About Us

2026 AALAS Foundation Board of Directors

2026 Chair, AALAS Foundation
Lucy Kennedy, DACLAM
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Michigan

2026 Vice Chair, AALAS Foundation
Noel Pena, RLAT
Supervisor of Operations – Enrichment
Inotiv LAMS West, Inc.

Directors-at-Large

Lindsay Holmes, RLAT
Senior Client Development Representative
Charles River Laboratories

Nicole La Mattina, LAT, M.Ed., MBA
Sr. Business Development Director
Charles River Laboratories

Molly Romick, CMAR, RLATG
Regional Sales Manager
Charles River Laboratories

Jessica Hunt, RLATG, CMAR
Senior Manager - Technical Services
Bristol Myers Squibb

Kelly Patterson, MLAS, CMAR, RLATG

Mona Jaffari, CMAR, LAT
Laboratory Director
Baylor College of Medicine

Julie E Roller, RLATG, CMAR
Manager of Animal Care
Univ of Texas Southwestern Medical Ctr

AALAS BOT Liaison / Representative

Jennifer Asher, DACLAM
Clinical Veterinarian
Cornell University

Karen Froberg-Fejko, VMD, LAT
President
Bio-Serv

Secretary/Treasurer

Mark Sharpless, CMAR, RLATG
Animal Care Operations Manager
Emory National Primate Research Center

Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer

Thomas Joseph, MPS, CAE
AALAS & AALAS Foundation

Foundation Assistant

Kathy Rogers
Assistant
AALAS Foundation

About the Foundation

A 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization, the AALAS Foundation is an advocate for laboratory animal science and research. The future of the profession and biomedical science depends on promoting the benefits of biomedical research through public outreach and ensuring that high-quality training and education programs and materials are available for those working in the profession of laboratory animal science.

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