Buck Advisory Council Officers

Harlan Kleiman, Chairman
Trustee | Buck Institute for Research on Aging
CEO | Self Health Network
San Francisco, CA

Barbara Morrison, Vice Chairperson
Trustee | Buck Institute for Research on Aging
President | TMC Development
Mayor | Belvedere, CA

BAC Members

Tarek AbuZayyad
Partner, Head of Merchant Banking | Stanhope Capital LLP
London, UK

Hussam Abu Issa
Vice Chairman & COO | Salam International
Qatar

Cinzia Akbaraly
Founder & Member Akbaraly Foundation
Honorary General Counsel of Italy in Madagascar
Groupe SIPROMAD
Madagascar

James A. Aleveras
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
San Francisco, CA 

The Honorable George Antoun
General Honorary Consul
Consulate of Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon

Wissam Ariss
Founder & Chairman of the Board | Star Goods
Lebanon

Mikhail Batin
Executive Director | Science for Life Extension Foundation
Moscow, Russia

Krikor Bezdikian
Co-founder | Manco
Los Angeles, CA

Jeff Bohnson
CEO | AnswersMedia, Inc.
Chicago, IL

Razmig Boladian
Founder | Rubicon Point Partners
San Francisco, CA

G. Steven Burrill
CEO | Burrill & Company
San Francisco, CA

Najib Canaan
Founder | Marinus Capital Advisors LLC
Stamford, CT

Daniel E. Cantara 
Senior EVP and Chief Banking Officer
Commercial Services and Consumer Finance Groups
First Niagara Financial Group
Buffalo, NY

Mehmet Celebi
Partner | Illinois Office | Arti Bir Group, Founding Partner, Investments, Construction
Naperville, IL

Mark Cutis
Chief Investment Officer | Abu Dhabi Investment Council
United Arab Emirates

Mazen S. Darwazeh
Chairman | Board of Directors | Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC
Jordan

Larry D. Dingus
San Anselmo, CA

James Edgar
Chairman of the Board | Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Founding Partner | Global Brand Positioning LLC
Kentfield, CA

David Elias
Principal | Alesco Advisors
East Amherst, NY

Suleiman Fakhouri
President, S.O.L.G. Properties
Chicago, IL

Shahab Fatheazam
Trustee  | Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Managing Director & Head of the Healthcare Group | Lincoln International LLC
Chicago, IL

Darla Flanagan
General Partner | MKD Investments
San Francisco, CA

Stephen A. Goveia
Corporate Vice President and Secretary, Chief People Officer
Tectura Corporation
Pleasanton, CA

James W. Harpel
Senior Partner | Palm Beach Capital
West Palm Beach, FL

Faisal Hassan
CEO and President, FHF Advisors, LLC
New York, NY

Dato Fawziah Abdul Karim
CEO | SSU Management Services
Malaysia

H.R.H. Princess Fay Jahan Ara
Executive Director | RACH Charity Foundation
United Arab Emirates

Lady Jamileh Kharrazi
Chairman | Jamileh Kharrazi Charitable Foundation
United Kingdom

Charles La Follette
President | La Follette Capital
San Francisco, CA

Ron Landes
Founder and President | Landes Bioscience
Austin, TX

Edward A. Lanphier
President, Chief Executive Officer and Member, Board of Directors
Sangamo BioSciences, Inc.
San Francisco, CA

Jessica Lewin
President and CEO | S.R. Travel
San Francisco, CA

David Loftus
Entrepreneur, Investor and Philanthropist
Beverly Hills, CA

Susan Mayer, PhD
Professor | Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Patte McDowell
Founder, Board Chair | Cloud 9 Foundation
San Francisco, CA 

Catherine H. Munson
President | Lucas Valley Properties
Novato, CA

Veena Panjabi
Vice President & Co-Owner | World Industries
Miami, FL

H. Stewart Parker
Chief Executive Officer | Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI)
Seattle, WA

Noel Thomas Patton
Founder | T.A. Sciences
New York, NY

Mary Poland
Ross, CA

 E. Lewis Reid
Trustee | Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Sebastapol, CA

Douglas Rosenberg
Kentfield, CA

Rashid Skaf
President & CEO | AMX Corporation
Richardson, TX

Preeti Virwani
Research Assistant
Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine | University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Brook N. Wade
President | Wade Capital Corporation
Vancouver, Canada

Neill Walsdorf Sr.
Chief Executive Officer | Mission Pharmacal Company
San Antonio, TX

Martin Watson
Founder & Chief Executive Officer | SeeChange Health
Studio City, CA

Thomas D. Weldon
Chairman & Managing Director | Accuitive Medical Ventures
Fernandina, FL and Duluth, GA

David Wetherell
Managing Partner | Burrill & Company
San Francisco, CA

E. Packer Wilbur
Chairman | Southport Properties
Southport, CT

William E. Wolf
CEO | BW Capital Partners
Chicago, IL 

Donald F. "Fritz" Zimmer Jr.
Partner | King & Spalding
Tort and Environmental Litigation Group
San Francisco, CA