Brent Clifton

Brent Clifton serves as the executive director of Cell Therapy Foundation.  He is former president and chairman of Grabill Bank and former chairman of Independent Alliance Banks, Inc.

Garrett Cooper

Garrett Cooper serves as the treasurer and director of Cell Therapy Foundation. He is the managing director of Master Works Foundation, Inc.  Garrett is a former member of the business faculty at Taylor University where he served as the director of Taylor University Institute for Organizational Effectiveness.

Keith March, MD, PhD

Jerome F. Henry, Jr.

Jerome Henry serves as an advisory board member for Cell Therapy Foundation. He is the founder and president of Midwest Pipe & Steel, Inc., a company specializing in steel service, industrial scrap and steel brokerage.

Sotirios Karathanasis, PhD

Sotirios Karathanasis serves as an advisory board member for Cell Therapy Foundation. Sotirios is the vice president of bioscience at AstraZeneca which is located in Molndal, Sweden.

Anton C. Krucky

Anton Krucky serves as an advisory board member for Cell Therapy Foundation. Anton is the co-founder, director, president and chief executive officer for Tissue Genesis. Anton has decades of management experience which include product development, marketing and sales for the global company, IBM.

Howard Leonhardt

Howard Keonhardt serves as an advisory board member for Cell Therapy Foundation. Howard is the co-founder of Bioheart and has served as their chairman of the board since August 1999. He is currently serving as Bioheart's executive chairman and chief technology officer.

Kelli McLemore

Kelli McLemore serves as an advisory board member for Cell Therapy Foundation. Kelli has a strong twenty year plus track record in business development and is a current partner/principal at The Basement Design + Motion in Indianapolis, IN – a design and motion graphics studio.

Michael Murphy, MD

Dr. Michael Murphy serves as an advisory board member for Cell Therapy Foundation. Dr. Murphy received a medical degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, and completed a surgical internship at UCLA Medical Center.

Norbert G. Riedel, PhD

Norbert Riedel serves as an advisory board member for Cell Therapy Foundation. Norbert is corporate vice president and chief scientific officer for Baxter and has served in that capacity since March 2001.

J. Peter Rubin, MD

Dr. Peter Rubin serves as an advisory board member for Cell Therapy Foundation. Dr Rubin is an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and a plastic surgeon who specializes in body contouring and other aesthetic techniques, including liposuction.

Curt Smith

Curt Smith serves as an advisory board member for Cell Therapy Foundation. He is the president of the Indiana Family Institute.  His 30 year career in public policy development includes stints as an award-winning journalist, 15 years on Capitol Hill in a variety of senior staff roles, think-tank executive and his work at Sommer Barnard as Director of Public Policy and Public Affairs.