Staff

Chris Nowinski, PhD

Co-Founder & CEO, CLF
Chris Nowinski, PhD, is co-founder and CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, a non-profit organization leading the fight against concussions and...
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Robert Cantu, MD

Co-Founder & Medical Director, CLF
Currently Dr. Cantu’s professional responsibilities include those of Medical Director and Director of Clinical Research, Dr. Robert C. Cantu Concus...
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Lisa McHale

Director of Legacy Family Relations
Lisa McHale graduated from Cornell University, where she met her husband, Tom McHale, an All-American Defensive End for the Big Red. They married i...
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Julia Manning

Chief of Staff & Communications
Julia Manning joined the Concussion Legacy Foundation team in September 2018 after spending six years in broadcast journalism. Most recently, Julia...
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Michael Burke

Director of Patient Programs
Michael Burke joined the Concussion Legacy Foundation in January 2017. Michael manages CLF’s patient services, including the CLF HelpLine, pe...
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Tia Sneath

Director of Development
Tia Sneath joined the Concussion Legacy Foundation in 2024 as the Director of Development. With a background in philanthropy, Tia has held key posi...
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Niki Collazo

Operations Manager
Niki Collazo joined the Concussion Legacy Foundation as the Finance & Administration Coordinator in July 2022, and has served as Operations Man...
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Sagar Dave

Digital Technology Manager
Sagar joined the Concussion Legacy Foundation in August 2022 after working in technology and programming for a decade. In his previous role of prog...
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Morgan Hicks

Development Manager
Morgan joined the Concussion Legacy Foundation in January of 2021. A lifelong soccer player and self-proclaimed ‘fangirl’ of the US Wom...
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Dan Molloy

Special Projects Manager
Dan joined the Concussion Legacy Foundation in February 2023 following a decade working in newsrooms as a sports reporter and anchor. After graduat...
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Tricia Ruiz

CLF HelpLine Manager
Tricia Ruiz joined the Concussion Legacy Foundation as the CLF HelpLine Coordinator in September 2022. She was born in central California and raise...
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Cory Walton

Marketing Manager
Cory joined the Concussion Legacy Foundation in November 2023 after working in the veteran-serving community for nearly four years at the nonprofit...
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Tyler Ambrose

Peer Support Coordinator
Tyler joined CLF in March 2023 as a peer support coordinator. Tyler’s passion for education, human development, and mental health care sparked earl...
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Megan Ashworth

Program and Research Coordinator
Megan Ashworth originally joined the Concussion Legacy Foundation team in May 2022 as an intern for the Patient Services Department, after which sh...
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Kristina Hjertkvist

Development and Event Specialist
Kristina Hjertkvist joined the Concussion Legacy Foundation in 2025 as a Development and Event Specialist. She was born in Södertälje, Sweden but g...
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Samantha Pyle Buono

Legacy Family Community Coordinator
Samantha joined the Concussion Legacy Foundation in August of 2022. She first became acquainted with CLF in 2015 when her father passed away after ...
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Nicholas Paik

Digital Content Coordinator
Nicholas Paik joined the Concussion Legacy Foundation as Digital Content Coordinator in April 2021. He comes from a marketing & communications ...
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Madigan Paradis

HelpLine Coordinator
Madigan first joined the Concussion Legacy Foundation in June 2022 as an intern in the Patient Services department. After two summers of interning,...
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Katelyn Walker

Social Media Coordinator
Katelyn joined the Concussion Legacy Foundation in May of 2023 as the Social Media Coordinator. She graduated from Longwood University with a B.A. ...
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Courtney Welch

Patient Services Coordinator
Courtney Welch, ATC joined the Concussion Legacy Foundation in April 2023 as a Patient Services Coordinator. Courtney is a Certified Athletic Train...
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