{"id":298,"date":"2024-09-23T23:19:57","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T23:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bendbiomedical.org\/?page_id=298"},"modified":"2026-03-27T01:53:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T01:53:04","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bendbiomedical.org\/?page_id=298","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Our Team<\/h2>\n\n

A group of people brought together by a single purpose…delivering high-quality, low-cost medication to those in need<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n

All personnel and Board members are unpaid.<\/p>\n\n

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Jonathan Prather, Ph.D.<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Executive Director & President<\/p>\n\n

Former Assistant Professor of Medicine<\/p>\n\n

Oregon Health & Science University<\/p>\n\n

Prineville, Oregon<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Tolu Oyewumi, M.D., M.P.H.<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Board of Directors & Chairperson<\/p>\n\n

Physician Scientist<\/p>\n\n

Live Love Lead Consulting<\/p>\n\n

Denver, Colorado<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Kei Inoue, M.S.<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Board of Directors & Vice President <\/p>\n\n

Scientist III, Ser\u00e1n Bioscience
Bend, Oregon<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Jane Latin Mackey, M.S.<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Board of Directors & Treasurer<\/p>\n\n

CEO, Mindego, Inc.<\/p>\n\n

San Francisco, California<\/p>\n\n

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Amanda Swick<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Outreach Coordinator & Secretary<\/p>\n\n

Bend Biomedical<\/p>\n\n

Bend, Oregon<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Ravinder Abraham, B.S.Pharm.<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Board of Advisors<\/p>\n\n

Former Pharmacist in Charge<\/p>\n\n

Moi’s Bridge Health Center<\/p>\n\n

Eldoret, Kenya<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Tameem Bakkar<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Board of Directors<\/p>\n\n

CEO, Ensemble Technical Services
Orlando, Florida<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Kajari Bandyopadhyay, M.D.<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Board of Advisors<\/p>\n\n

Asst Professor, Community Medicine College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital
Kolkata, India<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Sitikantha Banerjee, M.D.<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Board of Advisors<\/p>\n\n

Asst Professor, Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jammu<\/p>\n\n

Jammu and Kashmir, India<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Jason Barron, J.D., Ph.D.<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Board of Directors<\/p>\n\n

Senior Counsel<\/p>\n\n

Acer Therapeutics<\/p>\n\n

Bend, Oregon<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Steve Becker<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Board of Directors<\/p>\n\n

Principal Security Consultant<\/p>\n\n

FireEye, Inc.
Bellevue, Washington<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n

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<\/mark><\/a><\/strong>Stephanie Carlson<\/strong><\/mark><\/a><\/p>\n\n

Board of Directors<\/p>\n\n

Former Project Manager, Teva Pharmaceuticals and I-Flow Corporation<\/p>\n\n

San Francisco, California<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Kim Cummings, M.D.<\/mark><\/a><\/strong>
Board of Advisors
Pediatrician, Virginia Garcia Wellness Center
Beaverton, Oregon<\/pre><\/div>\n\n
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Neil Dial, J.D.<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
Board of Directors<\/p>\n\n
Corporate Attorney, Eisenhower Carlson PLLC<\/p>\n\n
Auburn, Washington<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Charles (Chad) Emery, Ph.D., M.B.A.<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
Board of Advisors<\/p>\n\n
VP of Product Development & Innovation, Emery Systems Engineering, LLC<\/p>\n\n
Fremont, California<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Valerie Fauvelle, M.S.<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
Board of Advisors<\/p>\n\n
SVP for Regulatory Affairs<\/p>\n\n
Chinook Therapeutics, Inc.<\/p>\n\n
Seattle, Washington<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Alyson (Aly) Fuller, J.D., Ph.D.<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
Board of Directors <\/p>\n\n
VP Intellectual Property & Government Affairs, Prolacta Bioscience
Bend, Oregon<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Bedan Gichanga, M.D., M.B.A.<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
Board of Advisors<\/p>\n\n
Chief Medical Officer, Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation in Tanzania<\/p>\n\n
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Sunil Khanna, Ph.D.<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
Board of Directors<\/p>\n\n
Professor and Chair, Global Health Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Enrique Leon, M.D.<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
Board of Advisors<\/p>\n\n
Family Medicine, MultiCare Tacoma Family Medicine and Family Birth Center<\/p>\n\n
Tacoma, Washington<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Bob Mackey, M.B.A.<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
Board of Advisors<\/p>\n\n
SVP Global Commercial Development and Planning, Jazz Pharmaceuticals<\/p>\n\n
Palo Alto, California<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Cindy Lee Riesen, R.N.<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
Board of Directors<\/p>\n\n
Research Biologist, Case Western Reserve University
Bay Village, Ohio<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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RuthAnn Sapinsky, B.S.N.<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
Board of Advisors<\/p>\n\n
Emergency Department Nurse, Southwest Washington Medical Center
Vancouver, Washington<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Ward Smith<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
Board of Directors<\/p>\n\n
Director, Marketing & Business Development, Keystone Folding Box Company<\/p>\n\n
Cincinnati, Ohio<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Suchita Vishwakarma, M.Pharm.<\/strong><\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
Board of Advisors<\/p>\n\n
Graduate Research Assistant <\/p>\n\n
University of Nebraska Medical Center <\/p>\n\n
Omaha, Nebraska <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Melissa Wilson<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
Board of Advisors<\/p>\n\n
Payroll Manager\/ADP
Guardian Fall Protection<\/p>\n\n
Mukilteo, Washington<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Stuart Wilson<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
Board of Advisors<\/p>\n\n
Software Engineer<\/p>\n\n
S5 Solutions<\/p>\n\n
Mukilteo, Washington<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Charley Rowe, Ph.D.<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
Editorial Advisor<\/p>\n\n
Bend Biomedical
Chapel Hill, North Carolina<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Jaron Swick<\/mark><\/a><\/strong>
Technical Specialist
Bend Biomedical
Bend, Oregon<\/p><\/div>\n\n
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Raven Hollister, CNA<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
Intern<\/p>\n\n
Bend Biomedical
Bend, Oregon<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Our Team A group of people brought together by a single purpose…delivering high-quality, low-cost medication to those in need. All personnel and Board members are unpaid. Jonathan Prather, Ph.D. Executive Director & President Former Assistant Professor of Medicine Oregon Health & Science University Prineville, Oregon Tolu Oyewumi, M.D., M.P.H. Board of Directors & Chairperson Physician […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-no-title","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-298","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bendbiomedical.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bendbiomedical.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bendbiomedical.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bendbiomedical.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bendbiomedical.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=298"}],"version-history":[{"count":126,"href":"https:\/\/bendbiomedical.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1864,"href":"https:\/\/bendbiomedical.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/298\/revisions\/1864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bendbiomedical.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}