One Mind Team

One Mind Staff

Brandon Staglin, One Mind

Brandon Staglin

President
As President of One Mind, Brandon Staglin channels his deep experience in communications, advocacy, and ...
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Anastasia Budinskaya

Anastasia Budinskaya

Sr. Manager, Operations & Strategic Initiatives
Anastasia Budinskaya joined One Mind in 2023 as Sr. Manager, Operations & Strategic Initiatives. She ...
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Kelly Deckert

Chief Marketing Officer
Kelly Deckert is a seasoned, Emmy Award-winning media executive with over two decades of experience in ...
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Jamie Deuell

Director, Digital Marketing & Social Impact
Jamie Deuell is a Digital Strategist and Content Producer with over 10 years of experience in social media ...
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Carmine Di Maro

Director, One Mind Accelerator
Carmine Di Maro joined One Mind in 2022 as Director of the One Mind Accelerator. His role at One Mind ...
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Tal Gerzon

Chief Development Officer
Tal Gerzon joined One Mind in 2019 as Development Director. Tal started his fundraising career at MEET, who ...
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Irene Hurford, MD

Director of Clinical Programs
Dr. Hurford graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Toronto, and received her MD from McMaster ...
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Laura Jason

Development Officer
As a development professional and consultant, Laura Jason delivers fundraising solutions encompassing ...
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Pushkar Joshi

Chief Strategy & Science Officer
Dr. Pushkar Joshi joined One Mind in 2021 as Chief Strategy & Science Director. A developmental ...
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Barrett Lehnen

Member Engagement Specialist - One Mind at Work
Christina McCarthy One Mind

Christina McCarthy

Executive Director - One Mind at Work
Marcus Sauter, Director of Finance & Administration

Marcus Sauter

Chief Financial Officer
Marcus joined One Mind in 2022 as the Director of Finance & Administration. He graduated from Western ...
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Sara Shnider, PhD,, Scientific Director, One Mind

Sara Shnider, PhD

Scientific Director
Sara is a Scientific Director at One Mind, where she is responsible for directing scientific programs to ...
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Jeff Rhode, Senior Development Officer, One Mind

Jeff Rhode

Senior Development Officer
Jeff Rhode joined One Mind in 2023 as Senior Development Officer. His fundraising career started 20 years ago ...
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One Mind Board of Directors

One Mind’s Board of Directors is made up of highly successful business leaders who are using their professional skills and personal brain health motivations to guide One Mind in our efforts to accelerate cures for brain illnesses and injuries.

Garen Staglin

Chairman
Co-Founder of One Mind; Co-Owner of the Staglin Family Vineyard; Partner, private equity firms; Former NARSAD Board Member; One Mind Board Member

Shari Staglin

Director
Co-Founder of One Mind; Co-Owner and CEO of Staglin Family Vineyard; Founding President and Board Member of Staglin Music Festival for Brain Health; NARSAD Director Emeritus; Founding President and One Mind Board Member

The Honorable Patrick J. Kennedy

Director
Former U.S. Congressman of Rhode Island; Founder, The Kennedy Forum; Co-Founder of One Mind; Commissioner, President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis; Co-Founder, PsycHub; One Mind Board Member

Caryl Athanasiu

Director
Consultant and Senior Advisor on financial services, risk management and payments; Former Chief Operational Risk Officer, Executive Vice President & Management Committee Member, Wells Fargo & Company; Varo Money, Inc. Board Member and Chair of Audit and Risk Committee; International Women’s Forum Member; One Mind Board Member
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Tanisha Carino, Ph.D.

Director
Tanisha Carino, Ph.D. is a partner with the Brunswick Group, an advisory firm that helps clients navigate ...
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Nancy Dearman

Director
Co-founder and Vice Chairman of Kotter International; Mclean Hospital National Council and Board of Visitors Member; One Mind Board Member

Russ Deyo

Director
In 2015, Russ was appointed Under Secretary for Management at the Department of Homeland Security, where he then served as the Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security in 2016 to 2017. 27 years at Johnson & Johnson with positions such as general counsel and vice president of administration.

Donna Friedman

Director
Donna Friedman is a licensed professional counselor in private practice. She has personal lived experience in ...
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Chela Gage, One Mind Board of Directors

Chela Gage

Director
As a partner and consultant to the business and talent organizations, Chela is responsible for developing and ...
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Gary Gottlieb, MD, MBA

Director
Gary Gottlieb is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and a member of the National Academy of ...
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Christopher Lyle

Director
Christopher Lyle is a global investor and operator. He began his career in corporate strategy at The Walt ...
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Robina Riccitiello

Director
Robina Riccitiello is the communications director for Million Person Project, a company that teaches ...
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Amy Comstock Rick, One Mind Board of Directors

Amy Comstock Rick

Director
Amy Comstock Rick is a principal based in Washington, D.C. Amy leads the Medicines Development Modernization ...
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Harvey Schwartz One Mind Board

Harvey Schwartz

Director
Harvey M. Schwartz is a business leader, investor and philanthropist. For the past 30+ years, Harvey’s ...
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Martha R. Temple Mental Health

Martha R. Temple

Independent Board Member and Advisor I am a former CEO, and 30 year Healthcare Executive with a track record ...
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Gwill York

Director
Co-Founder Lighthouse Capital Partners; Former Senior Vice President Comdisco Ventures; Museum of Science Board of Trustees Chair; Harvard Medical School Board of Fellows Chair; Treasurer of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; Sofina Board Member; One Mind Board Member

One Mind Scientific Advisory Board

One Mind’s Scientific Advisory Board is made up of nine of the world’s top brain scientists. These leading brain scientists perform pioneering research in their fields, giving them unique perspectives on the state of the science and where it should go.

Deanna Barch, Ph.D.

Washington University
Washington University Gregory B Couch Professor of Psychiatry, Chair Psychological & Brain Sciences, Professor of Radiology

Carrie Bearden, Ph.D.

University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles, Professor, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Psychology; Director, UCLA Center for the Assessment and Prevention of Prodromal States (CAPPS)

Kafui Dzirasa, M.D., Ph.D.

Duke University
Duke University Medical Center, Ranga Rama Krishnan Associate Professor; Laboratory for Psychiatric Neuroengineering, Principal Investigator; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Departments of Neurobiology, Biomedical Engineering; Center for Neuroengineering
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Amit Etkin, M.D., Ph.D.

Alto Neuroscience Founder & CEO
Amit Etkin, MD, PhD, is a trained psychiatrist, neuroscientist and has been on the Stanford faculty since ...
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Raquel Gur, M.D., Ph.D.

University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Radiology, Vice Chair of Research Development, Department of Psychiatry

Richard Huganir, Ph.D.

Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Professor and Director, Department of Neuroscience

Steven Hyman, M.D., SAB Co-Chair

The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Director of the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research; Harvard University Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology

Robert Malenka, M.D., Ph.D.

Stanford University
Stanford University Pritzker Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Director of the Nancy Pritzker Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Eric J. Nestler, M.D., Ph.D., SAB Co-Chair

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Nash Family Professor of Neuroscience, Director, the Friedman Brain Institute, Dean for Academic and Scientific Affairs

Mary Phillips, M.D., M.D. (Cantab)

University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Phillips has been a leader in affective neuroscience for over 25 years, bridging cognitive and clinical ...
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Ambassadors

Peter Chiarelli, General, USA (retired)

One Mind CEO (retired) / Ambassador
Peter Chiarelli, General, USA (retired) / One Mind CEO (retired) / Ambassador Peter Chiarelli, U.S. Army ...
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Joan Demetriades

One Mind Strategy Director (retired) / Ambassador

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