Board of Directors

Barbara Baldwin Pearce, RN
Barbara is a 44-year resident of Georgetown, Texas. She has held clinical positions in pediatrics, public health nursing and infection control; served in the Georgetown School District; as executive director of The Georgetown Project, devoted to building a healthy community where all children thrive. She was on the Georgetown City Council for two terms and was a founding member of the Georgetown Healthcare System Foundation. 

Stephen Benold, MD
Stephen is a life-long resident of Georgetown and a family physician for 28 years. He was the first medical director of the Williamson County EMS and served in that position for 32 years. One of his main outside interests is teaching. Stephen serves on boards of the Caring Place and the Chisholm Trail Community Foundation in Georgetown.

Thomas A. Forbes, JD
Tom was born and reared in Georgetown, Texas. A partner at Butler Snow, LLP, Tom is a member of the State Bar of Texas and is admitted to practice before the U. S. Supreme Court. He was a trustee of Southwestern University in Georgetown for 19 years and is currently a Director of the Austin Trust Company and chairs its Audit Committee.

Marcos Gonzalez
Marcos Gonzalez is a lifelong resident of Georgetown, Texas. Marcos serves as a Trustee on the Georgetown ISD Board and as a member of the Georgetown Education Foundation. 

Rob Hardy, MHA
Rob served as an EMS paramedic for 11 years and has served in various C-level positions at Austin Diagnostic Clinic, Murfreesboro Medical Clinic, Scott and White, Austin Pathology Associates, among others. He is an interim administrator in critical access and rural health care clinics and is currently focused on value-based medicine to help physicians and administrators adapt to changes in health care. 

Alma Molleur, MEd
Alma Molleur is a professional educator and consultant with the Flippen Group, which uses research programs to transform school districts. She’s served in the Georgetown Independent School District, chaired the Georgetown Healthcare Foundation Board, the Georgetown ISD Education Foundation Board, and as a member of the St. David’s Medical Center Hospital Board of Directors.

Josh Schroeder, JD
Josh Schroeder serves currently as the mayor of Georgetown. He is a shareholder at Sneed, Vine & Perry, P.C. He is the former chair of the City of Georgetown’s Zoning Board of Adjustment, the Historical and Architectural Review Commission, and the Planning & Zoning Commission.

Jake B. Schrum
Jake served as the president of Southwestern University for 13 years. He was the national board chair for the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, the Educational and Institutional Insurance Administrators, the Associated Colleges of the South, and the Independent College and Universities of Texas.  

Medical Advisory Board (rotating membership)

The Medical Advisory Board manages decisions related to the clinical studies, their organization, and expansion and data sharing, making recommendations to the board for directors for approval.

Alyssa Aguirre, LCSW-S, assistant director of Dementia Care Transformation, Dell Medical School

Jared Benje, Ph.D., ABPP, Associate Professor of Neurology, UT Dell Medical School
Stephen Buehler, DDS, retired
Susan Eissler, Volunteer and past Board member, The Assoc. of Frontotemporal Degeneration
Joan Glos, RN, Patient Surgical and Recovery, Herman Hospital, retired
Mary Griffith, RN, MSN, Family Nursing Practice, retired
Emily Jean Lucid, MD
Laura Jordan, Strategist, State of Texas, retired
Barbara Larson, RN, retired
Catherine Melendez, RN
David Paydarfar, MD, chair, Department of Neurology, UT Dell Medical School
George D. Porter, MBA
Misty Porter, RN, Ph.D

Manuel Ramirez-Lassepas, MD, professor of neurology, University of Minnesota, retired Donna Stewart, RN
Vicki Ramirez, NP, geriatric nurse practitioner, retired

Jennifer Bormmer

Ruben Rathnasingham, Ph.D.

Greg Murphy, Pharm. D

Nancy Schwab, Ph.D.
Holly Read, PhD

Counsel of Record

Norton, Rose & Fulbright

Accounting

Carr, Riggs & Ingram

Advisory Committees

Three volunteer advisory committees extend management and outreach of the Foundation.

Cohort Development Committee

• Recruits, enrolls and registers study subjects into the Brain Health Study
• Expands the study and ensures the study cohort that reflects it reflects the diversity necessary to validate the study

Education Committee

• Makes sure study participants are well informed on the latest advances in research
• Helps train volunteers to assist with data entry and testing
• Organize a virtual speaker series of medical scholars in all disciplines of the neurosciences, and an annual symposium for community members to discuss the latest research observations and opportunities from the Brain Study.

Development and Philanthropy

• Working with the fundraising director, establishes relationships with philanthropic arms of the pharmaceutical and medical device industry to explore financial support through sponsorships and naming rights for different programs
• Develops funding opportunities with national organizations like the American Brain Coalition and other voices for government support of Americans with brain disorders
• Engages with granting agencies in the private, state and federal sectors to develop support opportunities