Board of Directors

The Parkinson's Disease Foundation is led by a Board of Directors composed of volunteers from the medical and lay communities. Under the leadership of Dr. Lewis P. Rowland, President, the Board functions to advise, assist and aid in our efforts as a leader in Parkinson’s disease research, education and public advocacy.

Officers

Lewis P. Rowland, M.D.
President, former Chairman of the Department of Neurology at Columbia University

Timothy A. Pedley, M.D.
Vice President, Chairman of the Department of Neurology at Columbia University

Stephen Ackerman
Treasurer, Senior Vice President, Financial Adviser Global Wealth Management at Morgan Stanley

Isobel Robins Konecky
Secretary, President of New Dramatists

Stanley Fahn, M.D.
Scientific Director, Chief of the Movement Disorders Division at Columbia University

Directors

Constance Woodruff Atwell, Ph.D.
former Director of the Division of Extramural Research at NIH/NINDS

Karen Elizabeth Burke, M.D., Ph.D.
prominent New York City dermatologist

Margo Catsimatidis
co-publisher of the Hellenic Times, a leading Greek-American newspaper

Barbara Costikyan
author and former food critic for New York Magazine

Peter Dorn
co-owner of the Copacabana, legendary New York City nightclub

George Pennington Egbert III
Director, Equity Research at Barclays Capital

Sarah Belk Gambrell
executive in the family-owned Belk company based in North Carolina

Stephanie Goldman-Pittel
President of the UJA Federation of New Jersey and member of the Board of Lighthouse International

Arlene Levine
Chair of the Fund for Women and Girls Philanthropic Breakfast of the New York Community Trust of Westchester County

Marshall Loeb
personal finance pioneer and former Managing Editor of Fortune and Money magazines

Howard D. Morgan
Managing Director at New York City-based Castle Harlan, Inc.

Thomas A. Palizzi
Executive Director of Sales and Marketing, Azteca Systems; Chair, People with Parkinson's Advisory Council

Marie Schwartz
accomplished journalist, author and philanthropist

Domna Stanton, Ph.D.
distinguished professor of French at the City University of New York

Sandra Feagan Stern, Ed.D.
Managing Director of the Multiple Residence and Farm Advisory Group of the Citigroup Private Bank

Melvin S. Taub
past Chairman of Prime Hospitality Inc.

Martin Tuchman
Chairman and CEO of container shipping businesses Interpool, Inc., Interpool Limited and Trac Lease

Chairman Emeritus

Page Morton Black
Former PDF Chairman, widow of William Black, PDF founder and Chock full o’Nuts creator