Leadership

Board of Directors, Management Team, & Medical Advisory Board
Below is information on the board of directors, management team, and medical advisory board for the association.

Our Leadership

Our Mission
To support those affected by recurrent meningitis and help fund research to find a cure.

Our Vision
A world free of recurrent meningitis.

Leadership

Board of Directors

Dustin Pepper (US)

Chairman

Dustin started as Executive Director and moved to board Chairman in February of 2019.

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Lisa Sherman-Weeks (AU)

Vice-Chair (International Operations)

Lisa has been an administrator of our support group and was promoted to Vice-Chair (International Operations) May 2018.

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Markesia Tatum (US)

Secretary

Markesia was promoted to board secretary June 2018.

Tracey Martel (US)

Treasurer

Tracey was re-confirmed as treasurer in June 2018.

Christian Mwila (US)

Executive Director

Christian started as Executive Director in April 2020.

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Medical Advisory Board

Dr. Benjamin Galen (US)

Member

Dr. Galen is an assistant professor of medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center in The Bronx, New York.

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Dr. Alon Hait (DK)

Member

M.D, Ph.D fellow – Novel Primary Immunodeficiencies Associated with Susceptibility to Mollaret’s meningitis (Recurrent benign lymphocytic meningitis), Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark.

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