WCF Foundation Leadership -- Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw --

FOUNDATION LEADERSHIP

President
Mahesh K. Shetty MD;FRCR;FACR;FAIUM
Clinical Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
Medical Director
Woman's Clinic for Breast
and Gynecological Imaging & Pink Door Imaging Center

Patron
Dr Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Chairman & Managing Director
Biocon Limited
Bangalore, India

Board of Trustees
Ron Somers
President
US-India Business Council
Washington D.C.

Jennifer Garza
CEO Edinburg Regional Medical Center/Edinburg Children's Hospital
Edinburg, Texas

Mrs. Mona Parikh PHR, MBA
Sr. Human Resources Business
Partner

Mr Andrew Novarini
CEO, Cypress Station Branch
Bank of Houston

Kelli Cohen MD
General and Pediatric Radiologist

Eric S. Greisel J.D.
General Legal Counsel

PROGRAM ADVISOR

Loretta A. Hanser
Director of Imaging Services
Mammography, CHP Radiology
Harris County Hospital District

Regional Directors
Mrs. Trishna Dey [Asia]
Ms. Esther Biira [Africa]
Dr Adhmer Longatto [S.America]
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MEDICAL ADVISORY COUNCIL

Chair
Mahesh Shetty MD;FRCR;FACR;FAIUM
Clinical Professor of Radiology
Baylor College of Medicine

Members
Dr. Steve Sener
Former President
American Cancer Society

R. Sankaranarayanan
Chief of Cancer Screening Group
International Agency for Research on Cancer,
WHO
Lyon, France

Saraswati Sukumar MD
Barbara B.Rubenstein Professor of Oncology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Britt-Marie Ljung, MD
Professor of Clinical Pathology,
Director of Cytopathology
UCSF, California

Dr Usha Menon MD; FRCOG
Professor and Director
Gynecological Cancer Research Center
UCL Elizabeth Garrett Institute of Women's Health
University College London

Dr Edmundo Mauad
Director
Barretos Cancer Hospital,
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Peter Dempsey MD; FACR
Professor of Radiology
MD Anderson Cancer Center

Terri Pustilnik MD
Gynecology Oncology of Houston

Dr Diljeet K. Singh, MD, DrPH
Co Chair of MAC

Dr Wei Yang, M.B.B.S., F.R.C.R.
Professor
Deputy Chairman, Department of Diagnostic Radiology
The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Co-Chair and Director of Clinical Research

Dr Neerja Bhatla MD, FICOG
A/Professor, Dept of Ob-Gyn, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India,
Vice President, AOGIN,
Inaugural President, AOGIN-India,
Organising Chairperson, AOGIN 2010

Dr Jill Donnelly
Consultant Breast Surgeon
Herford Hospital, UK

Dr Martin M. Matzuk M.D., Ph.D.
Stuart A. Wallace Chair
Professor of Pathology and Immunology

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PUBLIC AWARENESS COUNCIL

Mrs. Susan Rafte
Chair of the PAC

Mrs. Sathya Saran
Co-chair,
Editor DNA,
Former Editor, Femina,
Mumbai, India

Ms. Lucy Noland
Co-chair,
News Anchor,
KNBC,
Los Angeles

Sharda Cherwoo
Partner
Ernst & Young

PATRON
Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Chairman & Managing Director, Biocon Limited

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw's pioneering efforts in biotechnology have
drawn global recognition both for Indian Industry and Biocon. Her
unique vision has steered Biocon's transition from an industrial
enzymes company to an integrated biopharmaceutical company with
strategic research initiatives. Biocon is today recognized as India's
pioneering biotech enterprise.

As Chairperson and Mission Leader of CII's National Task Force on
Biotechnology she has led several delegations to USA, Canada, UK,
etc. to propel India into the global super league of biotech trailblazers.
She chairs Karnataka's Vision Group on Biotechnology and also
serves on the Board of Science Foundation, Ireland. She also serves
on the Advisory Council of the government's Department of
Biotechnology where she has been instrumental in bringing
government, industry and academia together, to chart a clear and
progressive growth path for Biotechnology in India. Mostly recently,
Dr. Shaw has been invited to join the Prime Minister's Council on
Trade & Industry.

Dr. Shaw is the recipient of several prestigious awards including the
ET Businesswoman of the Year, Best Woman Entrepreneur, Model
Employer, Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Life
Sciences & Healthcare, Leading Exporter, Outstanding Citizen,
Technology Pioneer, etc. Her most cherished awards are however,
the PADMASHRI (1989) presented to her by the erstwhile President
of India, for her pioneering efforts in Industrial Biotechnology and the
PADMA BHUSHAN (2005).

A successful technocrat of global standing, Dr. Shaw is highly
respected in the corporate world. She is a much sought after biotech
pioneer who has been referred to as "India's Biotech Queen" by The
Economist and "India's mother of invention" by New York Times.

Dr. Shaw received a graduate honors degree in Zoology from
Bangalore University (1973) and qualified as a Master Brewer from
Ballarat University, Australia (1975). Dr. Shaw also recently received
an honorary Doctorate of Science, from her alma mater, Ballarat
university, in recognition of her pre-eminent contribution to the field of
Biotechnology.

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