11th Annual Advocacy Awards Gala Honorary Chairs
Co-Chairs
Christopher A. Viehbacher
President, U.S. Pharmaceuticals
GlaxoSmithKline
Mary J.C. Hendrix, PhD
President and Scientific Director
Children's Memorial Research Center
Media Host
Randy Siegel
Publisher
PARADE magazine
George B. Abercrombie
President and Chief Executive Officer
Roche
Joanne Angle
Executive Director
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Dennis A. Ausiello, MD
Physician-in-Chief, Medical Service
Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Medicine
Arden J. Bement, Jr., PhD
Henry S. Bienen, PhD
President
Northwestern University
David Bunning
President
The Food Allergy Project, Inc.
Carolyn Clancy, MD
Director,
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Richard T. Clark
Chief Executive Officer and President
Merck & Co., Inc.
Mary Sue Coleman, PhD
President
University of Michigan
The Honorable Diana DeGette
Sam Donaldson
ABC News Television Network
The Honorable Rahm Emanuel
Robert Essner
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Wyeth
Joseph M. Feczko, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Pfizer Inc
James W. Fordyce
Chairperson
Albert & Mary Lasker Foundation
Julie L. Gerberding, MD, MPH
Director
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Barbara A. Gordon
Executive Officer
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
J. Warren Gorrell, Jr.
Chairman
Hogan & Hartson, LLP
Vartan Gregorian
President
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Jessie Gruman, PhD
President
Center for the Advancement of Health
Fred Hassan
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Schering-Plough
Yoshihiko Hatanaka
President and Chief Executive Officer
Astellas Pharma US Inc.
Anthony C. Hooper
President, U.S. Pharmaceuticals
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Neen Hunt, EdD
President
Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation
Scott Hunt
Executive Director
The Endocrine Society
The Honorable Jon Huntsman, Jr.
Jon and Karen Huntsman
The Honorable Kay Bailey Hutchison
Robert A. Ingram
Vice Chairman, Pharmaceuticals
GlaxoSmithKline
The Honorable Johnny Isakson
The Honorable Jesse Jackson, Jr.
Evan Jones
Chairman of the Board
Digene Corp.
James Jorkasky
Executive Director
National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research
Darrell G. Kirch, MD
President
Association of American Medical Colleges
Lee Kravitz
Editor-in-Chief
PARADE
Constance E. Lieber
President
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
The Honorable Nita M. Lowey
Patrick Magoon
President and Chief Executive Officer
Children's Memorial Research Center
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Joseph B. Martin, MD, PhD
Dean, Faculty of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School
The Honorable Jim Matheson
Mark McClellan, MD, PhD
Senior Fellow
AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies
Edward D. Miller, MD
Dean of the Medical Faculty and Chief Executive Officer
Johns Hopkins Medicine,
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Rear Admiral Ken Moritsugu
Acting Surgeon General of the United States
William D. Novelli
Chief Executive Officer
AARP
The Honorable Barack Obama
William A. Peck, MD
Director
Washington University in St. Louis
Center for Health Policy
The Honorable John Edward Porter
Chair, Research!America
Partner, Hogan & Hartson LLP
Jean E. Robillard, MD
Vice President for Medical Affairs
University of Iowa, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Timothy Rothwell
President and Chief Executive Officer,
sanofi-aventis U.S.
John R. Seffrin, PhD
Chief Executive Officer
American Cancer Society
Larry J. Shapiro, MD
Executive Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs and Dean
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Susan L. Solomon
Chief Executive Officer
The New York Stem Cell Foundation
The Honorable Arlen Specter
Timothy C. Tyson
President and Chief Executive Officer
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
David Van Andel
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Van Andel Institute
William C. Weldon
Chairman, Board of Directors, and Chief Executive Officer
Johnson & Johnson
M. Cass Wheeler
Chief Executive Officer
American Heart Association
Miles D. White
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Abbott
Kern Wildenthal, MD, PhD
President
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Judy Woodruff
Senior Correspondent and Political Editor
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Elias Zerhouni, MD
Director
National Institutes of Health
Anthony P. Zook
President and Chief Executive Officer
AstraZeneca US