Board of Directors/Staff
James W. Fordyce
Chairperson
Maria C. Freire, Ph.D.
President
W. Michael Brown
Secretary
Jordan U. Gutterman, M.D.
Representative
Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards Program
Christopher W. Brody
Purnell W. Choppin
Robert C. Cullen
Michael E. DeBakey
Joseph L. Goldstein
Faith Hochberg
Sherry Lansing
Alfred Sommer
Cathy Sulzberger
Robert Tjian
Martin Tolchin
Kern Wildenthal
Directors Emeritus
Senator Mark O. Hatfield
Mrs. William McCormick Blair, Jr.
Mrs. Anne B. Fordyce
Foundation Staff
Maria C. Freire, Ph.D.
President
mfreire@laskerfoundation.org
David Keegan
Awards Program Director
dkeegan@laskerfoundation.org
Sunil Varshneya, CPA
Director of Finance
svarshneya@laskerfoundation.org
Lucy Rinaldi
Chief Investment Officer
lrinaldi@laskerfoundation.org
Tania Nieves
Administrative Assistant
tnieves@laskerfoundation.org
Katie Barnes
Administrative Assistant
kbarnes@laskerfoundation.org
Office address and phone number:
110 E. 42nd Street, Room 1300
New York, NY 10017
Phone: 212-286-0222
Fax: 212-286-0924