William A. Himmelsbach, MPH, FACHE, President and Chief Executive Officer, was Senior Vice President at VHA and Executive Officer of its New York-based VHA Empire - Metro. Bill may be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Matthew P. Pazaryna, Chief Financial Officer, first joined CRF in 2006. Mr. Pazaryna spent 27 years working in Johnson & Johnson’s Pharmaceutical, Devices, and Diagnostic area, both nationally and internationally. Prior to coming to CRF, he was President of IPS Consulting and President of Polymer Technology International, a manufacturer of blood glucose monitoring systems. Matt may be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Juan F. Granada, MD, Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer of The Jack H. Skirball Center for Cardiovascular Research at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation. Prior to joining CRF, Dr. Granada served as Director of Cardiovascular Translational Research at the Methodist DeBakey Heart Center, in Houston, Texas. Juan may be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Johnnie White, CMP, Executive Director, Meetings and Educational Services Division, has been at CRF since July 2006. He was previously Director of Meetings and Continuing Medical Education (CME) Services at The Endocrine Society in Bethesda, Maryland. Johnnie may be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Donald L. Abrams, Esq, General Counsel, has worked at CRF since August 2000. Prior to this he served as Corporate Counsel at Columbia Cornell Care. Don may be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Joshua D. Hartman, Director, Web Sites, and Managing Editor, TCTMD.com has been at CRF since 2007. Prior to this role, he was Director of Online Marketing and Education at PPD, Inc., and Senior Consultant at Deloitte Consulting. He helped found and develop the TCTMD web site in April 2000 and has been its managing editor since 2004. Josh may be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Greg L. Kaluza, MD, PhD, Director of Research at The Jack H. Skirball Center for Cardiovascular Research, part of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation. Prior to joining CRF, Dr. Kaluza served as Scientific Director of the Center for Research in Cardiovascular Interventions and as Codirector of the Core Angiographic Laboratory at the Methodist Hospital Research Institute in Houston, Texas. Greg may be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Fun Lee, CMP, Director of Meeting Planning, joined CRF in June 2006 as Manager, Meeting Planning. She was previously Events and Chapter Development Manager for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and Meetings Manager for the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Fun may be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Sarah Luijpers, PMP, Director of Business Operations for the Clinical Trials Center, joined CRF in March, 2010. She was previously Clinical Pharmacology Lead in the Early Stage Development Operations Division of Merck Research Laboratories. Prior to that, she held successive positions in clinical research and project management at Schering Plough Research Institute. Sarah may be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Eileen Morales, Controller, came to CRF in January, 2001. She had previously been in the accounting office of a law firm in New York City. Eileen may be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Tony Napoli, Director of Information Technology, joined CRF in June of 2009. Tony has extensive experience in the Health Care, Telecommunications and Property Management industries. Tony served with Milstein Properties as Director of IT, Schering Plough as Assistant Director over seeing IT operations and IT&T and IBM. Tony can be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Kelli O'Toole, PHR, Director of Human Resources and Office Services, joined CRF in 2001. Prior to that, she worked in Human Resources at another non-profit organization in New York City. Kelli may be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Helen Parise, ScD, Executive Director of the CRF Clinical Trials Center, has been at CRF since March 2007. She was previously Director of Biostatistics at Veristat, Inc, a contract research organization in Holliston, MA and prior to that an Assistant Professor at Boston University. Helen may be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Ted Silverstein, Director, Creative and Marketing Services, came to CRF in March 2008 from Thomas Publishing, where he was Director of Web & Interactive Media Operations. Ted may be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Lisa Hathaway Stella, CMP, Director of Industry Relations, joined CRF in 2004 and has held various positions involving partnering with industry. Prior to joining CRF, Lisa was Director of Development at Catalyst, Inc., and at Richmond Events overseeing strategic business conferences in the marketing and food service industries. Lisa can be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Colleen Whelan, Director, CME and Program Development, joined CRF in May, 2000 in Academic Coordination. Prior to that she was a Research Assistant in the Cath Lab at Cornell Medical College. Colleen can be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
