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Parent's Guide to Cord Blood Foundation

» Since 1998, the Parent's Guide to Cord Blood website has provided expectant parents with unbiased information about cord blood stem cells and cord blood banks. In 2007, the founder, Dr. Frances Verter, recruited a Board of Directors and we incorporated as a non-profit foundation. We have received tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the USA Internal Revenue Code. This means that we must comply with the legal guidelines for 501(c)(3) charitable organizations. It also means that all donations to support the foundation are eligible for a tax deduction on United States tax returns.«

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Staff

Frances Verter, PhD
Founder & Executive Director

Stacey Viera
Public Relations Consultant
Founder, Best Light Communications, LLC

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Board of Directors

Gayl Rogers Chrysler, BAN, RN, MBA
Member
Vice President of Cellular Technologies and Clinical Affairs, BioE

Mary Halet, BS, CHTC
Acting Board Chair
Director of Recruitment & Community Development, Central Region,
National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP)

Deborah Hernandez, BSN, MBA
Treasurer
Consultant, Deborah Hernandez and Associates

Misty Autumn Marchioni, MLT (ASCP)
Member
Director of Operations & Business Development, Community Blood Services

Gail Moskowitz, MD
Liaison to the Scientific & Medical Advisory Panel
Consultant specializing in medical direction of blood and tissue banks

Marion Welch
Member
Medical Coordinator, LifeLine Cryogenics

David Zitlow
Board Vice-Chair
Sr. Vice President of Corp. Communications, Cord Blood Registry

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Scientific & Medical Advisory Panel

Afriye Amerson, MD
OB/Gyn in private practice, Assistant Attending at the Hackensack University Medical Center, USA

Cherie Daly, MD
Group Medical Affairs Manager, CordLife, Singapore

Joanne Kurtzberg, MD
Chief of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Duke University Medical Center, USA

Darla Lindenmayer
Doula, Childbirth Educator, Lactation Consultant, USA

Sharon Low
Co-Founder and Managing Director, StemLife, Malaysia

Irene Martini, PhD
Co-Founder and Scientific Director, Smart Bank, Italy

Gail Moskowitz, MD
Consultant specializing in medical direction of blood and tissue banks

Solomon Ofori-Acquah, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Aflac Cancer Center within the Emory University School of Medicine, USA

Kim Petrella, RN
Labor & Delivery Nurse, Christiana Hospital, USA

Ian Rogers, PhD
Associate Scientist and Assistant Professor, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Canada

Frank Schott, MBA
Product Manager, VITA34 International AG, Germany

Mark Weiss, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience and Stem Cell Biology, Kansas State University School of Veterinary Medicine, USA

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