
Leadership & Management
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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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Judy Taylor
Senior Vice President, Chief Philanthropy Officer
Todd Durham, PhD
Senior Vice President, Clinical & Outcomes Research
Chris Adams
Vice President, Marketing & Communications
Jeff Collins
Vice President, Database Systems & Technology
Michele DiVincenzo
Vice President, Scientific & Educational Conferences
Jen Nielson
Vice President, Field Operations
Ben Shaberman
Vice President, Science Communications
Anna Wagner, CPA
Vice President, Finance
Chad Jackson, PhD
Senior Director, Preclinical Translational Research Program
Darcy Meadows
Senior Director, Legacy Giving