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The Mathew
Forbes Romer
Foundation, Inc.
is an IRS
designated
nonprofit,
tax-exempt
organization
under Section
501(c)(3) of
the Internal
Revenue Code

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Leadership

Officers and Board of Directors

Kevin Romer *
President, Mathew Forbes Romer Foundation;
Video Products Engineering Director for Tyco International;
Vice Presidend, National Tay-Sachs and Allied Diseases Association (NTSAD)

Lisajane Romer *
Secretary / Treasurer; Mathew Forbes Romer Foundation;
Product Operations Director for Motorola

Carl Meyers
VP Growth & Development; Former President, Corporate Media Communications, Inc., NYC); Former VP Broadcasting, National Hockey League & Services, NYC.

Carole Romer
Former Vice President of B'nai Brith Women International

Edward M. Yorke
Managing Director, Vice Chairman, investment Banking Credit Suisse;  Member, Board of Trustees, Hospital for Special Surgeries, NY

Richard Gold
Executive Vice President, Promise Healthcare Corporation

Pablo Meles
Partner, Akerman Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A.

Larry Lemanski
Ph.D. Senior Vice President for Research and Strategic initiatives, Temple University, Emeritus


Medical / Scientific Advisory Board

Mislen Bauer, MD, FACMG Director, Medical Genetics Miami Children's Hospital

Richard Bennett, DO, FAPP Partner, Pediatric Associates

Anne Boynkin, Ph.D. Dean of the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University

Stuart Horowitz, Ph.D. Director of Research Miami Children's Hospital

Shane Palmer, MS, CGC Territory Manager Genzyme Genetics Corporation

Anwar Vardag, MD, FAAP, FCCP, FRCPCH, DCH Director, Pediatric Intensive Care West Boca Medical Center / Tenet South Florida HealthSystem

Neal Weinreb, MD Director, University Research Foundation for Lysosomal storage Diseases 


Advisory Board

Lori Baron
Neil Eisenband, CPA
Dorie Grizzard
Congressman Ron Klein
Judy Levis Markhoff
Lisa Romer Math
Linda Meran
Lois Siegel
Allan Spiro


Honorary Board

Karen Bomber
Amy Brand
Matt Cave
Victoria Cave
Randi Eisenband
Shelley & Frank Friedland*
Pablo Meles
Linda Meran
Ellen Meyers
Roberta Meyers**
Jill Morgenstein
Bob Nichols
Janet Oppenheimer
Ellie Robbins
Richard Robbins, MD
Neal Roher
Mindy Romer
William Romer**
Steve Rosner
Eric Schiffer
Eileen Segal
Lois Siegel*
Tara Siegel
Daniel Vargas*
Jamie Weinstein


*affected families
**deceased





The Mathew Forbes Romer Foundation's mission is to promote and lead critical awareness, testing, counseling, and research initiatives that hold promise for the prevention and eventual cure of fatal children's genetic diseases of the brain




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