Executive Office

Martha Liggett, Esq.
Executive Director  

LaFaundra Neville, CAP
Executive Assistant 

Anita Braxton, AS
Receptionist/Office Coordinator 

Holland Ruttagah
Administrative Coordinator 

Chase Willett
International Programs Specialist 

Michelle Lara
International Programs Coordinator 

Office of the Deputy Executive Director

Matthew Gertzog, MBA, CAE
Deputy Executive Director 

Business Services 

Victoria Smith-Moore, MBA, CAP
Manager, Business Services 

Rodney Hunter
Business Services Specialist 

Information Technology and Customer Relations 

Karina Fernandez, MS
Director of Information Technology 

Ghennet Aklilu
Database Administration Manager  

Kimberly Fayton
Customer Relations Manager 

Peggy Meng
Applications Development Manager 

Stephanie Franklin
Customer Relations Associate  

Alexandra Steinheimer
Customer Relations Coordinator  

Communications Department

Jenifer Hamilton, CAE
Director, Communications  

Karen Learner
Managing Editor 

Michael Mersky
Web Manager  

Andrea Slesinski
Communications Manager 

Alexander Kireyev
Marketing Manager 

Rebecca Deprey
Web Specialist 

Amanda Szabo
Communications Specialist 

Kaitlin Bressler
Communications Associate

Danielle Devery
Marketing Assistant 

Tiffany Reid
Editorial Assistant 

Akaliza Shalita
Web Assistant 

Development Department

Patricia Frustace
Director, Development 

Lisa Fanning
Awards and Diversity Programs Manager 

Meley Gebremedhin
Awards Coordinator 

Malva Mangan
Corporate Relations Specialist 

Ryan Washabaugh
Corporate Relations Coordinator 

Education and Training Department

Charles Clayton
Senior Director, Education and Training 

Education 

Mark Smith, PhD, CAE
Director, Education 

Marshall Nayer
Education Meetings Manager 

Ana Velarde
Education Coordinator 

Michelle Thurston, MA
Education Coordinator 

Training 

Karen Kayoumi
Senior Manager, Training and Evaluation 

Joseph Basso
Training Manager 

Kathleen Komarinski
Training Associate 

Finance Department

Tiffany Ake, CPA
Director, Finance 

Angela Lee, CPA
Controller 

Tamiko White
Accounting Manager 

Anita Tillery
Senior Accountant 

Gladys Ogoe
Accounting Associate 

Government Relations, Practice, and Scientific Affairs

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

Ulyana Desiderio, PhD
Senior Manager, Scientific Affairs  

Suzy Leous, MPA
Senior Manager, Quality and Practice 

Stephanie Kaplan
Government Relations Manager  

Tracy Roades
Research Advocacy Manager  

Patrick C. Irelan
Policy and Practice Coordinator 

Ben Black
Scientific Affairs Assistant 

Meetings Department

Bill Reed, FASAE, CMP
Director of Meetings 

Tammy Huber, CMP
Meetings 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 

Patrick Baggott
Publications Marketing Senior Manager 

Deborah Christian
Publications Manager 

Keith Gigliello, MS
Blood Journal Digital Manager 

Virginia Ramsey
Peer Review Manager 

Joanna Robertson
Annual Meeting Publications Manager 

Naddia Garcia Galicia
Subscription and Fulfillment Specialist  

Brian Cannon
Editorial and Graphics Coordinator  

Helen Okeke
Peer Review Specialist 

Dax Blemberg
Editorial Coordinator - Prepublication 

Daniel Lambert, MA
Production Associate 

Elizabeth Stern
Editorial Associate  

Mark Paglia
Editorial Assistant- New Submissions 

Lauren Townsend
Annual Meeting Publications Assistant
Rosa Warren
Peer Review Assistant 

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