The National Bone Health Alliance (NBHA) Governance Committee is made up of representatives from each member organization and is responsible for implement the overarching vision of the Alliance. Its members speak on behalf of bone health by representing the perspective of their stakeholder groups and the broader bone health community.
The Governance Committee oversees the creation of project teams and working groups responsible for carrying out the projects and activities of the Alliance and also establishes and enforces Alliance policies and procedures. Each NBHA member can appoint an individual to serve on the Governance Committee.
NBHA Governance Committee Members
- Keith Hruska, MD [Co-Chair]
Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine and Cell Biology, Washington University/St. Louis Children's Hospital
President, American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
- Robert Recker, MD, MACP, FACE [Co-Chair]
Director, Osteoporosis Research Center, Creighton University
President, Board of Trustees, National Osteoporosis Foundation
- Robert Lindsay, MD, PhD [Promotion and Prevention Strategic Area Champion]
Chief, Internal Medicine, Helen Hayes Hospital and Professor, Clinical Medicine, Columbia University
- Ethel S. Siris, MD [Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment Strategic Area Champion]
Director, Toni Stabile Osteoporosis Center and Madeline C. Stabile Professor of Medicine, Columbia University
- Daniel H. Solomon, MD [Research, Surveillance and Evaluation Strategic Area Champion]
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
- Diane Schneider, MD
Founder
4 Bone Health
- Debbie Zeldow
Deputy Director
Alliance for Aging Research
- Kay Todd
Executive Director
- American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Foundation
- Arvind Nana, MD
Associate Professor, University of North Texas Health Science Center
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Marie-Michele Leger
American Academy of Physician Assistants
- Pauline Camacho, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Director, Loyola University Osteoporosis Metabolic Bone Disease Center, Loyola University Medical Center
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
- Douglas R. Dirschl, MD
Chair, Department of Orthopaedics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
President, Executive Committee, American Orthopaedic Association
- Andreas Grauer, MD
Global Development Executive Medical Director
Amgen
- Augusto Focil, MD
President and Co-Founder
California Hispanic Osteoporosis Foundation
- Kurt Birchler
Senior Vice President
DePuy Synthes Biomaterials
- Ann-Marie Tejcek
U.S. Brand Leader, Musculoskeletal Team
Eli Lilly and Company
- Janet Kreizman
Deputy Executive Director and Chief Policy Officer
The Endocrine Society
- Charles Harles
President
Fibrous Dysplasia Foundation
- Claude Arnaud, MD, FACE
Professor Emeritus, University of California San Francisco
President, American Bone Health Medical and Scientific Advisory Board
Foundation for Osteoporosis Research and Education/American Bone Health
- Tom Webb
Product Manager
GE Healthcare Lunar
- Annette Schmidt
Director, Strategic Alliance Development
Gerontological Society of America
- Seth Ginsberg
President
Global Healthy Living Foundation
- Erin Graves
HealthyWomen
- Eric Jensen
CEO
Health Monitor Network
- John B. Jenkins
Vice President and General Manager, Skeletal Health
Hologic, Inc.
- Dagmar Kasper, PhD
International Business Manager, Life Science
Immunodiagnostic Systems
- Stephen Kates, MD
Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Rochester and President
International Geriatric Fracture Society
- Bobo Tanner, MD,
President, International Society for Clinical Densitometry
- Richard M. Dell, MD
Lead Orthopaedic Surgeon, Healthy Bones Program
Kaiser Permanente
- Jack Kelly
President
Lymphangiomatosis & Gorham's Disease Alliance
- Mary Oates, MD
Founder
Marian Osteoporosis Center, Santa Maria, California
- Stacy Hailey
Director, Global Interventional Market Development
Medtronic
- Sarah Ziegler
Vice President & National Director of Research
MHE Research Foundation
- Alan Brett, PhD
Vice President, Business Development
Mindways Software, Inc.
- Gay Johnson
Vice President and COO
National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health
- Susan Scanlan
Chair, National Council of Women's Organizations and
President, Women's Research & Education Institute
- Barbara Tombros
Director, Alliance Development
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
- James DePass
Vice President, Business Development
Optasia Medical, Inc.
- Laura Tosi, MD
Programs Director, Bone Health Program
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children’s Hospital National Medical Center, Washington, DC
Member, Medical Advisory Council, Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation
- Stuart Silverman, MD
Medical Director
Osteoporosis Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
- Margaret Huyck
President, Board of Directors
OWL - The Voice of Midlife and Older Women
- Amy Malick
Group Publisher and Managing Editor
QuantiaMD
- Jim M. Harris
Clinical Development and Education Manager
Roche Diagnostics Corporation
- Jakob Algulin
General Manager
Sectra
- Deborah Sittig
Founder
Soft Bones, Inc.
- Franmarie Kennedy
The Aspen Institute
- Henry G. Bone, MD
Director, Michigan Bone & Mineral Clinic, PC
Section Chief, Endocrinology & Metabolism, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, MI
Chair, Advisory Medical Panel, The Paget Foundation for Paget’s Disease of Bone and Related Disorders
- Kimberly J. Templeton, MD
Professor, Orthopedic Surgery, University of Kansas Medical Center
President, United States Bone and Joint Initiative
- Pascale Atlan
Medical & Technical Affairs-Global
Warner Chilcott
- Christopher Shuhart, MD
Member, Executive Board
Washington Osteoporosis Coalition
- Marjorie Maginn
President & Executive Director
Women in Government
- Joanne Joseph
President
XLH Network, Inc.
- Anne Looker, PhD [non-voting liaison]
Distinguished Consultant
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
- Joan McGowan, PhD [non-voting liaison]
Director, Division of Musculoskeletal Diseases
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health
- Theresa Kehoe, MD [non-voting liaison]
Medical Officer
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Saralyn Mark, MD [non-voting liaison]
President, SolaMed Solutions and Medical Consultant and Liaison to
National Aeronautics and Space Administration