Carol is president of Let's Pretend Productions, Inc, an executive producer of television and author. Among her many accomplishments as an executive producer, Carol has been awarded several prestigious awards including the George Foster Peabody Award and American Center for Children's Television Award for her winning production of The Disney Channel's, "The Ernest Green Story". Carol co-authored "Grandparents and Grandchildren: Shared Memories" and her newest book, "Teen Knitting Club" will be published in Fall 2004. Carol has served on the Board of Directors of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). She has a Bachelor of Arts from Pennsylvania State University and a Juris Doctorate from Whittier College School of Law where she taught as a law professor for four years. Carol lives with her husband Gerry in Los Angeles, California.

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Jeffrey D. Macklis’ laboratory is directed toward the cellular repair of complex cerebral cortex and cortical output circuitry (including cortico-spinal motor neuron circuitry). The lab focuses on neural precursor / “stem cell” biology, neocortical projection neuron differentiation, functional neuronal circuit repair via transplantation, and induction of neurogenesis by molecular manipulation of endogenous neural precursors / stem cells within murine neocortex. Since 2002, he has been Director of the newly established Masschusetts General Hospital-Harvard Medical School (MGH-HMS) Center for Nervous System Repair (CNSR). He is also Program Head, Neuroscience, Harvard Stem Cell Institute and Co-Director for the Regeneration and Repair Program of the Harvard Center for Neurodegeneration and Repair. He attended M.I.T., HMS, and graduate school at M.I.T. within the Harvard-M.I.T. Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST).  He was a postdoctoral fellow in developmental neuroscience with Richard Sidman at HMS. He trained clinically in Internal Medicine at BWH and adult neurology in the Harvard-Longwood Neurological Training Program.  Until moving to MGH in 2003 to establish the new MGH-HMS CNSR, he was in the Division of Neuroscience at Children’s Hospital, and was Co-Director of the Parkinson’s Disease and Related Disorders Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

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Mr. Margus is a co-founder of Perlegen Sciences, Inc., and has been Chief Executive Officer of the company since its formation in 2000.

After obtaining his MBA from Harvard, Brad spent 14 years running a private international agribusiness company. In 1993, after learning that two of his four sons had a lethal genetic disease that combined neurodegeneration with cancer and immune deficiency, Brad was tutored in molecular genetics and formed, along with his wife Vicki, A-T Children’s Project.  A non-profit research organization, A-T Children’s Project has worked closely with CNS Foundation, raises funds to support and coordinate biomedical research projects, scientific conferences, and a clinical center aimed at finding a cure for ataxia-telangiectasia, a rare genetic disease that causes progressive loss of motor control, and cancer and immune system problems.

In addition to his appointment to the CNS Board of Directors, Brad has also served on various Institutional Review Boards, NIH advisory committees, and corporate boards. He recently finished serving a four-year term on the Advisory Council to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and a one-year term on Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society. 

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Charles “Chuck” Pacheco has been actively involved with CNS for many years, initially as the Vice President of Development and now as a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors.
Mr. Pacheco currently serves as Senior Vice President of Financial Development at the YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles.  He brings to CNS 25 years of fundraising experience with executive appointments at Harvard Medical School, where he was instrumental in establishing the Lefler Center for the Study of Neurodegenerative Disorders, Columbia University and Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences, the seventh and newest of the Claremont Colleges. A graduate of Stanford University where he received a B.A. in international relations, Chuck holds a J.D. degree from Berkeley Law (Boalt Hall) and is a member of the State Bar of California.

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Fia is the determined mother of Palmer Clay Richmond, who remains undiagnosed with a brain injury. Palmer's condition, and the struggles of other children like him, has motivated Fia to start Children's Neurobiological Solutions. After an exhaustive search and inquiry into the traditional medical community that offered few answers, her relentless search led her to the emerging field of biomedical research and Drs. Evan Snyder and Jeffrey Macklis. Fia holds a M.A. in clinical psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute and currently resides in Santa Barbara, California.

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Phill, Fia's husband and father of Palmer Clay is a director of The Richmond Organization, Inc. and the Essex Music Group London. Phill's constant support of his wife Fia, his desire to help Palmer, along with his business experience, provides essential energy and guidance in moving CNS forward in its mission.

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