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Advocacy Committee

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Laura Weidner, Esq.

Epilepsy Foundation

ABC Advocacy Chair

Committee Members

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Juliane Baron

Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences

Katherine Bloom

Society for Neuroscience

Nicole Boschi

National MS Society

Cindy Clark

Focused Ultrasound Foundation

Kat Coffen

American College of Neuropsychopharmacology

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Dana Doran

American Psychiatric Association

Bobby Heagerty

Oregon Health & Sciences University Brain Institute

Anne Hubbard

American Parkinson Disease Association

Andrew Kenney

American Academy of Neurology

Hillary Marusak

American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP)

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Erin O'Quinn

Parkinson's Foundation

Ilene Penn Miller

Rare Epilepsy Network (REN)

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Sarah Phillips

The Carter Center

Jay Nichols

Tourette Association of America

Patrick McCartney

International Essential Tremor Foundation 

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James Ramsey

Center for BrainHealth

Matt Sharp

Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration

Angela L. Sharpe

American Psychological Association

David Sitcovsky

Autism Speaks

Leslie Ritter

ABC Vice Chair

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Meg Smith

Cure Alzheimer's Fund

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Jose I Suarez, MD, FNCS, FANA, FAAN

Neurocritical Care Society

Erika Sward

UsAgainstAlzheimer's

Wendy-Jo Toyama

American Epilepsy Society

Halaevalu F. Ofahengaue Vakalahi, MSW, PhD

Council on Social Work Education

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Julienne Verdi

Alliance for Headache Disorders Advocacy

Brett Waters

Reason for Hope

Sallie Weart

The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

Rick Willis

Brain Injury Association of America

Nora Wong

curePSP

ADVOCACY COMMITTEE CHARTER

The charge of the Advocacy Committee is as follows:

The American Brain Coalition (ABC) Advocacy Committee will recommend and review the ABC's legislative priorities to the ABC Board. The Advocacy Committee will communicate the legislative priorities to ABC members, as well as to policymakers and their staff. The Advocacy Committee will monitor and report back to the membership any congressional and agency activities and policy relevant to the ABC.

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