Leadership Team
Dana Ball
Executive Director and Co-founder T1D Exchange, CEO, Unitio
Dana Ball has been a patient advocate for 30 years and spent the past 13 years as a nonprofit executive driving innovative programs in type 1 diabetes (T1D). Before becoming CEO and Founder of Unitio and Executive Director of T1D Exchange, Dana served as Program Director for the T1D program at the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust where he co-founded the Exchange. He also developed long-term strategies and created initiatives that funded novel approaches in T1D research, technology, systems, and outreach. Previous to that, Dana served as the Executive Director of the Iacocca Foundation, where he oversaw all aspects of the family’s philanthropic activities including the development of a multimillion-dollar fundraising campaign to advance the field of beta cell regeneration. Programs at The Iacocca Foundation included initiatives to support research and development to advance the understanding of T1D in humans and support new clinical interventions.
Roy Beck, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, T1D Exchange Clinic Coordinating Center, Executive Director, Jaeb Center for Health Research
Dr. Beck, a physician and epidemiologist, is the director of the Jaeb Center for Health Research in Tampa, FL. In the midst of his more than 25 years’ experience directing and coordinating multi-center clinical trials, type 1 diabetes became a major focus of his research after one of his children developed T1D, starting with the Diabetes Research in Children Network (DirecNet). In addition he has directed the coordinating center for the JDRF Continuous Glucose Monitoring trials and the JDRF Artificial Pancreas Project as well as two type 1 diabetes registries: the Pediatric Diabetes Consortium and the T1D Exchange, funded by the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. Dr. Beck has been an author or co-author of more than 200 manuscripts in scientific journals. He has been a member of numerous committees of the National Institutes of Health and has served on several journal editorial boards.
Board of Directors
Abbie Celniker, Ph.D., Partner, Third Rock Ventures
Haydon Keitner, Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP
Jennifer McCabe, Member, Outside GC
Jay Mohr, President, CEO and Co-founder, Dirigo Therapeutics, LLC
Marijane Norris-Geary, President, Yozell Associates
Kim R. Pemble, M.S., CPHIMS, FHIMSS, Vice President, Enterprise Applications and Data Solutions, Marshfield Clinic Health System, University of Minnesota
Deborah Pine, Executive Director, Center for Women and Business, Bentley University
Keith Ryan, President, Geneous Biomedical Advisors, Inc.
Jeoffrey Bispham
Research Assistant
Alyssa Cabrera
Quality Improvement Specialist
Jason Dana Costa
Chief Operating Officer
Linda Crasco
Executive Assistant
Lily Fuller
Administrative Assistant, Research
Sarah Gabbey
Administrative Assistant
Colleen Garey
Data Analyst Coordinator
Elda Gautschi
Director, Patient Center Research Operations
Trisha Gura
Director, Marketing and Communications
Aileen Hickey
Research Coordinator
Craig Idlebrook
Community Engagement and Content Manager
Sara Landry
Human Resources Manager
Jingwen Liu
Data Analyst
Robin M. Lord
Associate Director, Strategic Initiatives
Alicia McAuliffe-Fogarty
Vice President, Patient-Centered Research
Haley Oh
Associate Director, Clinical Research
Kara Page
Biobank Project Manager
Rebecca Parkes
Director of Advancement
Jaya Plmanabhan
Chief Technology Officer
Nicole Rioles
Director of Quality Care and Clinical Innovation
Caitlin Rooke
Lead Research Study Coordinator
Rupa Shah
Associate Director of Development and Management
Ean Towsner
Grants, Contracts, and Systems Administrator
Pilar Williams
Project Manager, Quality Care and Clinical Innovation
Anton Wirsch
Data Integration Manager
Wendy Wolf
Director, Science Program
Renan Yesilcimen
Accounting Manager
Claire Boyle
Biostatisician
Crystal Connor
Biostatisician
Stephanie DuBose
Epidemiologist/Statistician
Nicole Foster
Biostatistician
Robin Gal
Epidemiologist
Russell Guzzetta
Web Developer
Karalyn Hadley
Research Operations Manager
Craig Kollman
Director of Biostatistics
Kate Longergan
Administrative Assistant
David McNabb
Data Manager
Kellee Miller
Epidemiologist/Statistician
Nicole Reese
Database Manager
Jonathan Rohena
Research Assistant
Jeffrey Saunders
Statistician Assistant/Manuscript Manager
Elizabeth Smith
Protocol Monitor
Heidi Strayer
Senior Web Developer
Ruth Thomas
Research Assistant
Alandra Verdejo
Protocol Manager
Mengdi Wu
Statistician