Sara van Geertruyden, J.D. 

Sara van Geertruyden serves as Executive Director for Executive Director at Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) - a  diverse group of healthcare organizations representing patients, healthcare providers, researchers and innovators, and other groups to promote comparative effectiveness research that supports patient access, informed healthcare decision-making and continued medical progress.  A healthcare and welfare policy expert with 20 years of experience, Sara has worked for former Senator John Breaux from 1996-2003. In 2003, she joined the healthcare policy group at Patton Boggs LLP, and in 2011 she joined Thorn Run Partners. She received a BA from Wake Forest University and a JD from Catholic University.

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Richard Kahn, Ph.D.

Former Chief Scientific and Medical Officer of the American Diabetes Association. 
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