12th Annual Advocacy Awards Gala Honorary Chairs
Joanne G. Angle, Association for Research in Vision &. Ophthalmology
Arden Bement, Jr., PhD
Edward J. Benz, Jr., MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Claudette D. Beyer, Heat Transfer Research, Inc.
Robert J. Birgeneau, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Rear Admiral Susan J. Blumenthal, MD, amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research
William R. Brinkley, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
David & Denise Bunning, The Food Allergy Project, Inc.
The Honorable Michael Capuano
Carolyn M. Clancy, MD, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Richard T. Clark, Merck & Co., Inc.
Victor Dzau, MD, Duke University Medical Center
Robert Essner, Wyeth
Eddie Evans, sanofi-aventis
The Honorable Dianne Feinstein
Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, PhD, Institute of Medicine of The National Academies
Kevin R. Frost, amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research
Philip Frost, MD, TEVA Pharmaceuticals
Julie L. Gerberding, MD, MPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dennis P. Gillings, PhD, Quintiles Transnational Corp.
Gary Gottlieb, MD, Brigham & Women's Hospital
Andrew M. Gotto, Jr., MD, DPhil, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Vartan Gregorian, PhD, Carnegie Corporation of New York
Fred Hassan, Schering-Plough
Mary J.C. Hendrix, PhD, Children's Memorial Research Center, Chicago
The Honorable Johnny Isakson
Harry Johns, Alzheimer's Association
Evan Jones, Evan & Cindy Jones Foundation
James F. Jorkasky, National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research
Susan A. Kelly, PhD, Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science
Darrell G. Kirch, MD, Association of American Medical Colleges
Debra R. Lappin, JD, B&D Consulting
John M. Lee, MD, PhD, Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Gerald S. Levey, MD, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
John M. Maraganore, PhD, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
The Honorable Jim McDermott
Liza Minnelli
William D. Novelli, AARP
Robert Parkinson, Baxter International
William A. Peck, MD, Washington University in St. Louis Center for Health Policy
Fred Sanfilippo, MD, PhD, Emory University
John R. Seffrin, PhD, American Cancer Society
Larry J. Shapiro, MD, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
The Honorable Louis Stokes, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, LLP
The Honorable Billy Tauzin, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
Christopher A. Viehbacher, GlaxoSmithKline
M. Cass Wheeler, American Heart Association
Miles D. White, Abbott
Tadataka Yamada, MD, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Elias Zerhouni, MD, National Institutes of Health
Anthony P. Zook, AstraZeneca US