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2024 AALAS Foundation Board of Directors

 

2024 Chair, AALAS Foundation

Molly Romick
Director, Business Development
Charles River Laboratories

2024 Vice Chair, AALAS Foundation

Larry Shelton
University Attending Veterinarian
University of Maryland, College Park

Directors-at-Large

Sarah Gilliam, BS, RLATG, CMAR, ILAM
ARF Training Manager
Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Brian Ebert, RLATG
Manager of Vivarium & Facilities Operations
AbbVie Inc

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

Lucy Kennedy, DACLAM
Assistant Director for Clinical Services & Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Michigan

Jessica Hunt, RLATG
Assistant Facility Operations Manager
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Lindsay Holmes, RLAT
Senior Client Development Representative
Charles River Laboratories

Noel Pena
Supervisor of Operations – Enrichment
Inotiv LAMS West, Inc.

AALAS BOT Representative

Deb Hickman DACLAM, ALAT
Global Director
AAALAC International

Jori K Leszczynski, DACLAM
Assistant Vice Chancellor/University Veterinarian
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Secretary/Treasurer

Timothy Mandrell, DACLAM
Consultant

Executive Director

Thomas Joseph, MPS, CAE
Executive Director
AALAS & AALAS Foundation

Staff

Vicki Campbell, BA, CFRE
AALAS Foundation Administrator

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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