Advisory Boards

National Advisory Board

The National Advisory Board consists of leaders from the sports, business, and medical communities who volunteer their time and talent to the Concussion Legacy Foundation to help us achieve our mission.

Lynn Buoniconti

Philanthropist, Widow of Pro Football Hall of Famer Nick Buoniconti
Lynn is an accomplished advocate who recently retired to devote more time to CTE and breast cancer causes. An entrepreneur at heart, Lynn most r...
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Brandi Chastain

Olympic and World Cup Champion; US Soccer Hall of Fame
Born and raised in San Jose, California, Brandi Chastain is a two-time FIFA Women’s World Cup champion and a two-time Olympic gold-medalist. Chasta...
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Michael Cola

President & Chief Executive Officer, AEVI Genomic Medicine
Michael Cola joined Aevi Genomic Medicine as President and CEO in September 2013. Prior to joining Aevi Genomic Medicine, Mr. Cola served as Presid...
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The Honorable Matthew S. Collier

President & CEO, VAI; Senior Advisor, Fieldstone Equity Partners
Originally from Michigan, Mr. Collier served as an Airborne-Ranger Infantry Officer in the U.S. Army, held major elective public office, and has wo...
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Billy Corgan

President, NWA Wrestling; Lead Singer, The Smashing Pumpkins
Billy Corgan is an American musician, songwriter, producer, poet, and professional wrestling magnate. He is best known as the lead singer, primary ...
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Greg Feasel

President and COO, Colorado Rockies
Greg Feasel is in his 23rd year with the Colorado Rockies and 8th as chief operating officer. In this role, Greg manages all aspects of the organiz...
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Tom Gardner

CEO and Co-Founder, The Motley Fool
Tom Gardner is the chief executive officer and co-chairman of The Motley Fool, a financial services company he co-founded in 1993 with his brother,...
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Rose Gracie

Director, Gracie Concussion Challenge
Rose Gracie is a Brazilian and American sports industry entrepreneur and a member of the largest and most legendary family in combat sports, the Gr...
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Kevin Haley

Chief Strategy Officer, Under Armour
Kevin is responsible for internally and externally driving the Under Armour’s innovation practices, and is in charge of the state-of-the-art Innova...
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Robin Harris

Executive Director, The Ivy League
Since becoming the Ivy League Council of Presidents’ second full-time Executive Director on July 1, 2009, Robin Harris has led the Ivy League...
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Mike Haynes

Pro Football Hall of Fame
Mike Haynes’ professional football career began when he was the fifth player selected in the 1976 draft. A first-round draft choice of the New Engl...
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Mark Henry

Olympian; WWE Hall of Fame
Mark Henry is widely regarded as one of the strongest men to ever live. Henry became a national sensation as an Olympic weightlifter in the early 9...
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Isaiah Kacyvenski

Founder and Managing Partner, Will Ventures
Isaiah’s diverse background includes earning two degrees from Harvard, playing in the National Football League for 8 years between, and achieving s...
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Paul Levesque

Executive Vice President, Talent, Live Events & Creative, WWE
Paul “Triple H” Levesque is WWE’s Executive Vice President, Talent, Live Events & Creative. In this role, he oversees the talent relations and ...
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Brian McBride

General Manager, USMNT; US Soccer Hall of Fame
Brian was named general manager for the US Men’s National Team in January, 2020. His professional soccer career spanned 17 years with three W...
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Matt McKenzie

President and Principal, Thomas Brady & Associates
As the President and Principal of Thomas Brady & Associates, Matt sets the vision of the firm and leads the overall management and strategy of ...
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Phil de Picciotto

Founder and President, Octagon, Inc.
Philip de Picciotto has been at the forefront of the sports and entertainment industry for 35 years. He is a co-founder of Octagon, which has been ...
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Barbara Piette

Managing Principal, Knightsbridge Advisers
Secretary | Barbara is a Managing Principal at Knightsbridge Advisors where she is actively involved in all aspects of portfolio management, includ...
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Andrea Pomerantz Lustig

Author, Philanthropist
Andrea Pomerantz Lustig is the author of How to Look Expensive and is known around the offices of Glamour as the “Beauty Sleuth,” thanks to the wil...
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Carol Quimby-Bonan

Philanthropist and Player Advocate
Carol resides in Austin, TX and is an alumna of the University of Southern California. She has worked at numerous prominent companies including Rab...
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Tim Ring

Co-founder, co-chairman, TEAMFund. Director, BD
Tim Ring was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at CR Bard Inc. from 2003 until 2017, when CR Bard was acquired by Becton Dickinson. He is a Dire...
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Veteran Advisory Board

The Veteran Advisory Board consists of military veterans, medical experts, military brain donor family members, and public and private sector professionals who are committed to helping us solve the invisible wounds of war. The mission of the Veteran Advisory Board is to support Project Enlist by raising awareness, building strategic partnerships, and helping CLF acquire the resources needed for Project Enlist to thrive.

The Honorable Matthew S. Collier

President & CEO, VetAccel Inc. (VAI) | Former Senior Advisor to Secretary of the VA
Veteran Advisory Board Chairman | A former Airborne-Ranger Infantry Officer in the Army, Collier served as Senior Advisor to VA Secretary Bob McDon...
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Alex Balbir, PhD

Chief Growth Officer at Sounds Off | Reservist, U.S. Navy
Alex Balbir is Chief Growth Officer at Sounds Off. Prior to joining Sounds Off, Balbir served as Director for Warrior Care Network® & Independe...
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Scott Blackburn

Partner, McKinsey | Former Armor and Signal Corps Officer, U.S. Army
In his role at McKinsey, Blackburn focuses on the public sector, healthcare, technology and large-scale transformation. He previously led transform...
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John Campbell

General (Ret.), U.S. Army
A retired general in the U.S. Army with 37 years of active duty service, Campbell was most recently the Commander of NATO Forces for the ISAF/Resol...
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Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS

17th Surgeon General of the United States | Chief of Health Innovations, Canyon Ranch | Distingui...
Born to a poor immigrant family in New York City, Richard Carmona experienced homelessness, hunger, and health disparities during his youth. The ex...
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Nicole Condrey

Mayor, Middleton, Ohio | Former Civilian Engineer, U.S. Army
Condrey is a former civilian electrical engineer for the Army and a Foreign Service Officer for the State Department. She lost her husband, Navy Sp...
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Joe Fluet

Chief Executive Officer, MAG Aerospace | Former Helicopter Pilot, U.S. Army
As CEO and founder of MAG Aerospace (MAG), Fluet provides corporate leadership and strategic vision for MAG, the industry’s most comprehensive “tip...
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Buck French

General Partner, X10 Capital | Former Captain, U.S. Army
A former Captain in the U.S. Army, French is an entrepreneur and executive who has exited several businesses successfully across different sectors ...
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Dave Halverson

CEO, Cypress International | Lieutenant General (Ret.), U.S. Army
Prior to his role as CEO of Cypress International, Halverson served in a variety of staff and leadership positions for the U.S. Army, including com...
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Mike Haynie, PhD

Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation, Syracuse University | Former Officer, U...
Dr. Haynie leads Syracuse University’s entrepreneurship and innovation programs, its government and community engagement strategy, and its defense-...
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Sidney Hinds II, MD

Colonel (Ret.) U.S. Army | VP, Brain Health Strategy & Research, Wounded Warrior Project
Prior to his current role at Wounded Warrior Project, Dr. Hinds was Brain Health Coordinator, Department of Defense Blast Injury Research Coordinat...
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Patricia Horoho

CEO, OptumServe | Lieutenant General (Ret.) U.S. Army
A retired Lieutenant General for the U.S. Army, Patty Horoho has experience at every level of leadership within Army Medicine. Horoho served as the...
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Kendall Howell

Associate, Davis Polk & Wardwell | Former Field Artillery Officer, U.S. Army
Howell served as a Field Artillery Officer in the Army before graduating from Harvard Law School. Howell served as a legal clinical intern for the ...
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Thomas Kehoe

Founder and CEO, Frontier Global Advisors
Thomas is the founder and CEO of Frontier Global Advisors. He also has a background spanning military, law, and Wall Street. Thomas served for over...
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Spencer Kympton

Social Sector Leader | Former Aviation Officer, U.S. Army
Kympton previously served as President of The Mission Continues, leading a nationwide team focused on engaging military veterans in continued servi...
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Nathan Machado

Operating Partner, Guidepost | Former Captain, U.S. Army
Nate leads Guidepost’s Value Creation Group, which works across the portfolio and investment lifecycle to identify and catalyze growth opportunitie...
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Spider Marks

Consultant | Major General (Ret.), U.S. Army
A retired Major General for the U.S. Army with service as both an infantryman and an intelligence officer, Spider Marks has over 42 years of leader...
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Bob McDonald

Eighth U.S. Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs
A graduate of West Point, McDonald served as an Airborne Ranger Infantry Captain in the Army. He is the retired chairman, president and CEO of Proc...
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Ann McKee, MD

Chief of Neuropathology, VA Boston Healthcare System
Dr. McKee leads the world’s research on the relationship between brain trauma and chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE. Her research also focuse...
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Bruce Parkman

CEO, MainNerve & Blue Light | Seargeant Major (Ret.), U.S. Army - Green Beret
Parkman is CEO of MainNerve, a provider of end-to-end Defense Grade™ cyber security services, and of Blue Light, the leading provider of analytic t...
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Jason Redman

Author, Speaker | Lieutenant (Ret.) U.S. Navy – Navy SEAL
Redman is a retired Navy SEAL who was instrumental in the launch of CLF Project Enlist. In 2007, Lt. Redman was severely wounded by machine gun fir...
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Will Reynolds

Consultant | Former Captain, U.S. Army
A graduate of West Point, Reynolds is a former Army Captain who has held roles at Team Red, White and Blue and Deloitte. Reynolds is a keynote spea...
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Rebecca Van Horn, MD, MA

Psychiatrist | U.S. Army Reservist
Dr. Van Horn is a psychiatrist and a member of the U.S. Army Reserve. She is the former medical director for The Road Home Program: The National Ce...
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Rashi Venkataraman Romanoff

CEO, NAVREF
Prior to her role at NAVREF, Romanoff served as Executive Vice President at the Elizabeth Dole Foundation. Before that, she worked at America’s Hea...
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Regional Advisory Boards

The Concussion Legacy Foundation’s regional advisory boards are formal chapters whose goal is to deepen the Foundation’s roots in Boston, California, Chicago, Cleveland, and New York. Our community programs are focused on education, awareness and patient services, and our local advisory boards help bring those programs to as many people as possible with the greatest possible impact. Their dedication to the mission of solving the concussion crisis is essential to our local and national success.

BOSTON ADVISORY BOARD

Keith Carroll | Trial Lawyer, Holland & Knight LLP

  • Advisory Board co-chair

Gina Morda | Vice President, Corcoran Property Advisors

  • Advisory Board co-chair

Tony Abbiati | Managing Director, SCS Financial Services, LLC

Craig Adams | Financial Advisor, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management

Peter W. Agnes III | Consultant, Egon Zehnder

Sean Aherne | Senior Financial Analyst, Invicro

Shane Bannon | Head of Canvas FRG at Point72 Asset Management

Joshua Bresler | Managing Director, Thomas H. Lee Partners

Daniel Daneshvar, MD, PhD | Clinical Researcher, Massachusetts General Hospital

Tim Davison | Vice President, Fidelity Investments

Pat Dowling | Musician

Brian Dunphy | Partner, Arnold & Porter

George Foreman III | Entrepreneur

Alisa Galt | Territory Manager, Bioventus

Joel Goodsell | Senior Manager, KPMG LLP

Ryan Heald | Vice President, Morgan Stanley

Matthew Henshon | Partner, Henshon Klein, LLP

Mark Lenzi | US Diplomat

Ben Lovejoy | NBC Sports Group Analyst

Esther Lovett | Investment Analyst, Guidepost Growth Equity

Rick Lovett | President, H20 Wear

Tony Lyons | Managing Director, BioVentures Investors

Nathan Machado | Operating Partner, Guidepost Growth Equity

Tyler Maland | Senior Product Manager, Postlight

Alain Mathieu | Attorney, Mintz

Allison Mazer | Senior Vice President, Luxury Properties Compass Real Estate

John McDonough | Vice President, J.P. Morgan

Shawn McEachern | Boys’ Hockey Coach & Assistant Director of Athletics, The Rivers School

Matt McKenzie | President & Principal, Thomas Brady & Associates

W. Andrew Mims | Founder, Goosewing Partners

Peter Mulderry | Chief Operating Officer, Alua Capital Management

Dana O’Brien | General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Fisher Lynch Capital

Barbara Piette | Managing Principal, Knightsbridge Advisers

Dave Radlo | CEO – Outside Board Member – Trusted Advisor, RB Markets-Achievemost

Nell Scovell | Writer, Producer, Director

Katlyn Shea | Founder & CEO, Dakini

Kristina Tagliente | Co-Founder & Co-Owner at Row Republic, LLC

Doug Warren | Former MLS Player

John Werner | Managing Director, Link Ventures, Chief Network Officer, SVP of Corporate Development, Cogo Labs

Cesarina Templeton Wheeler | Senior Vice President, Overland Capital Group

In Memoriam – Bret Cohen

CALIFORNIA ADVISORY BOARD

Jill Arrington | Former Sports Anchor for KCBS and FOX Sports, Daughter of former NFL player, CLF Legacy Family Community Member

Annie Austin | Physical Therapist

Scott Austin | Finance Executive

Dr. Julius Bishop | Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine

Samantha Pyle Buono | Legacy Family Community Coordinator, Concussion Legacy Foundation

Kevin Brady | Director of Business Development, SCS Financial

Justin Brennan | Senior Vice President and Private Wealth Advisor, Capital Group Private Client Services

  • Advisory Board co-chair

Rebecca Carpenter | Visual Artist, Filmmaker, Educator, CLF Legacy Family Community Member

Eli Ceryak | Founder and President, Bridgeview Commercial Real Estate

Brandi Chastain | Olympic & World Cup Champion, U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame

Randy Cross | College Football Analyst & Super Bowl Champion, The Randy Cross Podcast

Tom Dever | Managing Partner at TLaurence+Company

Mike Haynes | Pro Football Hall of Fame, President, Mike Haynes & Associates

Chris Hetherington | CEO, Fathead and 11-yr NFL Veteran

Dean Jacobson | Managing Director, Accel-KKR

  • Advisory Board co-chair

Barbara Jones | Co-Managing Shareholder, Los Angeles, Shareholder, Global Capital Markets, ESG Task Force, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Ben Koldyke | Actor & Entrepreneur

Ali Kramer | Director, Integrated Campaigns at ZoomInfo

Owen Leary | Partner, Redmile Group

  • Advisory Board co-chair

Amanda Lorenzen

Alex Mack | Retired NFL Player

Matt McKenzie | President & Principal, Thomas Brady & Associates

Charlie Neiman | Director, Head of Sports Partnerships, Amazon Prime Video

Barbara Piette | Managing Principal, Knightsbridge Advisers

David Reiss, MD | Psychiatrist

Brian Smith | Co-founder/CEO, RedCrow

AJ Tarpley | Private Wealth Manager, Merrill Lynch

Joe Traverso | Vice President, Electronic Arts

Greg Tuerk | Sales Executive, ROTH Capital Partners

Valerie Tuerk | Senior Consultant, Healthcare, Mazars USA

Allan Walsh | Co-Managing Director, Octagon Hockey

Tim Ward | Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company, Healthcare and Public Sector Practice

CHICAGO ADVISORY BOARD

Kim Adamle | Educational Consultant, Family Educator & Coach, School Psychology Trainer

Mike Adamle | Former NFL running back & Former WWE Host

Jamie Baisley | Managing Director, Frontage Search Partners

Joel Braunstein, MD | Co-Founder, President, & CEO, C2N Diagnostics

Stephanie Braunstein | Philanthropist

James Castle, MD | Cognitive & Behavioral Neurologist, NorthShore University HealthSystem

William R. Daley | Managing Director, Goldman Sachs

Deb DiMaggio | Principal and Managing Partner, Law Offices of Debra DiMaggio

Lisa Leonard DiMucci, ND | President, Naturally Healthy with Dr. Lisa

Ted Drury | Former NHL Player, Global Head of Trading, UBS O’Connor LLC

Tregg Duerson | Chief Operating Officer, Rebuild Foundation

Gary Fencik | Former NFL Player, Senior Partner, Investor Relations, Adams Street Partners

Chris Gaughan | Founder & Managing Partner at Caelum Ventures, LLC

Erica Goldman | Global Real Estate Advisor, Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty

Jon Goldman | SVP of Mortgage Lending, Guaranteed Rate Affinity

Chris Gust | CEO & CIO, Wolverine Asset Management, LLC

Steven Jedlinski | IP Litigation Partner, Holland & Knight LLP

Annie Johnson | Executive Assistant to Head of School, Lake Forest Country Day School

Rob Johnson | President, RJ47, LLC

Ben Koldyke | Actor & Entrepreneur

Helen Kwan | Lobbyist and Consultant, Helen Kwan and Associates

John J. Malm | Attorney, Law Offices of John J. Malm & Associates

Sara Malm | Business Consultant, Law Offices of John J. Malm & Associates

Brian McBride | General Manager, U.S. Men’s National Team at U.S. Soccer Federation

Dawn McKenna | Founding Principal, Dawn McKenna Group

Jack McKenna | President & CEO, Prescient

Steve McKenna | Attorney, Investor, & Entrepreneur

Len Messner, OD | VP and Chief Strategy Officer, Illinois College of Optometry

Shannon Morrissey | Therapist / Founder, Iter Counseling

Liz Nicholson Sullivan | Owner, Liz Nicholson & Associates

Gordon Nuber, MD | Professor of Clinical Orthopedic Surgery, Northwestern Medicine

Jack O’Callahan | Former NHL Player, Senior Managing Director, Ziegler Capital Management

Bob Reiter | President, Chicago Federation of Labor

Rob Ryan | Co-Founder, BrainBeat & Executive Chariman, Interactive Metronome

Brian Salvi | Partner, Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard

Lewis Simon | Founder of STY House Hockey and Apparel

Sam Sisodia, PhD | Professor, Center for Molecular Neurobiology at the University of Chicago

Doug Warren | Former MLS Player

In Memoriam – Michael Cronin

CLEVELAND ADVISORY BOARD

Peter Carfagna | Chairman & CEO, Magis, LLC

  • Advisory Board Chair

Erick Anderson | Former NFL Player, President, For Those Who Stayed

Steve Buffo | Managing Director, Stout

Rita Carfagna | Vice Chairman, Captains Baseball and Captains Charities

Dave Chaney | President, The Chaney Companies, LLC

Jim Convertino | Director, McGowan PAE

Bob Golic | Former NFL Player & Sports Commentator

Jeffrey Lambert-Shemo | Area Director of Sports Medicine, NovaCare

Arthur Lavin, MD | Pediatrician, Advanced Pediatrics

Erin Lytle | Daughter of Rob and Tracy Lytle

Kelly Lytle | VP, Sales and Carrier Partnerships, Proformex

Tracy Lytle | Teacher, Fremont City Schools

Jani Memorich | Associate Director, McGowan PAE

Zoltan Mesko | Account Executive, Snowflake & Former NFL Player

Priscila Rocha | Assistant Legal Counsel, Cleveland Metroparks

Dale Sheptak, DSSc | Associate Professor, Baldwin Wallace University

David Sloane | CEO/Founder of Game Plan Strategies LLC

Jack Staph | President, Cleveland Marathon, Inc.

Josh Staph | VP, Strategy and Digital, Home Textile Division, Standard Textile

Virginia Stewart | Executive In Residence, University Hospitals Ventures

Ricky Volante | CEO & Co-Founder, The Professional Collegiate League

Jeffrey Wahl | President & Co-Founder, MIDAS Healthcare Solutions, Inc

Richard Zigmond, PhD | Professor, Case Western Reserve University

NEW YORK ADVISORY BOARD

Erich Anderer, MD | Chief of Neurosurgery, NYU Langone Hospital – Brooklyn

Jeanne Andlinger | Philanthropist

Shane Bannon | Head of Canvas FRG at Point72 Asset Management

Brock Bell | Head of Treasury, Hidden Road

Brendan Bibro | Partner, Bengal Asset Management

Hank Bjorklund | Former NFL Running Back, NY Jets

Victoria Bjorklund | Retired Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLC

Blythe Bonan | Media Planner, Robb Report & ARTnews

Lynn Buoniconti | Entrepreneur and Philanthropist

Angela Campigotto-Harrison | Director, Creative Fingerpaint Marketing Firm

Fred Craig III | Director, Bmo Bank of Montreal

Ciara Dockery, PhD | Director, NFL Life Line

Mark Drakos, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery at Hospital for Special Surgery

Buck French | Former Captain, U.S. Army, General Partner, X10 Capital

Chris Gaughan | Founder & Managing Partner at Caelum Ventures, LLC

Fletcher Gregory | Principal, General Atlantic

Thomas Kehoe | CEO, Frontier Global Advisors

David Koeppel | Principal, Koeppel Rosen LLC

Lesley Koeppel | Independent Writing and Editing Professional

Andrea Pomerantz Lustig | Contributing Beauty Editor, GLAMOUR Magazine

Leonard Marshall | Former NFL Player, Managing Partner, Marshall/Procida Development Corp

Matt McKenzie | President & Principal, Thomas Brady & Associates

Mike Meany | Legacy Family Community Outreach Liaison

Jayma Meyer | Counsel, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Thomas Morgan | Managing Partner, TMorgan Advisers, LLC

Patty Pae | Global Sales Manager, Egencia

Anthony Paquette | Chief Financial Officer, Point72 Asset Management

John Raffaeli | Head of Mission & Director of Business Development, Central National Gottesman

David Robertson | Director, Fixed Income Asset Allocation, UBS

Tara Rockefeller | Vice President, The Gramercy Park Block Association

Frank B. Ryan | Architect, Photographer, Artist, and Entrepreneur

Rob Ryan | Co-Founder, BrainBeat & Executive Chairman, Interactive Metronome

Gary Simpson | Chief Operating Officer, Windmill Capital LLC

Todd Slattery | Chief Operating Officer, CBC Group

Julian Swearengin | General Counsel, The Drone Racing League

Johnny Townsend | Professional athlete, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist

In Memoriam – Nick Buoniconti

Legacy Family
Community

The Legacy Family Community is made up of family members who became connected to CLF as a result of the loss of a loved one who had been impacted by brain injury through sports, military service or other means. It was created, in part, as a means to show our appreciation to our Legacy Donor families by keeping them informed on the progress of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) research that was made possible through their generous donation to the UNITE Brain Bank.

Members of the Legacy Family Community remain active in the fight against CTE and Post-Concussion Syndrome (PCS) and are available to discuss their experience and answer questions regarding brain donation to those considering participation in this research. If you would like to contact a member of the community, please email Lisa McHale.