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Lisa Mingo

Lisa Mingo is the mother of a 16-year-old son with FA and has been part of the FA community since his diagnosis at five months old. Serving on the FCF Board of Directors since 2018, Lisa is passionate about connecting...

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Joyce Owen

Joyce was a dear friend and neighbor of co-founders Lynn and David Frohnmayer; their daughters were playmates. When Kirsten Frohnmayer was diagnosed with FA, they were all devastated. Joyce, a molecular biologist, was able to help interpret information. When the...

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Pedro Ravelo

Father of Ivan Pedro first learned about Fanconi anemia in 2001 when his then infant son Ivan was diagnosed. Over the last 20 years, Pedro and his wife Marina have connected with dozens of other FA families, participated in community...

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Hanneke Takkenberg

Dr. Takkenberg has been an active Fanconi anemia (FA) volunteer since 2010, after her third daughter was diagnosed with FA in 2008 and survived her stem cell transplant in 2009. She leads the Dutch FA working group and together with...

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Zar Toolan

Zar Toolan leads Wealth Platforms, Data & Artificial Intelligence and serves on Edward Jones' Operating Committee. Prior to joining Edward Jones in 2020, Zar spent many years as an executive with Wells Fargo Advisors, most recently as managing director and...

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John Wagner

Dr. Wagner's research has focused on the development of new treatment approaches for life-threatening diseases for which conventional treatments are unsatisfactory. Dr. Wagner is recognized for pioneering the use of double umbilical cord blood transplantation in adults and embryo selection...

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