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.
Brian Becker
Senior Systems Engineer
Elizabeth Bevilacqua
Associate Director, Alliance Management & Member Relations
Jeoffrey Bispham
Research Manager
Alyssa Cabrera
Quality Improvement Specialist
Sally Chege
Research Analyst
Claire Clendenen
QI Coordinator
Jason Costa
Chief Operating Officer
Elda Dhimitri
Research Operations Manager
Anna Floreen
Associate Director of Education and Outreach
Christine Frost
Digital Strategist
Colleen Garey
Research Analyst
Erin Gilbert
Chief Advancement Officer
Tyler Greenberg
Accounting Coordinator
Aileen Hickey
Research Manager
Robin Lord
Marketing Project Manager
Bridgett Mahoney
Executive Assistant
Daniel Nolan
Software Developer
Haley Oh
Associate Director, Clinical Research
Kara Page
Biobank Project Manager
Melissa Papayannis
Advancement Associate
Jill Petrie
Director of Communications and Community Relations
Jaya Plmanabhan
Chief Technology Officer
Nicole Rioles
Director of Quality Care and Clinical Innovation
Alex Rosenblatt
Marketing Coordinator
George Serbedzija
Director of Business Development
Avni Shah
Quality Improvement Medical Advisor
Ean Towsner
Grants, Contracts, and Systems Administrator
Wendy Wolf
Director of Unitio Biobank
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