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Leadership

Our organization brings together diverse thought leaders across science, medicine, military service, and philanthropy to advance research on military 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, M.D.

    Chief Medical Scientist

  • Lara Campbell, Ph.D.

    Director of the Coordinating Office for Research Excellence (CORE)

  • Tara Welch

    Director of Executive Operations

  • Caitlin Carroll

    Vice President of External Relations

  • Caitlin Scarano, Ph.D.

    Director of Strategic Communications

  • Rachael Brinker, M.B.A.

    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.

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

  • Walter Koroshetz, M.D.

    Former Director of the U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

  • Frank Larkin

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

  • Elizabeth Sheets

    Former Non-Profit Development Executive VP of Marketing D4C Brands
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