Board of Directors

Peter Barrett, Chair

Senior Partner in the Life Sciences sector, Atlas Ventures
Former co-founder and Executive Vice President, Celera Genomics

Alan Crane, Vice Chair

Partner, Polaris Ventures
Former CEO, Momenta Pharmaceuticals
Former Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Millennium Pharmaceuticals

Paul Marcus, Treasurer

Founder and Managing Principal, Marcus Partners

John Graham, Secretary

Partner, Sullivan Worcester

Edward Scolnick, MD

Director, Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Former President of Merck Research Laboratories 

Susan Whitehead

Chair, Horizons for Homeless Children
Vice Chair, Whitehead Institute of MIT

James Gusella*, PhD

Science Advisor, Autism Consortium
Chair, Steering Committee, Autism Consortium
Director, Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital

Deirdre Phillips*

Executive Director, Autism Consortium  

Mriganka Sur*, PhD

Science Advisor, Autism Consortium
Department Chair of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

Christopher Walsh*, MD, PhD

Science Advisor, Autism Consortium
Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, Autism Consortium
Chief, Division of Genetics, Children’s Hospital

* Indicates Non-Voting Member