Leadership

Board of Directors

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Daniel J. Weiss

MD, PhD

President

June 2026 - June 2028

University of Vermont
Burlington, VT, United States

Chair

Directors

Bambi Grilley

RPh, RAC, CIP, CRC, CCRP

President-Elect

June 2026 - June 2028

Baylor College Of Medicine
Houston, TX, United States

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Miguel Forte

MD, PhD

Chair, Strategic Advisory Council (Immediate Past President)

June 2026 - June 2028

MC4Tx
Brussels, Belgium

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Qasim Rafiq

MEng, PhD

Global Secretary

June 2025 - June 2028

Independent Consultant
London, United Kingdom

George F. Muschler

MD

Global Treasurer 

June 2026 - June 2029

Artimus Innovations, LLC
Cleveland, OH, United States

Pawan Gupta

MBBS, MD, DNB, PhD

Regional VP, Asia

June 2025 - June 2027

Stempeutics Research
Bangalore, India

Siok Tey

MBBS(Hons), PhD, FRACP, FRCPA

Regional VP, ANZ

June 2026 - June 2028

QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Royal Brisbane &
Women's Hospital
Herston, QLD, Australia

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Dominique Farge

MD, PhD

Regional VP, Europe

June 2025 - June 2027

St Louis Hospital Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux De Paris;
Paris-Cité University
Paris, France

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Sowmya Viswanathan

PhD

Regional VP, NA

June 2026 - June 2028

University Health Network
Toronto, ON, Canada

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Andrés Caicedo

PhD

Regional VP, SCA

June 2025 - June 2027

Universidad San Francisco De Quito, USFQ
Pichincha, Ecuador

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Massimiliano Gnecchi

MD, PhD

Chief Scientific Officer

June 2026 - June 2028

University of Pavia
Pavia, Italy

Phil Vanek

PhD

Chief Commercialization Officer

January 2025 – December 2027

Gamma Biosciences
Washington, D.C., United States

Gabrielle O'Sullivan

PhD, MPH(Hons), BSc

Chief Regulatory Officer

June 2026 - June 2028

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Sydney, NSW, Australia

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Jaap Jan Boelens

MD, PhD

Chief Medical Officer

June 2026 - June 2028

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY, United States

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Alice Bertaina

MD, PhD

Elected Member MD

June 2025 - June 2027

Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA, United States

Lynn O'Donnell

PhD

Elected Member PhD

June 2026 - June 2028

The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH, United States

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Cheryl Cox

MHA, MT (ASCP)

Elected Member Technologist

June 2026 - June 2028

Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, FL, United States

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Jessica Sue

BSc, MHSM

Elected Member Technologist

June 2025 - June 2027

Sydney Cord Blood Bank
Randwick, NSW, Australia

Edwin M. Horwitz

MD, PhD

Editor-In-Chief, Cytotherapy

August 2023 - August 2028

Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA, United States

Queenie Jang

BSc (Pharmacy), MBA

Chief Executive Officer

ISCT
Vancouver, BC, Canada