Community Impact
UMDF
ABOUT UMDF
UMDF provides critical information to patient families fighting mitochondrial disease. Patient families connect through regional support meetings and at Mitochondrial Medicine, UMDF’s annual symposium where patients, clinicians and scientists gather and interact.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
The United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation’s Board of Trustees represents volunteer leaders who are working to advance the mission of the UMDF and who are dedicated to the patient families we serve.
John Kieffer
Chairman
Alicia Palladino, JD, PhD
Vice Chair
Bill Kallaos, Jr.
Treasurer
Sharon Shaw
Secretary
Shari Albertson
Trustee-at-Large
Bruce Cohen, MD
Chair, SMAB
Brent Fields
Michael Friedberg
Todd Lacey
Richard Leach
Annette St. Pierre-MacKoul, MD
Charles Mohan, Jr.
Founder and Chair Emeritus