C. Irelan
Policy and Practice Coordinator 

BLOOD Publishing Department

Nina Hoffman
Senior Director of Publishing 

Anna Trudgett, MA, ELS
Editorial Director and Senior Managing Editor, Blood 

Karine Zbiegniewicz, MA
Editorial Production Manager 

Virginia Ramsey
Peer Review Manager 

Patrick Baggott
Publications Marketing Manager 

Deborah Christian
Publications Manager 

Joanna Robertson
Publications Specialist  

Julia Robinson
Marketing and Advertising Coordinator  

Naddia Garcia Galicia
Journal Business and Subscription Coordinator  

Brian Cannon
Editorial and Graphics Coordinator  

Helen Okeke
Editorial Review Coordinator  

Michelle Thurston, MA
Publishing Coordinator

Dax Blemberg
Editorial Assistant - Prepublication 

Mary Lin
Editorial Assistant 

Elizabeth Stern
Peer Review Assistant 

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