Marcia Lorimer
Linda L. Kusner, PhD is the Chair of MGFA’s Medical/Scientific Advisory Board. She is an Associate Professor at George Washington University in the department of Pharmacology and Physiology. Dr. Kusner leads a research laboratory that focuses on the development and testing of therapeutics for MG. Dr. Kusner, along with Dr. Ted Burns of University of Virginia, past Chair of MGFA’s Medical/Scientific Advisory Board, organized the 13th International Conference on Myasthenia Gravis and Related Disorders that was held in New York City with the support of New York Academy of Sciences, National Institute of Health, and Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America.
Michael Lifshitz
Michael has served on the Boards of Turtle Nest Village and Kids@Home, two programs designed to help young people transition from Foster Care to successful adulthood. He was a member of the UJA (now JFNA) National Young Leadership Cabinet, serving on the Executive Committee, as well as the regional and national committees for Oversees Allocations. With UJA, he was trained as a solicitation trainer, and has traveled to communities throughout the country teaching lay leadership effective fundraising skills and techniques. He has also been honored to work with the Peter and Vicki Halmos Family Foundation, helping them to promote opportunities in the arts for young people. Where most people have no idea what MG is, Michael comes to MGFA as the nephew and the cousin of two people fighting MG.