Meet the all-volunteer crew at MSU!
Learn more about our team of amazing volunteers, board members, and advisors, in their own words.
Click the video below to access the entire playlist. Or, visit the playlist on YouTube here.
If you are interested in volunteering, or you have previous nonprofit experience and are interested in joining our board of directors, we welcome you to apply.
Meet our all-volunteer operations staff
Jessica Taylor, Director of Operations
Financial Assistance Program – Penny Bundy, Treasurer, and Angela Mast
Member Services and Special Projects–Cindy Crim, Suzanne Belmonte
Community Support Coordinator – Jason Hopfauf
Lead Support Group Administrators
Inspire–Jason Hopfauf
Facebook NAM group –Bernadette Dulce
Facebook Myositis Support group – Janice Doughty
Facebook Caregivers group -Betsy Fitzmaurice
Facebook IBM group – Blaine Spence and Jessica Taylor
Clubhouse – Jerry Williams and Mary Lewis
Support Group Moderators – In addition to many of the above who also moderate in groups, Melissa Gilbert, Polly Wood, Mary Oltmans, Cindy Crim, Benita Moyers (board member), Jessica Taylor, Blaine Spence, Mary Lewis, Jason Hopfauf, Bernadette Dolce, and guest moderator Felicia Moore.
We will be welcoming several new volunteers soon!
Meet our all-volunteer research team
Lynn Wilson, Vice President, Director of Patient-Centered Research
Manuel Lubinus, Chief Science Officer
Bill Tillier, International Science Advisor
Pai Hu, Data Strategy
Izandra Rudolph, Community Outreach Advisor
Salman Bhai, MD, Medical Advisor
Abhiram Bhashyam, MD, Ph.D., Research Partner