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BOARD OF Brenda Gaines** Anna NATIONAL TRUSTEE Mark Selcow Carol J. Evans Stanley R. Brewer BOARD OF Jeffrey Feiner TRUSTEES Chicago, Ill. Director of Community OFFICERS COMMITTEES AND Committee Vice Chair President ADVISORS AND Retired Managing Director and Education Relations LIASONS Marc Guild S. Brewer & Company REPRESENTATIVES and Senior Broadline Valerie B. Ackerman Marc Guild+ Boeing World Headquarters Gary D. Forsee‡ Ronald Kirk, Esq. Salt Lake City, Utah Retailing Analyst President President, Marketing The Boeing Company Chairman of the Board Executive Committee Committee Vice Chair Greg Gumbel Advisors Lehman Brothers WNBA Division and Chicago, Ill. Mary K. Bush New York, N.Y. Gary D. Forsee Holly Becker New York, N.Y. Director Interep National James E. Sproull, Jr., Esq. Val Ackerman Judith A. Nolte Bush International, Inc. Committee Chair New York, N.Y. Radio Sales, Inc Thomas A. Russo, Esq. Vice Chairman of the Board‡ Chevy Chase, Md. Martin Feinstein Francis M. Austin, Jr.* New York, N.Y. Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Board++ Elizabeth Crow Patricia O’Neill Ware Chairman and CEO Thomas A. Russo, Esq. Les Baledge** New York, N.Y. Chief Legal Officer Leigh-Wai Doo Farmers Group, Inc. Vice Chair of the Board Springdale, Ark. Greg Gumbel Lehman Brothers, Inc. Thomas A. Russo Carol J. Evans Public Affairs Committee Honolulu, Hawaii Los Angeles, Calif. Les R. Baledge* Sports Broadcaster New York, N.Y. Vice Chairman of the Board James E. Sproull, Jr., Esq. David J. Bronczek Executive Vice President CBS, Inc. Greg Gumbel Anna Eleanor Roosevelt John Henry Felix, PhD Gary D. Forsee++ Vice Chair of the Board President and and General Counsel New York, N.Y. Mark Selcow Michael E. Mohnsen** Committee Chair Chairman Emeritus Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer Tyson Foods, Inc. President Vice Chairman of the Board James E. Oesterreicher The Salk Institute for Sprint Corporation Michael E. Mohnsen FedEx Express Springdale, Ark. Billy B. Hill, Jr., Esq. Merced Systems Ronald Kirk, Esq. Biological Studies Overland Park, Kan. Vice Chair of the Board President Palo Alto, Calif. Jennifer L. Howse, PhD Thomas A. Russo, Esq. Committee Vice Chair La Jolla, Calif. T. Berry Brazelton, MD Jean Sherman Chatzky* United Teacher Associates President Chairman Fernando Guerra, MD, MPH Richard J. Freeman Professor of Pediatrics Editor-at-Large Insurance Company David R. Smith, M.D.** Pension Investments Bruce C. Vladeck, PhD The Borthwick Group Director, Department Treasurer Emeritus Money Magazine Austin, Texas Chancellor Jane Massey Committee Committee Vice Chair Kaneohe, Hawaii of Health Child Development Unit New York, N.Y. Texas Tech University System Executive Vice President San Antonio Metropolitan Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Children’s Hospital Ronald Kirk, Esq. Lubbock, Texas Chief Operating Officer Thomas A. Russo, Esq. G. Brent Minor Gary D. Forsee++ Health District Secretary Medical Center Alfred B. Childs+ Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P. Committee Chair Chief Executive Officer San Antonio, Texas , Mass. Managing Director Dallas, Texas James E. Sproull, Jr., Esq. Nancy S. Green, MD David R. Smith, M.D. Sprint Corporation James E. Oesterreicher US Trust Company Senior Vice President Medical Director Richard J. Freeman Overland Park, Kan. James H. Hance, Jr. Jean Chatzky** of Texas, N.A. Nancy T. Lukitsh* SunTrust Banks, Inc. Committee Vice Chair Frederick W. Telling, PhD Bank of America Dr. Audrey F. Manley Editor-at-Large Dallas, Texas Weston, Mass. Atlanta, Ga. Nancy T. Lukitsh* Edward L. Hennessy, Jr. Corporation Center Money Magazine Treasurer Michael E. Mohnsen Revenue Development Retired Chairman and Charlotte, N.C. Mark Selcow New York, N.Y. Elizabeth Crow Audrey Forbes Manley, Frederick W. Telling, PhD Committee Vice Chair Committee Chief Executive Officer Vice President and MD, MPH Vice President Richard J. Freeman** AlliedSignal, Inc. H. Edward Hanway Executive Compensation James E. Sproull, Jr., Esq. James M. Cracchiolo Editorial Director (Career) President Emerita Pfizer, Inc. Treasurer Beth E. Ford Morristown, N.J. Chairman and Committee Committee Chair Group President, Consumers Union Spelman College Corporate Policy and Chief Executive Officer Global Financial Services Yonkers, N.Y. Washington, D.C. Strategic Management Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Rick Martino Carol K. Kimmel CIGNA Corporation Michael E. Mohnsen Billy B. Hill, Jr., Esq. President and CEO New York, N.Y. Secretary Senior Vice President Hot Springs, Ark. Philadelphia, Pa. Committee Chair Committee Vice Chair of AEFC and Chairman Carol J. Evans+ Kenneth May** Human Resources and Administration and CEO of AEFA at Chief Executive Officer Executive Vice President Mark Van Stekelenburg Lisa Bellsey, Esq. James E. Oesterreicher Simon M. Kornblit George McKerrow, Jr. Chief Administrative Officer Al Childs American Express Company and President Chief Operating Officer Retired – Chairman and Senior Vice President and Committee Vice Chair Atlanta, Ga. President and CEO Working Mother Media, Inc. General Counsel New York, N.Y. FedEx Kinko’s Chief Executive Officer Michele Fabrizi Ted’s Montana Grill New York, N.Y. Dallas, Texas Rykoff-Sexton US Assistant Secretary Jane Massey Nancy T. Lukitsh** Atlanta, Ga. Finance and Audit Jane L. Delgado, PhD, MS Food Service Executive Vice President and Weston, Mass. Committee Brenda J. Gaines President and Michele Fabrizi G. Brent Minor** Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Kathryn Morrison* Chief Operating Officer Richard H. Schwarz, MD Chief Executive Officer President and Retired – Vice President Senior Vice President and Richard J. Freeman Mary Ann Mobley-Collins Chairman, Department of Kenneth A. May National Alliance for Chief Executive Officer LaSalle Bank Bruce C. Vladeck, PhD Chief Financial Officer Committee Chair Richard E. Mulligan Beverly Hills, Calif. Obstetrics and Gynecology Hispanic Health MARC USA Chicago, Ill. Principal Assistant Treasurer Senior Vice President and New York Methodist Hospital Mark Selcow Washington, D.C. Pittsburgh, Pa. Ernst & Young, LLP Thomas A. Russo, Esq. Chief Financial Officer Ralph W. Pries Brooklyn, N.Y. Michael E. Mohnsen New York, N.Y. Richard E. Mulligan** Committee Vice Chair Assistant Treasurer Chairman of the Board John Woodruff Erica Farber** Beth E. Ford+ Senior Vice President Senior Vice President and MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Jon Spector Senior Vice President Chief Financial Officer Michael E. Mohnsen James E. Oesterreicher Publisher and US Oncology Patricia O’Neill Ware Board of Trustees Liaison Services, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Global Operations Assistant Treasurer Committee Vice Chair Chief Executive Officer Central Region Amarillo, Texas to National Office of Pennsauken, N.J. Seurat Company Scholastic Corporation Mark Van Stekelenburg Radio & Records, Inc. Cedar Rapids, Iowa Volunteers and National Waltham, Mass. New York, N.Y. Beth E. Ford Los Angeles, Calif John Woodruff Youth Council David M. Semanchik, Esq. Judith A. Nolte+ President Program and Wong Fleming, PC Louis W. Sullivan, MD William (Bill) V. Fauerbach Gary D. Forsee‡ Editor-in-Chief Ruffwood, Inc. James E. Oesterreicher Communications Al Childs Princeton, N.J. President Emeritus Vice President for Retail Chief Executive Officer American Baby Group Atlanta, Ga. Committee Morehouse School of Medicine Operations, Miami Division Sprint Corporation New York, N.Y. Mark Van Stekelenburg HONORARY Stephen O. Stephens Atlanta, Ga. Dr. Audrey F. Manley Publix Super Markets Overland Park, Kan. President and Committee Chair TRUSTEES Miami, Fla. James E. Oesterreicher Nominating Committee Chairman of the Board Judy Woodruff Richard J. Freeman Retired – Chairman and Francis M. Austin, Jr.** Stephens International, Ltd. Broadcast Journalist Patricia O’Neill Ware Val Ackerman President and COO Chief Executive Officer New York, N.Y. Little Rock, Ark. Cable News Network Committee Chair Committee Vice Chair San Diego Padres J.C. Penney Company, Inc. Washington, D.C. Baseball Club Plano, Texas Elizabeth Crow Barbara B. Blum Jane Wyatt San Diego, Calif. Committee Vice Chair Senior Fellow in Child Los Angeles, Calif. and Family Policy National Center for Children in Poverty Columbia University New York, N.Y.

38 BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND CHAPTERS * Served until June, 2004 ** Effective June, 2004 ‡ Served until December, 2004 ++ Effective December, 2004 + Effective March, 2004 BUILDING ON SUCCESS 39 Representatives Kathy Smith Emily King Jerome Silber Olga Brick Kaylen Mallard Penny Sharp Alan R. Fleischman, MD Charmaine Royal, PhD Jerold Chun, MD, PhD Health and Fitness Expert National Youth Council Chair Stamford, Conn. Babson College Gorden College Kansas Chapter Senior Vice President Assistant Professor and Professor Darrell Armstrong Overland Park, Kan. Hometown: Staten Island, N.Y. Hometown: Jackson, Tenn. The New York Academy Principal Investigator, Department of Dallas Mavericks Kerri Strug 2003–2004 C. Jim Stewart III W.R. Russell Staff of Medicine GenEthics Molecular Biology Olympic Gold Medalist , Texas Jennifer Ceci Richard Moghtader Leadership Award New York, N.Y. National Human The Scripps Research Institute Tom Bergeron in Gymnastics Robert Davis, Jr. UCLA Indiana University Genome Center La Jolla, Calif. Television Host National Youth Council Chair Millisa Tierney Hometown: Escondido, Calif. Hometown: Ballwin, Mo. Edward Stark Ronald M. Green, PhD College of Medicine “America’s Funniest Tanya Tucker Gainesville, Fla. La Porte, Iowa Area Director John Phillips Professor Howard University Robert E. Garfield, PhD Home Videos” Country Music Artist 2004–2005 John Paul Davis Benjamin A. Murane Northern Regional Office of Religion Washington, D.C. Professor and Director Marilyn Tubb University of Louisville Seattle University Westborough, Mass. Director, Ethics Institute Reproductive Sciences James Brown Vanessa Williams Regional Representatives Gainesville, Fla. Hometown: Ashland, Ky. Hometown: Albany, Ore. Dartmouth College LeRoy Walters, PhD Department of Obstetrics Co-host of “Fox NFL Sunday” Actress BIOETHICS Hanover, N.H. Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Gynecology Violet Bell Richard Veitz Robert W. Davis, Jr. Henry Nguyen ADVISORY Professor of Christian Ethics University of Texas Gretchen Carlson Austin, Texas SPECIAL Las Vegas, Nev. University of University of Oklahoma COMMITTEE Fernando A. Guerra, MD Kennedy Institute of Ethics Medical Branch Television Co-host of CBS’ APPOINTMENTS Hometown: Ocala, Fla. Hometown: Bethany, Okla. Director Georgetown University Galveston, Texas “The Saturday Early Show” Kenneth Bernardo Frank Wall Jessica G. Davis, MD Department of Health Washington, D.C. Stallings, N.C. Portland, Ore. Shantel Dinga S. Courtney Owen Committee Chair San Antonio Metropolitan Alan Jobe, MD, PhD Kelly Clarkson Celebrity Ambassador North Dakota State University Furman University Associate Professor Health District Valerie Petit Wilson, PhD Professor of Pediatrics Worldwide Recording Artist Harris Brooks of Pediatrics Team Youth NATIONAL Hometown: Bismarck, S.D. Hometown: Florence, S.C. San Antonio, Texas Executive Director Division of Pulmonary Biology Canton, Ohio Co-Director, Division VOLUNTEER Leadership Alliance Cincinnati Children’s Gary Collins Nancy O’Dell of Human Genetics LIAISONS TO Katherine Fischer Annemarie Reda Bruce Jennings, MA Clinical Professor of Hospital Medical Center Television Host and Actor Honorary Spokesperson Jean Buerle-Farley, RNC, MSN Washington & Lee University University of Washington New York Hospital- Senior Research Scholar Community Health, Public Cincinnati, Ohio CLUBS AND National Ambassador Program Chester, N.J. Hometown: Phoenix, Ariz. Hometown: Toutle, Wash. Cornell University The Hastings Center Health and Public Safety Helen Darling ORGANIZATIONS College of Medicine Garrison, N.Y. Program Walter L. Miller, MD Minnesota Lynx Prematurity Awareness Day Rex Collins Allison Hauser Kathryn Swink New York, N.Y. Brown University Professor of Pediatrics Phoenix, Ariz. Michael Gormalley Celebrity Spokespersons: National Chair North Carolina State University of Florida Eric Juengst, PhD Providence, R.I. Chief of Pediatric Vonetta Flowers Dr. Joy Browne University Hometown: Orange Park, Fla. Lori B. Andrews, JD Associate Professor Endocrinology Olympic Gold Medalist Rick Gallo Clubs and Organizations Professor of Law Holly Marie Combs Hometown: Tobacco, N.C. Center for Biomedical Ethics BASIL O’CONNOR Director, Child Health in Bobsledding Estero, Fla. Chicago Kent College of Law Laurie Hibberd Gelman Vetta F. Loveland Scott Wintner Case Western Reserve STARTER SCHOLAR Research Center Michael Gelman Chicago, Ill. Veterans of Foreign Wars Ben Hesprich Boston University University RESEARCH AWARD Department of Pediatrics Daisy Fuentes Maysa Leak Richard Gittleman University of Wisconsin- Hometown: Pepper Pike, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio University of , and Ladies Auxiliary ADVISORY Television Host and Actress Bridgette Wilson Sampras Princeton, N.J. Madison Lisa Sowle Cahill, PhD San Francisco Professor of Christian Ethics COMMITTEE Allison Hauser Hometown: Fond du Lac, Wis. OUTSTANDING Marc Lappe, PhD San Francisco, Calif. Kelley Menighan Hensley NATIONAL OFFICE Deborah Gordon-Engle, APR Department of Theology Director, Center for Ethics Actress Chicago, Ill. Youth Clubs and Organizations VOLUNTEERS Boston College David H. Perlmutter, MD OF VOLUNTEERS Brian Kenderes and Toxics (CETOS) D. Michael Nelson, MD, PhD Liaison AND STAFF Chestnut Hill, Mass. Committee Chair Baldwin-Wallace College Gualala, Calif. Vira I. Heinz Professor Virginia S. Lang Professor Alex Kingston Joe Hale Balaji Govindaswami, MD Patricia L. Zenner Hometown: Brunswick, Ohio Elaine Whitelaw Volunteer and Chair and Vice Chairman Actress National Chair Bel Air, Calif. Frank Chervenak, MD General Federation of Service Award Charlene S. Lugar Department of Pediatrics Department of Obstetrics Cincinnati, Ohio Jacob Landry Given Foundation McLean, Va. and Gynecology Deborah Norville Pauline Graivier Women’s Clubs George McKerrow Professor and Chairman University of Pittsburgh State University School of Medicine Director of Research Television Host National At-Large Dallas, Texas Chapter Department of OB/GYN NATIONAL YOUTH Hometown: Jennings, La. Robert F. Murray, Jr., MD Physician-in-Chief Washington University “Inside Edition” Members New York Weill Cornell Professor, Pediatrics, School of Medicine COUNCIL and Scientific Director Susan Kendig, RNC, MSN, Mallory Langston Distinguished Volunteer Medical College Medicine and Genetics St. Louis, Mo. Soledad O’Brien Michael Gormalley WHCNP Service Awards New York, N.Y. Children’s Hospital of Emily King University of Arkansas Chief, Division of Television Co-Anchor National Chair St. Louis, Mo. Pittsburgh Council Chair Hometown: Rogers, Ark. Medical Genetics Ellis J. Neufeld, MD, PhD CNN’s “American Morning” Clubs and Organizations Northern Region H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa. 2003–2004 Department of Pediatrics Associate Professor Kansas City, Mo. Lizzie Miller PhD, MD Kansas State University Michael Larson Jean Buerle Farley, RNC, MSN and Child Health Harvard Medical School Nancy O’Dell Louisville, Ky. Professor Kavita Arora, PhD Hometown: Overland Park, University of Washington Chapter Howard University Children’s Hospital Boston Television Co-Host Barbara West Carpenter, PhD Department of Philosophy Associate Professor National Chair Kan Hometown: Bellvue, Wash. College of Medicine Department of Developmental Division of Hematology/ “Access Hollywood” Thomas Miller, MD Roger M. Widmann Washington, D.C. Oncology Program Initiatives Prattville, Ala. Houston, Texas and Cell Biology Rob Davis Erin Ledger Greater New York Chapter Boston, Mass. Holly Robinson Peete Baker, La. University of California Council Chair University of Michigan Joy H. Penticuff, RN, PhD Irvine, Calif. Actress David B. Rich Southern Region Kevin T. FitzGerald, SJ, PhD Dick Marshall 2004–2005 Hometown: Williamsburg, Iowa Lee and Joseph Jamail Robert D. Nicholls, DPhil Parrish, Fla. Dr. David Lauler Chair in Professor of Nursing Professor of Genetics Staff and Volunteer Training University of Florida Anne Albrecht Richard Born, MD Cristina Saralegui Janie Lunsford Catholic Health Care Ethics The University of Texas in Psychiatry Oklahoma City, Okla. Hometown: Ocala, Fla. Greater Missouri Chapter Associate Professor Host, “The Cristina Show” Rick Salwen Converse College Associate Professor at Austin Center for Neurobiology Austin, Texas Department of Oncology Department of Neurobiology Rahul Bansal Hometown: Aiken, S.C. School of Nursing and Behavior Bruce Allen, Jr., PhD Randy Beaver Georgetown University Harvard Medical School George Washington University Austin, Texas Department of Psychiatry African-American Initiatives North Carolina Chapter Medical Center Boston, Mass. Los Angeles, Calif. Hometown: Plainsboro, N.J. University of Pennsylvania Washington, D.C. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Philadelphia, Pa. Western Region C. Thomas Caskey, MD, FACP Al Childs Stephanie Botelho Director of Community and President and CEO Board of Trustees Liaison Harvard University Van Johnson Education Relations Cogene BioTech Ventures Dallas, Texas Hometown: San Marino, Calif. Northern California Chapter Boeing World Headquarters Houston, Texas The Boeing Company Chicago, Ill.

40 BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND CHAPTERS BUILDING ON SUCCESS 41 Samuel L. Pfaff, PhD Scott Adzick, MD Marie E. Egan, MD Hans D. Ochs, MD RESEARCH Bennett A. Shaywitz, MD Michael D. Gershon, MD Gerard Karsenty, MD, PhD Stanley Plotkin, MD Peggy Zelenka, PhD Associate Professor Surgeon-in-Chief, Associate Professor Professor ADVISORY Professor of Pediatrics, Professor and Chairman Professor Medical and Scientific Advisor Head, Section of Cellular Gene Expression Laboratory Children’s Hospital Division of Pediatric Department of Pediatrics COMMITTEE B Neurology and Child Department of Anatomy Department of Molecular Aventis Pasteur Differentiation The Salk Institute for C. Everett Koop Professor Respiratory Medicine University of Washington Study Center and Cell Biology and Human Genetics Professor Emeritus Laboratory of Molecular Biological Studies of Pediatric Surgery Department of Pediatrics School of Medicine Lu Ann Aday, PhD Department of Pediatrics Columbia University Developmental Biology of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology La Jolla, Calif. Professor, Pediatrics and Yale University Seattle, Wash. Lorne Bain Distinguished Yale University School College of Physicians Program University of Pennsylvania National Eye Institute Obstetrics/Gynecology School of Medicine Professor of Medicine and Surgeons Baylor College of Medicine Doylestown, Pa. National Institutes of Health Jennifer M. Puck, MD University of Pennsylvania New Haven, Conn. Larry K. Pickering, MD, FAAP Department of Public Health New Haven, Conn. New York, N.Y. Houston, Texas Bethesda, Md. Chief, Genetics and Molecular School of Medicine Senior Advisor to the Director and Medicine Angeles B. Ribera, PhD Biology Branch Director, Pediatric General Jonathan D. Gitlin, MD National Immunization School of Public Health Sally Shaywitz, MD Dan H. Geschwind, MD, PhD Haig H. Kazazian, Jr., MD Professor RESEARCH National Human Genome and Thoracic Surgery Helene B. Roberson Professor Program University of Texas – Houston Professor of Pediatrics Associate Professor Chairman and Professor Department of Physiology ADVISORY Research Institute Director, Center for Fetal of Pediatrics Centers for Disease Control Health Science Center Co-Director, Yale Center of Neurology Department of Genetics and Biophysics COMMITTEE S National Institutes of Health Diagnosis and Treatment Department of Pediatrics and Prevention Houston, Texas for Study of Learning Director, Neurogenetics University of Pennsylvania University of Colorado Health Bethesda, Md. Philadelphia, Pa. Washington University School Atlanta, Ga. and Attention Program Philadelphia, Pa. Sciences Center Everett Anderson, PhD of Medicine Marcia Barnes, PhD Department of Pediatrics Department of Neurology , Colo. James Stillman Professor Ron G. Rosenfeld, MD Arthur L. Beaudet, MD St. Louis, Mo. Alan L. Schwartz, MD, PhD Associate Scientist Yale University School UCLA School of Medicine Joseph A. Majzoub, MD of Comparative Anatomy Senior Vice President, Henry and Emma Meyer Harriet B. Spoehrer Hospital for Sick Children of Medicine Los Angeles, Calif. Professor of Pediatrics Evan Snyder, MD, PhD and Professor of Cell Biology Medical Affairs Professor and Chair Michael V. Johnston, MD Professor and Chairman Research Institute New Haven, Conn. Harvard Medical School Professor and Director Department of Cell Biology Lucile Packard Foundation Department of Molecular Senior Vice President Department of Pediatrics Associate Professor of Gregory Grabowski, MD Chief, Division of Stem Cell Program and Harvard Medical School for Children’s Health and Human Genetics and Chief Medical Officer Professor of Molecular Paediatrics Travis Thompson, PhD Director of Human Genetics Endocrinology Program in Developmental Boston, Mass. Palo Alto, Calif. Baylor College of Medicine Director, Division of Biology and Pharmacology University of Toronto Executive Program Director Professor of Pediatrics Children’s Hospital and Regenerative Cell Biology Houston, Texas Neurology and Washington University Toronto, Ontario Minnesota Autism Center Division of Human Genetics Boston, Mass. The Burnham Institute Robert D. Christensen, MD Lisa G. Shaffer, PhD, FACMG Developmental Medicine in St. Louis Minneapolis, Minn. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital La Jolla, Calif. Professor and Chairman Research Professor John M. Bissonnette, MD Kennedy Krieger Institute Pediatrician-in-Chief Medical Center Paul B. McCray, MD Department of Pediatrics Health Research and Professor, Department of Professor of Neurology St. Louis Children’s Hospital Mark L. Batshaw, MD RESEARCH Cincinnati, Ohio Professor Deepak Srivastava, MD Physician-in-Chief Education Center Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics St. Louis, Mo. Chief Academic Officer ADVISORY Department of Pediatrics Associate Professor All Children’s Hospital Washington State University and Department of Cell Johns Hopkins University Children’s National COMMITTEE C Markus Grompe, MD Allergy/Pulmonary Division Department of Pediatrics University of South Florida – Spokane Biology and Anatomy School of Medicine Richard A. Spritz, MD Medical Center Professor University of Iowa Division of Cardiology and St. Petersburg, Fla. School of Molecular School of Medicine Baltimore, Md. Director, Human Medical Professor and Chair, John A. Kessler, MD Department of Molecular College of Medicine Molecular Biology Biosciences Oregon Health Genetics Program Department of Pediatrics Committee Chair and Medical Genetics Iowa City, Iowa University of Texas Mary Ellen Conley, MD Spokane, Wash. Sciences University Robert H. K. Mak, MD, PhD, University of Colorado Associate Dean for Benjamin and Virginia T. Boshes Oregon Health Science Center Southwestern Medical Center Federal Express Chair Portland, Ore. FRCP Health Sciences Center Faculty Affairs Professor Portland, Ore. William C. Mobley, MD, PhD Dallas, Texas of Excellence Richard James Whitley, MD Professor and Chief Denver, Colo. George Washington University Chairman, Davee Department Professor and Chair Professor of Pediatrics Loeb-Eminent Scholar Chair Patrick M. Catalano, MD Division of Pediatric Washington, D.C. of Neurology and Clinical Tulle I. Hazelrigg, PhD Department of Neurology Michael P. Stryker, PhD Department of Pediatrics in Pediatrics Chairman Nephrology Ann R. Stark, MD Neurological Sciences Associate Professor and Neurological Sciences Professor and Chair University of , Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Obstetrics Department of Pediatrics Professor of Pediatrics William Feldman, MD, FRCPC Northwestern University Department of Biological Stanford University Department of Physiology Memphis Microbiology and Medicine and Gynecology Oregon Health Sciences Section of Neonatology Professor Emeritus Medical School Sciences Stanford, Calif. University of California St. Jude’s Children’s Chief, Pediatric Infectious Professor, Reproductive University Baylor College of Medicine of Paediatrics Chicago, Ill. Columbia University San Francisco Research Hospital Diseases Biology Portland, Ore. Houston, Texas University of Toronto New York, N.Y. Michel C. Nussenzweig, San Francisco, Calif. Department of Immunology University of MetroHealth Medical Center Denholm, Quebec Qais Al-Awqati, MB, ChB MD, PhD Memphis, Tenn. at Birmingham Case Western Reserve Anne Moscona, MD Kurt R. Stenmark, MD Canada Robert F. Loeb Professor Karl Herrup, PhD Investigator Stephen T. Warren, PhD, Children’s Hospital University Vice Chair for Research Head, Pediatric Critical Care of Medicine Professor Howard Hughes FACMG Lloyd A. Greene, PhD Birmingham, Ala. Cleveland, Ohio Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine and Developmental Michael T. Mennuti, MD Department of Medicine Department of Neurology Medical Institute William Patterson Timmie Professor of Pathology Cell Biology and Anatomy Lung Biology Lab Professor and Chairman Columbia University and Neurosciences Sherman Fairchild Professor of Human Genetics Department of Pathology RESEARCH Robert J. Desnick, MD, PhD Mount Sinai School University of Colorado Department of Obstetrics College of Physicians Case Western Reserve Professor of Immunology Chairman, Department Center for Neurobiology ADVISORY Professor of Human Genetics of Medicine Health Sciences Center and Gynecology and Surgeons University and Senior Physician of Human Genetics and Behavior COMMITTEE A and Pediatrics New York, N.Y. Denver, Colo. Director, Reproductive New York, N.Y. Cleveland, Ohio The Rockefeller University Emory University School College of Physicians Chairman, Department Genetics and Prenatal New York, N.Y. of Medicine and Surgeons Ora H. Peskovitz, MD of Human Genetics Maximilian Muenke, MD Michelle A. Williams, ScD Genetic Diagnosis Brenda Andrews, PhD Margaret K. Hostetter, MD Atlanta, Ga. Columbia University Committee Chair Mount Sinai School Chief, Medical Genetics Branch Professor, Department of University of Pennsylvania Professor and Chair Professor of Pediatrics Stuart H. Orkin, MD New York, N.Y. Edwin Letzter Professor of Medicine National Human Genome Epidemiology Medical Center Department of Medical and Microbial Pathogenesis Leland Fikes Professor Rahul Warrior, PhD of Pediatrics and Professor New York, N.Y. Research Institute Director, MIRT Program Philadelphia, Pa. Genetics and Chair, Department of Pediatric Medicine Assistant Professor Melvin M. Grumbach, MD of Physiology and Biophysics National Institutes of Health University of Washington Microbiology of Pediatrics Investigator, Howard Hughes Department of Developmental Edward B. Shaw Professor Director, Section of Pediatric Sherin Devaskar, MD Bethesda, Md. Seattle, Wash. University of Toronto Yale University School Medical Institute and Cell Biology of Pediatrics and Chairman Endocrinology and Professor in Pediatrics Toronto, Ontario of Medicine Division of University of California, Irvine Emeritus Diabetology University of California Jeffrey C. Murray, MD Christopher B. Wilson, MD Canada New Haven, Conn. Hematology/Oncology Irvine, Calif. Department of Pediatrics Department of Pediatrics at Los Angeles Professor of Pediatrics Professor of Pediatrics Harvard Medical School School of Medicine Indiana University School of Medicine and Biological Sciences and Immunology Marianne Bronner-Fraser, PhD Children’s Hospital Roger C. Young, MD, PhD University of California, School of Medicine Director of Neonatology Division of Neonatology Chair, Department Professor Medical Center Division Director San Francisco James Whitcomb Riley Mattel Children’s Hospital University of Iowa of Immunology Department of Biology Boston, Mass. Department of Obstetrics San Francisco, Calif. Hospital for Children Los Angeles, Calif. College of Medicine University of Washington California Institute and Gynecology Indianapolis, Ind. Iowa City, Iowa Seattle, Wash. of Technology Dartmouth-Hitchcock Pasadena, Calif. Medical Center Lebanon, N.H.

42 BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND CHAPTERS BUILDING ON SUCCESS 43 Kurt Hirschhorn, MD SCIENTIFIC Ronald S. Gibbs, MD Eve M. Lackritz, MD SCIENTIFIC John A. Kessler, MD ex officio Joe Leigh Simpson, MD Brigid L.M. Hogan, PhD Arden Handler, DrPH Virginia Rauh, ScD Professor of Pediatrics, ADVISORY Professor and Chair Chief ADVISORY Benjamin and Virginia T. Boshes Ernest W. Bertner Chairman Chair Professor Associate Professor Human Genetics and Medicine COMMITTEE ON Department of Obstetrics Maternal and Infant COUNCIL Professor and Professor Department of Cell Biology Community Health Sciences/ of Clinical Public Health Department of Human PREMATURITY and Gynecology Health Branch Chairman, Davee Department Department of Obstetrics Duke University Maternal and Child Center for Population Genetics University of Colorado Division of Reproductive Kathryn L. Calame, PhD of Neurology and Clinical and Gynecology Medical Center Health Training Program and Family Health Mount Sinai School Frederick C. Battaglia, MD Health Sciences Center Health Professor of Biochemistry Neurological Sciences Baylor College of Medicine Durham, N.C. School of Public Health Mailman School of of Medicine Professor Emeritus of Denver, Colo. National Center for Chronic and Molecular Biophysics Northwestern University Houston, Texas University of Illinois at Chicago Public Health New York, N.Y. Pediatrics Disease Prevention and Department of Microbiology Medical School Mary-Lou Pardue, PhD Columbia University University of Colorado Michael F. Greene, MD Health Promotion Columbia University Chicago, Ill. Huntington F. Willard, PhD Boris Magasanik Professor Carol J. Rowland Hogue, Rochelle R. Hirschhorn, MD Health Sciences Center Committee Chair Centers for Disease Control New York, N.Y. ex officio of Biology PhD, MPH William Sappenfield, MD, MPH Professor of Medicine Perinatal Research Center Director of Maternal Fetal and Prevention Abner L. Notkins, MD Director, Institute for Institute Terry Professor Medical Epidemiologist Chief, Division of Denver, Colo. Medicine Atlanta, Ga. Marian B. Carlson, PhD Senior Investigator Genome Sciences and Policy of Technology Maternal and Child Health Applied Sciences Branch Medical Genetics Massachusetts General Professor, Departments Infection and Immunity Branch Vice Chancellor Department of Biology The Rollins School Division of Reproductive New York University Lillian R. Blackmon, MD, FAAP Hospital Charles J. Lockwood, MD of Genetics and Development National Institute of Dental for Genome Sciences Cambridge, Mass. of Public Health Health School of Medicine Chair, Committee on Fetus Professor of Obstetrics Professor and Chairman and Microbiology and Craniofacial Research Duke University Emory University National Center for New York, N.Y. and Newborn and Gynecology Department of Obstetrics College of Physicians National Institutes of Health Durham, N.C. 2004 PRIZE IN Chronic Disease Prevention American Academy and Reproductive Biology and Gynecology and Surgeons Bethesda, Md. DEVELOPMENTAL John Kiely, PhD and Health Promotion Orlando J. Miller, MD of Pediatrics Harvard Medical School Yale University Columbia University MARCH OF BIOLOGY Acting Director Centers for Disease Control Professor of Molecular Boston, Mass. School of Medicine New York, N.Y. Nigel S. Paneth, MD, MPH Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Clinical Associate Professor DIMES PRIZE IN AWARDEE Medicine and Genetics of Pediatrics New Haven, Conn. Professor of Epidemiology DEVELOPMENTAL National Center Department of Calvin J. Hobel, MD Harvey J. Cohen, MD, PhD and Pediatrics and Human for Health Statistics Richard H. Schwarz, MD University of Maryland BIOLOGY Mary F. Lyon, PhD, FRS Molecular Medicine Medical Center Professor and Vice Chairman Irwin R. Merkatz, MD ex officio Development Former Head, Vice Chairman for SELECTION and Genetics Baltimore, Md. Department of Obstetrics Professor and University Chair Marron and Mary Elizabeth Associate Dean for Research Genetic Section Russell S. Kirby, PhD, MS, FACE Clinical Services School of Medicine and Gynecology Department of Obstetrics, Kendrick Michigan State University COMMITTEE MRC Mammalian Professor Department of Obstetrics Professor and Chairman Wayne State University Coleen Boyle, PhD Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Gynecology and College of Human Medicine Dominick P. Purpura, MD Genetics Unit Department of Maternal and Gynecology Department of Pediatrics Detroit, Mich. Director Los Angeles, Calif. Women’s Health East Lansing, Mich. Committee Chair Medical Research Council and Child Health Maimonides Medical Center Stanford University Division of Birth Defects Albert Einstein College Dean Harwell, Oxfordshire School of Public Health School of Medicine Leslie Pick, PhD and Developmental Disabilities Vijaya Hogan, DrPH, MPH of Medicine Wade Parks, MD, PhD Albert Einstein College United Kingdom University of Alabama, Claudia Steiner, MD, MPH Stanford, Calif. Associate Professor Centers for Disease Control Director Montefiore Medical Center Professor and Chairman of Medicine Birmingham Senior Research Physician Department of Entomology and Prevention Curriculum on Health Bronx, N.Y. Department of Pediatrics Bronx, N.Y. PERINATAL Center for Organization University of Maryland National Center on Birth Disparities Harvey R. Colten, MD New York University DATA ADVISORY Michael Kogan, PhD and Delivery Studies College Park, Md. Clinical Associate Professor Mary Lou Moore, PhD, RNC, Vice President and Senior School of Medicine Director Agency for Healthcare Defects and Developmental David Baltimore, PhD COMMITTEE Associate Dean Disabilities Department of Maternal FACCE, FAAN New York, N.Y. President Office of Data and Research and Quality for Academic Affairs Joe Leigh Simpson, MD Atlanta, Ga. Child Health Associate Professor California Institute Greg R. Alexander, RS, Information Management Columbia University Ernst W. Bertner Chairman School of Public Health Department of Obstetrics Ora H. Pescovitz, MD of Technology MPH, ScD Maternal and Child Lowell E. Sever, PhD Medical Center and Professor Harvey J. Cohen, MD, PhD University of North Carolina and Gynecology ex officio Pasadena, Calif. Professor and Chair Health Bureau Professor of Epidemiology Department of Obstetrics Professor and Chairman Chapel Hill, N.C. Wake Forest University New York, N.Y. Edwin Letzter Professor Department of Maternal Health Resources and School of Public Health and Gynecology of Pediatrics School of Medicine of Pediatrics and Paul Berg, PhD and Child Health Services Administration University of Texas Donald A. Henderson, Baylor College of Medicine Stanford University Jay D. Iams, MD Winston-Salem, N.C. Professor of Physiology Cahill Professor in School of Public Health MD, MPH Houston, Texas School of Medicine Professor and Vice Chairman and Biophysics Cancer Research and University of Alabama, Milton Kotelchuck, PhD, MPH Stephanie Ventura, MA Director of Research and Stanford, Calif. Department of OB/GYN E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA Director, Section of Biochemistry, Emeritus Birmingham Professor Chief, Reproductive Development in the Donald J. Woodward, PhD Ohio State University Vice-Chancellor Pediatric Endocrinology Stanford University Department of Maternal Statistics Branch Office of the Assistant Professor Margaret C. Freda, EdD, RN, School of Medicine University of Arkansas and Diabetology School of Medicine Howard Andrews, PhD and Child Health National Center for Secretary for Public Health Department of Physiology CHES, FAAN Columbus, Ohio Medical Services Department of Pediatrics Stanford, Calif. Research Scientist Boston University School Health Statistics and Pharmacology Professor Dean, College of Medicine Emergency Preparedness Indiana University School Mailman School of of Public Health Washington, D.C. Wake Forest University Department of Obstetrics, Mark A. Klebanoff, MD, MPH Little Rock, Ark. of Medicine Walter J. Gehring, PhD Public Health Deborah Klein Walker, EdD School of Medicine Gynecology and Women’s Director James Whitcomb Riley Professor Columbia University and Bruce Levin, PhD Principal Associate Kurt Hirschhorn, MD Winston-Salem, N.C. Health Division of Epidemiology, Richard H. Schwarz, MD Hospital for Children Department of New York State Professor and Chair Abt Associates Inc Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein Statistics and Prevention Vice Chairman Indianapolis, Ind. Cell Biology Psychiatric Institute Department of Biostatistics Cambridge, Mass. Human Genetics and Medicine Robert H. Yolken, MD College of Medicine Research for Clinical Affairs Biozentrum Mailman School of Department of Ted and Vada Distinguished Montefiore Medical Center National Institute of Child Department of Obstetrics Jerome Lewis Schulman, MD University of Basel Karla Damus, RN, PhD, MSPH Public Health Human Genetics Professor of Developmental Bronx, N.Y. Health and Human and Gynecology Professor Emeritus Basel, Switzerland Associate Professor Columbia University Neurovirology Development Maimonides Medical Center Mount Sinai School Northwestern University Department of Obstetrics of Medicine Director, Stanley Laboratory Fredric Frigoletto, MD National Institutes of Health Brooklyn, N.Y. Medical School David I. Hirsh, PhD and Gynecology and Joyce Martin, MPH New York, N.Y. of Developmental Professor Bethesda, Md. Twin Lakes, Wis. Robert Wood Johnson Jr. Women’s Health Lead Statistician, Demographer Neurovirology Obstetrics and Gynecology Joe Leigh Simpson, MD Professor Albert Einstein College Reproductive Statistics Branch Margaret K. Hostetter, MD Johns Hopkins School Harvard Medical School Ernst W. Bertner Chairman Chairman, Department of Medicine National Center Professor of Pediatrics of Medicine Chief of Obstetrics and Professor of Biochemistry and for Health Statistics and Microbial Pathogenesis Baltimore, Md. Massachusetts General Department of Obstetrics Molecular Biophysics David E. Gagnon, MPH, MPA Chair, Department Hospital and Gynecology College of Physicians President of Pediatrics Boston, Mass. Baylor College of Medicine & Surgeons National Perinatal Yale University School Houston, Texas Columbia University Information Center of Medicine New York, N.Y. New Haven, Conn.

44 BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND CHAPTERS BUILDING ON SUCCESS 45 NURSE ADVISORY Kit Devine, MSN, ARNP Ann L. Ropp, RN, MS Beth A. Brooke Judith Lichtman NATIONAL Cynthia Leive PREMATURITY National Perinatal Association MARCH OF DIMES COUNCIL Clinical Faculty Vice President Partner President COMMUNICATIONS Editor-in-Chief CAMPAIGN National Rural Health CHAPTERS University of Louisville Women’s and Children’s Ernst & Young, LLP National Partnership ADVISORY Glamour ALLIANCE Association Margaret Comerford Freda, Alabama School of Nursing and Emergency Services New York, N.Y. for Women and Families COUNCIL MEMBERS National WIC Association EdD, RN, CHES, FAAN Nurse Practitioner Saint Luke’s Health System Washington, D.C. Malcolm Manber Partnership for Prevention Birmingham, Ala. Council Chair Fertility and Endocrine Kansas City, Mo. Thomas W. Chapman, MPH, Judith Nolte Medical/Science Writer American Academy of Family Sidelines National Support Premature birth rate 15.7% Professor Associates EdD Charlene Lugar Committee Chair Physicians Network Department of OB/GYN Louisville, Ky. Kathleen Rice Simpson, President and CEO McLean, Va. Editor-in-Chief Michael McCurdy American Academy of Smoke-Free Families Alaska and Women’s Health PhD, RNC, FAAN HSC Foundation American Baby Owner Periodontology Society for Gynecologic Anchorage, Alaska Albert Einstein College Susan Gennaro, DSN, FAAN Perinatal Clinical Washington, D.C. Rose Marie Martinez, ScD HealthNewsDigest.com American College of Investigation Premature birth rate 9.8% of Medicine Director, International Center Nurse Specialist Director Miriam Arond Nurse-Midwives Society for Maternal-Fetal Montefiore Medical Center for Research for Women, St. John’s Mercy Charlotte W. Collins Board on Health Promotion Editor-in-Chief Peggy Northrop American College of Medicine Arizona Bronx, N.Y. Children and Families Medical Center Associate Professor and Disease Prevention Child Editor-in-Chief Osteopathic Obstetricians Society of Pediatric Nurses Phoenix, Ariz. Professor, University St. Louis, Mo. Center for Health Services Institute of Medicine More and Gynecologists Vermont Oxford Network Premature birth rate 12.6% Susan Bakewell-Sachs, PhD, of Pennsylvania Research and Policy Washington, D.C. John Mack Carter American Dental Association RN, APRN, BC Philadelphia, Pa. Barbara Peterson Sinclair, George Washington University Consultant Dana Points American Dental Hygienists’ PREMATURITY Arkansas Dean, School of Nursing MN, RNP, FAAN Washington, D.C. Sally Richardson Hearst Corporation Executive Editor Association ALLIANCE Little Rock, Ark. The College of New Jersey Premature birth rate 12.7% Susan Rumsey Givens, MPH, Chair, Health Science Associate Vice President Self American Hospital Association CLUBS AND School of Nursing RNC, LCCE California State University Helen Darling and Executive Director Catherine Cassidy American Public Health ORGANIZATIONS Ewing, N.J. Educator Los Angeles President Center for Health Senior Vice President and Lesley Seymour Association Northern California Mt. Carmel St. Ann’s Los Angeles, Calif. National Business Group Policy Research Editor-in-Chief Editor-in-Chief American Society of Fraternity, Inc. San Francisco, Calif. Susan Blackburn, PhD, RN, Hospital System on Health West Virginia University Reiman Publications Marie Claire Reproductive Medicine Future Business Leaders of Premature birth rate 10.2%* FAAN Westerville, Ohio Linda Beth Tiedje, PhD, Washington, D.C. Charleston, W.Va. Association of Maternal and America — Phi Beta Lambda Professor RN, FAAN Janet Chan Susan Kelliher Ungaro Child Health Programs General Federation of Southern California Department of Family Margaret H. Kearney, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor Jack Ebeler Sara Rosenbaum, JD Editor-in-Chief Editor-in-Chief Association of Reproductive Women’s Clubs Los Angeles, Calif. and Child Nursing RNC, FAAN Department of Epidemiology President and CEO Director Parenting Family Circle Health Professionals Key Club International Premature birth rate 10.2%* University of Washington Associate Professor and Chair College of Human Medicine Alliance of Community Center for Health Services Association of State and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. Seattle, Wash. Maternal-Child Health Michigan State University Health Plans Research and Policy Elizabeth Crow Jennifer Warner Territorial Health Officials Veterans of Foreign Wars/ Colorado William F. Connell School East Lansing, Mich. Washington, D.C. George Washington University Vice President and Writer/Editor Bright Futures Ladies Auxiliary Denver, Colo. Mary C. Brucker, CNM, DNSc, of Nursing Washington, D.C. Editorial Director WebMD.com CityMatCH Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Premature birth rate 12.0% FACNM Boston College Karen Waldrop, RN Judith Feder, PhD Consumers Union Coalition for Positive Director, Parkland School Connecticut Chestnut Hill, Mass. ex officio Professor and Dean Sarah C. Shuptrine Member, March of Dimes NATIONAL Outcomes for CHAPTERS of Nurse-Midwifery Director of Program Services Georgetown Public President and CEO Board of Trustees CLUBS AND Council of Women’s and Manchester, Conn. Dallas, Texas SPONSORING Premature birth rate 10.1% Mary Lou Moore, PhD, RNC, March of Dimes Policy Institute Southern Institute on Children ORGANIZATIONS Infants’ Specialty Hospitals FACCE, FAAN Greenville, S.C. Georgetown University and Families RESEARCH Judsen Culbreth PARTNERS FirstCandle/SIDS Alliance John E. Collins, MSN, CNM, Associate Professor Washington, D.C. Columbia, S.C. Freelance Writer International Childbirth GRANTS Delaware DrPH(c) Newport, Del. Department of OB/GYN PUBLIC POLICY Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Education Association Arizona Director of Perinatal Premature birth rate 13.6% Wake Forest University ADVISORY Andrea Gelzer, MD Vernon K. Smith, PhD Kevin Finnegan General Federation of National Alliance for Hispanic Connecticut Department School of Medicine COUNCIL Vice President, Health Policy Principal Producer Women’s Clubs Health Florida Bridgeport Community Florida Winston-Salem, N.C. CIGNA HealthCare Health Management Associates CBS Evening News Kiwanis International National Association of Greater Missouri Health Center Tampa, Fla. Janet Shikles, Co-Chair Bloomfield, Conn. Lansing, Mich. Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. Children’s Hospitals and New Jersey Bridgeport, Conn. Premature birth rate 13.0% Merry-K. Moos, MPH, BSN, Health Policy Consultant Freddi Greenberg Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc. Related Institutions South Carolina FNP, FAAN and Adjunct Professor, Mary R. Grealy, JD James R. Tallon, Jr. Editor-in-Chief — Top Teens of America National Association of Texas Jane Corrarino, MS, RN Professor Oregon Health President President Nick, Jr. U.S. Junior Chamber of County and City Health Georgia Acting Director of Nursing Department of Obstetrics Sciences University Healthcare Leadership Council United Hospital Fund Atlanta, Ga. Commerce Officials SPECIAL CHAPTER Suffolk County Department and Gynecolgy Portland, Ore. Washington, D.C. of New York Susan Kane U.S. Women of Today National Association of Premature birth rate 12.6% RESEARCH of Health Services School of Medicine New York, N.Y. Editor-in-Chief Veterans of Foreign Wars/ Neonatal Nurses East Hauppauge, N.Y. University of North Carolina Bruce Vladeck, PhD, Margaret A. Hamburg, MD Baby Talk Ladies Auxiliary (VFW) National Association of ENDOWMENT Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii at Chapel Hill Co-Chair and Liaison Vice President for Peters D. Willson Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Nurse Practitioners in South Carolina Karla Damus, RN, PhD, MSPH Chapel Hill, N.C. to the March of Dimes Biological Programs Vice President for Public Policy Cherry Key Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity Women’s Health Premature birth rate 13.7% Associate Professor National Public Affairs Nuclear Threat Initiative National Association Producer Future Business Leaders of National Association of Director, Community Mary Neumann, RNC, MS Committee Washington, D.C. of Children’s Hospitals ABC News “World America — Phi Beta Lambda Pediatric Nurse Practitioners Idaho Programs Perinatal Outreach Principal, Ernst & Young, LLP Alexandria, Va. News Now” Gamma Sigma Sigma National Association of Boise, Idaho Department of OB/GYN Coordinator New York, N.Y. Julia James Key Club Public Hospitals and Premature birth rate 10.4% and Women’s Health Nebraska Methodist Hospital Principal Jill Kirschenbaum Circle K International Health Systems Albert Einstein College Boystown, Neb. Carmella Bocchino, RN, MBA Health Policy Alternatives Lifestyle Editor National Birth Defects Illinois of Medicine Senior Vice President, Washington, D.C. The Philadelphia Inquirer Prevention Network Chicago, Ill. Montefiore Medical Center Heather Dawn Reynolds, Medical Affairs National Healthy Mothers, Premature birth rate 12.6% Bronx, N.Y. CNM, MSN, FACNM America’s Health Barbara Kennelly Sally Lee Healthy Babies Coalition Associate Professor Insurance Plans President and CEO Editor-in-Chief National Healthy Start * Rate is for entire state Yale University Washington, D.C. National Committee to Parents Association School of Nursing Preserve Social Security National Medical Association Yale-New Haven Hospital and Medicare New Haven, Conn. Washington, D.C.

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Indiana Nevada Tennessee HELP US SUCCEED IN SAVING BABIES Indianapolis, Ind. Las Vegas, Nev. Nashville, Tenn. Premature birth rate 12.5% Premature birth rate 13.0% Premature birth rate 13.8% By donating: Call 1-800-742-4657 or visit marchofdimes.com to give a gift, Iowa New Hampshire Texas donate stock or make a bequest, or contact your local chapter. Cedar Rapids, Iowa Concord, N.H. Dallas, Texas Premature birth rate 11.6% Premature birth rate 9.5% Premature birth rate 13.3% By volunteering: Visit our Web site — marchofdimes.com — to find the March Greater New Jersey Utah of Dimes chapter nearest you. Louisville, Ky. Cranbury, N.J. Salt Lake City, Utah Premature birth rate 13.6% Premature birth rate 12.0% Premature birth rate 10.5% By joining WalkAmerica: Visit walkamerica.org to register, become a sponsor, or volunteer. Louisiana New Mexico Vermont Baton Rouge, La. Albuquerque, N.M. Barre, Vt. By contacting our Pregnancy & Newborn Health Premature birth rate 15.1% Premature birth rate 12.6% Premature birth rate 9.0% Education Center®: For answers to questions about pregnancy and newborn health, Maine Greater New York National Capital Area visit marchofdimes.com or e-mail [email protected] Falmouth, Maine New York, N.Y. Arlington, Va. Navy Anderson, 14 days old 7-year-old Navy Navy with Mom & Dad Premature birth rate 10.1% Premature birth rate 11.4%* Premature birth rate 14.6% In Spanish: nacersano.org, 1-800-925-1855

Maryland Upstate New York Virginia How to make a bequest Baltimore, Md. Buffalo, N.Y. Glen Allen, Va. Planned Giving is an investment in future generations. In addition Premature birth rate 12.9% Premature birth rate 11.4%* Premature birth rate 11.8% to being an important source of funds for the March of Dimes, planned giving helps donors achieve their personal philanthropic, The Twin Who Survived Massachusetts North Carolina Washington financial, and tax-forgiveness estate planning goals. Westborough, Mass. Charlotte, N.C. Seattle, Wash. Life, death or disability — no one can predict how a premature Premature birth rate 10.6% Premature birth rate 13.3% Premature birth rate 9.6% Contributors have many giving choices. Making a bequest is the most frequently used method of perpetuating the work of the birth can turn out — or even why it happens at all. Despite Michigan North Dakota West Virginia March of Dimes. There are three types of bequests: a specific getting prenatal care and doing everything right, Jamie Anderson Southfield, Mich. Fargo, N.D. Charleston, W.Va. bequest, a percentage bequest and a residual bequest. Premature birth rate 11.9% Premature birth rate 11.3% Premature birth rate 13.4% went into preterm labor. Her twins Navy and Jackson were For a specific or a percentage bequest, the following language born 17 weeks early. Jackson lived less than four hours. His Minnesota Ohio Wisconsin can be used: Edina, Minn. Cleveland, Ohio West Allis, Wis. sister Navy underwent 12 transfusions and two surgeries. Premature birth rate 9.8% Premature birth rate 12.2% Premature birth rate 10.9% “I give to the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation the sum of $ ___ (dollars) or __ % (percent) of my estate.” But thanks to her fi ghting spirit and March of Dimes advances Oklahoma Wyoming in treating premature babies, Navy survived. Jackson, Miss. Oklahoma City, Okla. Casper, Wyo. The residual bequest is made after all family and other bequests Premature birth rate 17.2% Premature birth rate 12.6% Premature birth rate 11.7% are complete and the following language can be used: Today, at 7 years old, Navy serves as the March of Dimes 2005 Greater Kansas Greater Oregon National 2002 Premature “All the residue of my estate, including real and personal Kansas City, Mo. Portland, Ore. Birth Rate — 12.1% of property, I give, devise and bequest to the March of Dimes National Ambassador. While her parents, Jamie and Mike, are Premature birth rate Premature birth rate 9.7% live births Birth Defects Foundation.” grateful for her remarkable outcome, they’re reminded daily of (Kansas) 10.9% Premature birth rate Pennsylvania March of Dimes and Before deciding on a planned gift, potential contributors the loss of Jackson. They have seen both faces of the problem (Missouri) 13.0% King of Prussia, Pa. Healthy People 2010 should consult an attorney or financial planner. March of Dimes Premature birth rate 11.4% Objective — 7.6% of representatives are also available to provide reliable information of premature birth and know how much work is still to be done. Greater Missouri live births about wills and other options, such as charitable remainder trusts, Nearly half a million babies are born prematurely every year — Brentwood, Mo. Puerto Rico charitable gift annuities, and gifts of insurance and retirement Premature birth rate 13.0% Hato Ray, Puerto Rico Source: National Center for plans. They will, of course, hold all discussions in the strictest tiny lives that hang in the balance. The March of Dimes, with help Premature birth rate 18.4% Health Statistics, 2002 final confidence. An inquiry does not obligate a prospective donor from its 3 million volunteers, is determined to reach the day when Montana natality data in any way. For more information, contact your local March of Billings, Mont. Rhode Island Dimes office, or call 1-800-315-3698. all babies get a healthy, full-term start in life. Premature birth rate 11.3% Providence, R.I. Prepared by the March of Premature birth rate 11.3% Dimes Perinatal Data Center, About endowments Nebraska 2004 A gift to our endowment is a gift that goes on forever, allowing Omaha, Neb. South Carolina a donor to leave a permanent legacy to the community. The Premature birth rate 11.8% Columbia, S.C. principal of such gifts is invested in perpetuity, with income Premature birth rate 14.2% expendable consistent with purposes that may be specified by the donor. The donor enjoys the assurance that the gift will South Dakota always be well managed and well used, even as needs change Sioux Falls, S.D. over the years. Endowed funds strengthen the March of Dimes Premature birth rate 11.3% ability to keep pace even during uncertain economic times.

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