The Partnership Network Membership
Our members are working together to develop strategies, programs, and materials to overcome the key obstacles we uncover that prevent minority groups from being fully represented in MS research.
Organizational Partners
Hollie Schmidt, M.S., Vice President of Scientific Operations
Sara Loud, CEO
Monique LaRocque, M.P.H. Senior Vice President
Melissa Glim, M.P.H. Account Director
MANA, A National Latina Organization
Amy L. Hinojosa, President & CEO
Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA)
Gina Ross Murdoch, President & CEO
Marie Legrand, Director of Education, Healthcare Relations & Grant Management
National Black Nurses Association
Erica Davis, RN, Neurology Nurse
National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA)
Minerva Campos, M.D., MPH Board Member
National Minority Quality Forum
Laura Lee Hall, Ph.D. COO, Sustainable Health Communities
Gary Puckrein, Ph.D. President & CEO
Tom Wallace, Managing Director of Community Health Data Service
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Doris Lill, Director of Healthcare Access
Industry Partners
Sharon Allin, Sr. Manager, Feasibility, Enrollment and Retention Optimization
Minita Shah-Mara, Head, Global Diversity and Inclusion
Kate Wilson, Associate Director, Feasibility, Enrollment & Retention Optimization
Terrie Livingston, Head of Patient Outcomes & Solutions, North America Medical Affairs
Melissa Gonzales, PhD., Inclusion Principal, External Partnering
Ashish Kothari, MD, MBA, Medical Director, Neuroscience
Jessica Priest, Sr. Medical Science Liaison
Gerren Wilson, Head, Patient Partnerships
Melissa Dupont, Patient Network Manager
Patricia Roselle, Global Head, Patient Network Management
Individual Partners
Lilyana Amezcua, M.D., M.S. Assistant Professor of Neurology, USC Health Sciences Los Angeles
Jagriti 'Jackie' Bhattarai, PhD, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Justin Eusebio, MSN
Shawn Feliciano-Garber Patient Advocate, Hiking for MS Sonoita, AZ
Daniela A. Pimentel Maldonado, M.D., Resident Physician, University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester, MA
Melinda McCartney, MightyStrongMS
Sara Migliarese, MSPT, Winston-Salem State University
April Moreno, PhD, MPA, CAHIMS
Michael Robers, M.D., M.S., Barrow Neurological Institute
Anita Williams, M.S. Patient Advocate, Principle Strategist, and Owner, The Beta Pond Aurora, CO
Mitzi Joi Williams, M.D. Neurologist MS Specialist Multiple Sclerosis Center of Atlanta
Teresa Wright-Johnson
