Our Leadership
We bring together global leaders and innovators from diverse fields, including universities, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, government agencies, tech firms, the entertainment industry, and people and families with diabetes. Our goal is to champion and advance research to preserve and restore vision in people with diabetes.
Executive Team
![S. Robert Levine, MD S. Robert Levine, MD](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ptoto.webp)
S. Robert Levine, MD
Founder and CEO
![Jennifer Sun, MD, MPH Jennifer Sun, MD, MPH](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/jennifer-sun.png)
Jennifer Sun, MD, MPH
MTM Vision Co-Scientific Director, Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
![Tom Gardner, MD, MS Tom Gardner, MD, MS](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/3.webp)
Tom Gardner, MD, MS
MTM Vision Co-Scientific Director, Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Michigan Medicine
![Patrice Fort, PhD, MS Patrice Fort, PhD, MS](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/10.webp)
Patrice Fort, PhD, MS
Director MTM Vision Biorepository and Resource Center, Michigan Medicine
![Eric Carlson Eric Carlson](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/4.webp)
Eric Carlson
The Carlson Company | Co-Director Media and Cause Marketing
![Carol Oxenreiter, BS Carol Oxenreiter, BS](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/5.webp)
Carol Oxenreiter, BS
Chair, Lay Advisory Board
![Mark Atkinson, PhD Mark Atkinson, PhD](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/12.webp)
Mark Atkinson, PhD
Chair, External Scientific Advisory Board
![Dorene Markel, MS, MHSA Dorene Markel, MS, MHSA](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/13.webp)
Dorene Markel, MS, MHSA
Managing Director
Team Members
![Jocelyne Clancy Jocelyne Clancy](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/jocelyne-clancy.png)
Jocelyne Clancy
MTM Vision Consortium Project Manager; Admin Specialist, Caswell Diabetes Institute, Michigan Medicine
![Latrice Faulkner, PhD Latrice Faulkner, PhD](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/7.webp)
Latrice Faulkner, PhD
Administrative Manager, Mary Tyler Moore Vision Initiative and Program Manager, Caswell Diabetes Institute, Michigan Medicine
![Corey Porter, PhD Corey Porter, PhD](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/15.webp)
Corey Porter, PhD
Technical Manager, MTM Vision Biorepository and Resource Center, Michigan Medicine
![Kelli Ramos, BS Kelli Ramos, BS](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/16.webp)
Kelli Ramos, BS
Project Manager MTM Vision Biorepository and Resource Center, Michigan Medicine
![Shelby Unsworth, PhD Shelby Unsworth, PhD](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/17.webp)
Shelby Unsworth, PhD
Associate Director for Business Development, Michigan Medicine
![Carmen Yu Carmen Yu](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/8.webp)
Carmen Yu
Research Lab Specialist, MTM Vision Biorepository and Resource Center, Michigan Medicine
![Terry Sims Terry Sims](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/9.webp)
Terry Sims
Executive Assistant to Dr. Levine
Lay Advisory Committee
![Carol Oxenreiter, BS Carol Oxenreiter, BS](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/carol-oxenreiter.png)
Carol Oxenreiter, BS
Chair | Diabetes Family Advocate
![Tom Chapman, MBA Tom Chapman, MBA](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/tom-chapman.png)
Tom Chapman, MBA
CIO Teewinot Partners | Person with Diabetes
![Chris German, PhD Chris German, PhD](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/chris-german.png)
Chris German, PhD
Senior Scientist, Myriad Genetics | Person with Diabetes
![Judy Hunt, MBA Judy Hunt, MBA](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/judy-hunt.png)
Judy Hunt, MBA
Diabetes Family Advocate
![Monica Oxenreiter, MBA, MPP Monica Oxenreiter, MBA, MPP](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/monica-oxenreiter.png)
Monica Oxenreiter, MBA, MPP
VP of Close Concerns | Person with Diabetes
![Sandra Puczynski, PhD Sandra Puczynski, PhD](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sandra-puczynski.png)
Sandra Puczynski, PhD
Diabetes Family Advocate
External Scientific Advisory Board
![Mark Atkinson, PhD Mark Atkinson, PhD](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mark-atkinson.png)
Mark Atkinson, PhD
Director of The Diabetes Institute, nPOD and CaRe-TID at The University of Florida
![Sally Baxter, MD Sally Baxter, MD](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sally-baxter.png)
Sally Baxter, MD
UCSD Shiley Eye Institute, Division Chief for Ophthalmology Informatics and Data Science
![Dolly Chang, MD, MPH, PhD Dolly Chang, MD, MPH, PhD](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dolly-chang.png)
Dolly Chang, MD, MPH, PhD
Genentech, Senior Medical Director, Research and Early Development
![Sanjoy Dutta, PhD Sanjoy Dutta, PhD](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sanjoy-dutta.png)
Sanjoy Dutta, PhD
Breakthrough T1D (Formerly JDRF), Chief Scientific Officer
![Stephen McLeod, MD Stephen McLeod, MD](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/stephen-mcleod.png)
Stephen McLeod, MD
American Academy of Ophthalmology, CEO
![Tunde Peto, MD, PhD Tunde Peto, MD, PhD](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/tunde-peto.png)
Tunde Peto, MD, PhD
Queen’s University Belfast, Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
![Marlon Pragnell, PhD Marlon Pragnell, PhD](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/marlon-pragnell.png)
Marlon Pragnell, PhD
American Diabetes Association, Vice President of Research and Science
![Christopher Rhodes, PhD Christopher Rhodes, PhD](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/christopher-rhodes.png)
Christopher Rhodes, PhD
AstraZeneca Chief Scientist/Vice President, Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic Disease
![José Sahel, MD, PhD José Sahel, MD, PhD](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/jose-sahel.png)
José Sahel, MD, PhD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Chair of Ophthalmology
![Marie Schiller Marie Schiller](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/marie-schiller.png)
Marie Schiller
Interim CEO, The Diabetes Link
![Don Zack, MD, PhD Don Zack, MD, PhD](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/don-zack.png)
Don Zack, MD, PhD
Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Stem Cells and Ocular Regenerative Medicine
Media and Fund Development Advisors
![Red Maxwell Red Maxwell](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/red-maxwell.png)
Red Maxwell
Senior Advisor, Marketing and Communications
![Tom Brobson Tom Brobson](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/tom-brobson.png)
Tom Brobson
Senior Advisor, Fund Development, Former JDRF National Director, Research Investment Opportunities
![Eric Carlson Eric Carlson](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/eric-carlson.png)
Eric Carlson
The Carlson Company | Co-Director Media and Cause Marketing
![Susan Carlson Susan Carlson](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/susan-carlson.png)
Susan Carlson
The Carlson Company | Co-Director Media and Cause Marketing
![Nicole Sexton Nicole Sexton](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/nicole-sexton.png)
Nicole Sexton
President and CEO, Entertainment Industry Foundation
![Brian Gott Brian Gott](https://www.marytylermoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/brian-gott.png)
Brian Gott
Chief Innovation Officer & Head of Industry Relations for the Entertainment Industry Foundation
About Diabetic Retinal Disease
Diabetic Retinal Disease is the number one cause of blindness in working-age adults worldwide.
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