NKF Leadership

NKF Leadership Team

Bruce Skyer
Chief Executive Officer

Joseph Vassalotti, MD
Chief Medical Officer

Tim Davis
Chief Advancement Officer

JoAnn Vecchione
Senior Vice President for Organizational Resources

Kerry Willis, PhD
Senior Vice President for Scientific Activities

Anthony Gucciardo
Senior Vice President for Program Development ∓ Innovation.

Eric Albrecht
Vice President for Events Development & Sports Marketing

Petros Gregoriou, CPA
Vice President for Finance

David Rexroad
Vice President for Meetings Management

Troy Zimmerman
Vice President for Government Relations

Ellie Schlam
Vice President for Communications

Board of Directors

The NKF Board of Directors consists of nephrologists, other kidney health care team members, civic leaders with diverse business expertise and people affected by kidney disease. The Board meets three times per year and is charged with fiduciary, fund raising and governance responsibilities for the Foundation. Board members serve a term of three years and may be elected for a second term.

2013 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Ed Walter
NKF Chairman
President & CEO, Host Hotels & Resorts

Gregory W. Scott
NKF Chairman Elect
Former Chairman and CEO APS Healthcare

Beth Piraino, MD
NKF President
Professor of Medicine
Associate Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Jeffrey S. Berns, MD
NKF President-elect
Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension Division
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Lynda A. Szczech, MD, MSCE
NKF Immediate Past President
Medical Director, Pharmacovigilence
Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC

William G. Dessoffy, CFA
NKF Secretary
Regional Managing Director
First Republic Bank

George L. Bakris, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

R. D. Todd Baur
Conway Investment Research, LLC

Bryan N. Becker, MD
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, University of Illinois-Chicago

A. Bruce Bowden, Esq.
Leech Tishman

Derek E. Bruce, Esq.
Edge Public Affairs

James G. Carlson

Paul Crawford, MD

Jane S. Davis, CRNP
University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology

Brian Dilsheimer
Dilsheimer Communities, LLC

Jim Elkin

Tom Hough
Executive Vice President
Chief Financial Officer
Lucchese Inc.

Kevin Longino

Thomas P. McDonough

Art Pasquarella, CRE
Equus Capital Partners, Ltd.

Stephen Pastan, MD
Emory Transplant Center

Michael W. Sexton
President
Piedmont Bushings & Insulators, LLC

Michael Watts, CPA
Chief Operating Officer
Wasserman Media Group