Leadership & Management

Jason Menzo

Chief Executive Officer

Jason Menzo is the chief executive officer at the Foundation Fighting Blindness, the world’s largest private funder of research for finding treatments and cures of a variety of blinding retinal ...

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Rishi Donat

Chief Human Resources Officer

Ms. Donat leads human resource functions, including employee relations and employment law compliance, recruiting, compensation, staff development, training, and diversity. Importantly, Ms. Donat...

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Peter Ginsberg

Chief Operating Officer

Peter Ginsberg is chief operating officer for Foundation Fighting Blindness. In that role, Mr. Ginsberg oversees the development of financial plans and processes while providing leadership on bu...

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Rusty Kelley, PhD, MBA

Managing Director, RD Fund

Rusty Kelley is the managing director of the Retinal Degeneration Fund (RD Fund), the venture arm of the Foundation. Kelley brings over 25 years of experience in identifying, funding and develop...

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Jeff Klaas

Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer

Jeff Klaas is the chief strategy & innovation officer at the Foundation Fighting Blindness, bringing over 25 years of global leadership in healthcare, technology and nonprofits. With a disti...

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Amy M. Laster, PhD

Chief Scientific Officer

Dr. Amy Laster is the chief scientific officer at the Foundation Fighting Blindness, the driving force in the global development of treatments and cures for retinal degenerative diseases. With o...

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