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Leadership

The Honorable John Edward Porter The Honorable John Edward Porter is chair of Research!America's Board of Directors and a partner in Hogan Lovells US LLP Washington, DC, law office. Previously, he served 21 years as a congressman from the 10th district in Illinois. In Congress he was chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; as vice-chair of the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations; and as vice-chair of the Subcomittee on Military Construction. More about The Honorable John Edward Porter. (Click on the photo for a hi-res color headshot.)

Mary WoolleyMary Woolley is the president of Research!America. Under her leadership, Research!America's membership has more than quadrupled as it has earned the attention and respect of research, media, and community leaders with its signature public opinion surveys and advocacy resource materials. More about Mary Woolley. (Click on the photo for a hi-res color headshot.)

Staff

Executive Offices

Barbara Love
Executive Assistant to the President

Administrative

Michael Coburn
Chief Operating Officer

Brooke Williams
Staff Accountant

Aimée Lefever

Office Manager

Communications

Suzanne Ffolkes
Vice President, Communications

Brian Hunsicker
Communications Specialist

Anna Briseño
Communications Specialist 

Glorymar Rivera
Senior Communications Associate

Megan Kane
Communications Intern 

Membership and Development

Carol Kennedy
Senior Director, Development and Membership

Kyndra Fuller
Manager, Membership Development

Ted Brasfield
Membership & Development Assistant

Policy, Programs and Outreach

Eleanor "Ellie" Dehoney
Vice President, Policy and Programs

Max Bronstein
Director of Science Policy

Jordan Gates
Administrative Coordinator, Policy and Programs

Adam Katz
Program Associate 

Anurupa Dev
Science Policy Fellow
Fellowship sponsored by Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Rahul Kale
Science Policy Intern
Internship sponsored by Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Public and Global Health Research Advocacy

Jennifer Chow
Director, Global Health R&D and Public Health Advocacy

Alexandra Frank
Senior Program Manager, Global Health R&D and Public Health Advocacy

Chris Bennett
Senior Program Manager, Global Health R&D Advocacy

Morgan McCloskey
Global Health R&D Intern
Internship sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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