Officers and Board of Trustees

IWMF Officers:

  • Paul Kitchen, Chair of the Board, Rothesay, New Brunswick, Canada, Chair, Executive Committee; Chair, Governance Committee; Ed Forum Committee; Audit and Finance Committee; Website Committee; Education Committee; Physicians Directory Committee
  • Carl Harrington, Vice Chair, Development, Philadelphia, PA, Executive Committee, Governance Committee
  • Thomas (Tom) H. Hoffmann, MD, FACS, ACCP, Vice-Chair, Research, Frisco, TX, Vice-Chair, Research Committee; Executive Committee; Governance Committee; Publications Committee; Physicians Directory
  • Carl Lisman, Secretary-Treasurer, Yardley, PA, Chair-Audit & Finance Committee; Executive Committee; Governance Committee; Development Committee
  • Lisa Wise, Vice-Chair, Information & Support, Philadelphia, PA, Chair, US LIFELINE Committee; Chair, US Support Group Committee; Executive Committee; Governance Committee; Ed Forum Committee; Physician’s Directory Committee

Trustees:

  • Stephen Ansell, MD, Rochester, MN; Co-Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee
  • Carol Welsh Gray, Danville, CA; Development Committee
  • Meg Mangin, Menomonie, WI; Ed Forum Committee; Physicians Directory Committee; Education Committee
  • Bob Perry, Poole, United Kingdom; Chair, Global Patient Initiative
  • Craig Prizant, Development Committee
  • David Schnell, MD; Research Committee
  • Saurabh Seroo, Bangalore India; Co-leader of Waldenstrom India, Technology Committee
  • Eileen Sullivan, Boston, MA; Eastern MA Support Group leader; Ed Forum Committee
  • John Zimmerman, Englewood, CO; Audit & Finance Committee

Board Advisor:

  • Steven Treon, MD, Boston, MA, Co-Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee

Board Advisor, Scientific & Medical Programs:

  • Shirley D’Sa, MD, FRCP, FRCPath, Scientific Advisory Committee

President/Chair Emeriti

  • Judith May, Napa, CA
  • Carl Harrington, Philadelphia, PA
  • Peter DeNardis, Pittsburgh, PA

PAST TRUSTEES

1998 & 1999

  • Arnold Smokler,  (President from 1998-1999)
  • Norm Spector
  • Anne Greene
  • Sue Lynch
  • Judith May, (President from 2005-2012) (President Emerita since 2013)
  • Dick Mann
  • John Renshaw
  • Bob Carroll
  • Ben Rude, (President, 2000-2004)
  • Kathleen Ugenti
  • Davell Hays
  • Pat Kees
  • Les Smith
  • John Spencer
  • Thad Rushi
  • Michael Luttrell

2000

  • Jim Bunton
  • Jack Gelber
  • James Berg
  • Howard Donley
  • John Sullivan
  • Mary Ughetta
  • Harold Caplin

2001

  • Lou Birenbaum
  • Jim Johannsen
  • Neil Massoth
  • Tom Myers

2002

  • Bob Bent,
  • Tom Hoffmann, MD
  • Ron Payne

2003

  • Ron Draftz
  • Carol Gelber
  • Peter Mitro

2004

  • Tony Brown
  • Elinor Howenstine
  • Robert Kyle, MD
  • Don Lindemann
  • Dave Lively
  • Karen Pindzola
  • Guy Sherwood, MD
  • Ron Yee

2007

  • Arlene Hinchcliffe
  • Dick Weiland
  • Roy Parker

2008

  • Bill Paul
  • Don Brown,
  • Peter DeNardis, (Board Chair 2021-2024)
  • Cindy Furst

2009

  • Marty Glassman
  • Sue Herms
  • Guy Sherwood, MD

2010

  • Carl Harrington, (President from 2013-2020), (Board Chair in 2021) 

2012

  • Elena Malunis
  • Cynthia Ruhl
  • Marcia Klepac
  • Michael Sesnowitz

2013

  • Marlyn Friedlander

2014

  • Gayle Backmeyer
  • Eileen Lash
  • Barry Nelson

2016

  • Stephen Ansell, MD
  • Linda Nelson
  • Wanda Huskins

2017

  • Beverly Docteur
  • Lisa Wise

2018

  • Tom Hoffman, MD

2019

  • Ron Branscome
  • Shirley Ganse

2020

  • Paul Kitchen (Board Chair 2025)
  • Carl Lisman
  • Glenn Cantor
  • Meg Mangin