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Parent's Guide to Cord Blood Foundation

» Since 1998, the Parent's Guide to Cord Blood website has provided expectant parents with unbiased information about cord blood stem cells and cord blood banks. In 2007, the founder, Dr. Frances Verter, recruited a Board of Directors and we incorporated as a non-profit foundation. We have received tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the USA Internal Revenue Code. This means that we must comply with the legal guidelines for 501(c)(3) charitable organizations. It also means that all donations to support the foundation are eligible for a tax deduction on United States tax returns. For tax deduction claims, our Employer Identification Number is EIN 20-8939848. «

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Executive Director

Frances Verter, PhD
Founder, Parent's Guide to Cord Blood Foundation

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Board of Directors

Mary Halet, BS, CHTC
Board Chair, Parent's Guide to Cord Blood Foundation
Manager of Cord Blood Operations, Natn'l Marrow Donor Program

Deborah Hernandez, BSN, MBA
Treasurer, Parent's Guide to Cord Blood Foundation
Vice President, StemCyte Family

Misty Autumn Marchioni, MLT (ASCP)
Secretary, Parent's Guide to Cord Blood Foundation
Manager of Business Development, Community Blood Services

Gail Moskowitz, MD
Liaison to the Scientific & Medical Advisory Panel
Medical Director, LifebankUSA

Susan Shapiro
Co-Founder, Claire Josephine Shapiro Foundation

David Zitlow
Board Vice-Chair, Parent's Guide to Cord Blood Foundation
Sr. Vice President of Corp. Communications, Cord Blood Registry

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Scientific & Medical Advisory Panel

Afriye Amerson, MD
OB/Gyn in private practice and assistant attending at the Hackensack University Medical Center

Joanne Kurtzberg, MD
Chief of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation at Duke University Medical Center

Darla Lindenmayer
Doula, Childbirth Educator, Lactation Consultant

Sharon Low
Founder and Managing Director of StemLife

Gail Moskowitz, MD
Medical Director of LifebankUSA

Solomon Ofori-Acquah, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Aflac Cancer Center within the Emory University School of Medicine

Kim Petrella, RN
Labor & Delivery Nurse, Christiana Hospital

Ian Rogers, PhD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Toronto School of Medicine

Frank Schott, MBA
Product Manager, VITA34 International AG

Mark Weiss, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience and Stem Cell Biology, Kansas State University School of Veterinary Medicine

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