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Staff at the Cancer Research Institute's headquarters in New York City hold special expertise in nonprofit management and development, scientific and medical communications, event planning, and grants administration. Our team is passionate about saving more lives with cancer immunotherapy.

CEO
Jill O'Donnell-Tormey, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer and Director of Scientific Affairs
Senior Staff
Brian M. Brewer
Director of Marketing and Communications
Lynne A. Harmer
Director of Grants Administration and Special Events
Vanessa M. Lucey, Ph.D., MBA
Director, CRI Venture Fund and Clinical Accelerator
Alfred R. Massidas
Chief Financial Officer and Director of Human Resources
Sharon Slade
Director of Strategic Initiatives
People
Sofia Balog
Project Coordinator
Arthur N. Brodsky, Ph.D.
Senior Science Writer
Janet Fernandez
Assistant to the CEO
Kelly Flynn
Front End Administrative Assistant
Ryan Godfrey
Grants Administrator
Cierra Howard
Community Fundraising Coordinator
Rachel Jones
Assistant to the Director of Strategic Initiatives
Rupinder Kaur
Senior Manager of Operations and Officer of Planned Giving
Marla S. Lawson
Associate Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations
Robert Levine, MBA
Project Manager
Jasmine Lingard
Senior Manager of Special Events
Deanne Marbach
Development Officer
Shasell Negron
Community Fundraising Manager
Alice Northover
Senior Marketing Manager
Caroline Offit
Associate Director of Patient Engagement
Lillian Ramos
Administrative Assistant
Kajol Sankar
Donation Processing Assistant
Chary Sathea
Social Media Manager
Alexa Schles
Graphic Designer
Natasha Shah
Development Assistant
Devi Sharma
Donations Processing Manager
Samik Upadhaya, Ph.D.
Research Analyst, CRI Clinical Accelerator and Venture Fund
Jia Xin "Annie" Yu, Ph.D.
Data Scientist, CRI Venture Fund and Clinical Accelerator
Qing Hua Zhang
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