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Leadership

Our Leadership

Executive Staff

  • Ken Isaacs, Director, Gleason Institute for Neuroscience, Regional Director for Neuroscience, Providence Neuroscience Institute
  • Andrea Lazarus, Executive Director of the Gleason Institute, WSU College of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacotherapy
  • Theresa Whitlock-Wild, Project Manager, Gleason Institute; Vice President/Communications Director, Matt’s Place, Coeur d’Alene

Steering Committee

  • Susan Ashe, Executive Director, Health Sciences and Services Authority
  • Greg Carter, Chief Medical Officer, St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute
  • Clare Durrett, Associate Executive Director, Team Gleason
  • Tony Hazel, Superior Court Judge. Department 6
  • Latisha Hill, Senior VP, Avista Development; Director of Community and Business Development
  • Margaret Holt, Chief of Staff, WSU Spokane
  • Ken Isaacs, Director, Gleason Institute for Neuroscience, Regional Director for Neuroscience, Providence Neuroscience Institute
  • Andrea Lazarus, Executive Director of the Gleason Institute
  • Theresa Whitlock-Wild, Project Manager Gleason Institute, Vice President/Communications Director, Matt’s Place, Coeur d’Alene

Community Committee

  • Chad Duce, Assistive Technology Professional, Numotion
  • Lars Gilberts, Chief Executive Officer, Spokane University District
  • Brandi Gore, ALS Patient Advocate
  • Debbie King, Founder, ALS Service Organization
  • Theresa Whitlock-Wild, Co-Founder Matts Place Foundation
  • Nathan Zeigler, Executive Director, ALS Association, Evergreen Chapter

Science Committee

  • Jon Campbell, Research Software Development Engineer, Microsoft Research
  • Greg Carter, Chief Medical Officer, St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute
  • Diane Cooke, Regents Professor & Huie-Rogers Chair of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, WSU
  • John Demakas, Chief Medical Officer, MultiCare Neuroscience Institute
  • Joe Harding, Professor, Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, WSU
  • Ken Isaacs, Director, Providence Spokane Neuroscience Institute
  • Jason Minton, Network Engineer, WSU Spokane
  • David O’Brien, Senior Vice President and Chief Executive, MultiCare East Region
  • Steve Simasko, Chair, Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, WSU
  • Doug Weeks, Director of Research, St. Luke’s Rehabilitative Institute