AIRI Leadership: Board of Directors

AIRI's Board of Directors — drawn from member institutions across the country — guides the association's mission, priorities, and programs on behalf of independent biomedical and behavioral research.

If you would like to contact a board member, please e-mail [email protected]

President

David M. Cabrera, MS
Chief of Staff
Van Andel Institute

President-Elect

Adam Cohen, Esq.
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Past President

Jerilyn Mitchell Bowers
Vice President of External Affairs and Chief of Staff
MDI Biological Laboratory

Vice President
for Member Communications

Jennifer H. Pawlosky
Vice President, Chief Global Communications Officer
Stowers Institute for Medical Research

Treasurer

Sven Davisson
Associate Director of Administration
& Chief Administrative Officer
Louisiana Cancer Research Center

 

Director

Anthony Carvalloza
Chief Information Officer
Rockefeller University

Director

Hannah Goulding
Vice President, Human Resources 
New York Genome Center

Director

Rosemary Madnick
Vice President for Research Administration
Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation

 

Director
& Program Co-Chair

Kurt Marek, PhD
Chief Research Development Officer
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Director

Brian Van Weele
Vice President
Chief Philanthropic Officer
Buck Institute for Research on Aging

Director

Diego Vazquez
Director, Sponsored Research Administration
The Jackson Laboratory

Director & Program Co-Chair

Jessica Witt
Director, Information Technology
Stowers Institute for Medical Research