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Leadership

Our organization brings together diverse thought leaders across science, medicine, military service, and philanthropy to advance research on blast-induced traumatic brain injury across the military, with a focus on Special Operations Forces.

Leadership Team

  • Shannon Finn Connell, Ph.D.

    Chief Executive Officer & Founder

    Board Chair

  • Bob Fealy

    Chief Strategy Officer

  • James Kelly, Ph.D.

    Chief Medical Scientist

  • Caitlin Scarano, Ph.D.

    Director of Strategic Communications

  • Caitlin Carroll

    Vice President of External Relations

  • Katie Czosek

    Finance Director

  • Claire Tadych

    Grants and Development Manager

Board of Directors

  • Shannon Finn Connell, Ph.D.

    Chief Executive Officer & Founder

    Board Chair

  • Vice Admiral Tim Szymanski (Ret.)

    CEO - Navy SEAL Museum, Commander - Naval Special Warfare Command (ret.)

  • Brian L. Edlow, M.D.

    Vice Chair of Research - Mass General Brigham Neurology, Associate Professor of Neurology - Harvard Medical School

  • Daniel Perl, M.D., Ph.D.

    Foremost Expert in Neuropathology, Meritorious Achievement Award - American Assoc. of Neuropathologists

  • Frank Larkin

    Former Navy SEAL, 40th Sergeant at Arms - U.S. Senate

  • Elizabeth Sheets

    VP of Marketing D4C Brands

  • Jennifer Keegan

    CPA, Head of Tax - Associated British Foods NA

Medical and Science Advisory Council

  • James P. Kelly, M.D., M.A.

    Chief Medical Scientist, Chair - Medical and Science Advisory Council

  • Dallas C. Hack, M.D., M.P.H., FACMPH

    Col. U.S. Army (ret.), Former Director - U.S. Army Combat Casualty Care Research Program

  • Ibolja (Ibi) Cernak, M.D., Ph.D.

    Professor - Neuroscience & Physiology, Walton School of Medicine

  • Jordan Grafman, Ph.D.

    Director of Brain Injury Research Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Professor - Feinberg School of Medicine

  • Josh Duckworth, M.D.

    Captain - U.S. Navy (ret.), Former Director - Defense Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC)

  • Kristen Dams-O’Connor, Ph.D.

    Director - Brain Injury Research Center Mount Sinai Hospital, Professor - Icahn School of Medicine

  • Rocco Armonda, M.D.

    Professor of Neurosurgery Georgetown University Hospital, Director of Neuro-endovascular Surgery & Neurotrauma - MedStar Washington Hospital Center

  • Terri Tanielian, M.A.

    Former Special Assistant to President - Veterans Affairs & Behavioral Health
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