Foundation Leadership

Matt is the Chief Marketing and Innovations Officer at MedPower, a cloud-based learning company serving the healthcare industry, where he leads global marketing and product teams and guides marketing strategy, product development, branding, and analytics. Earlier in his career he was Chief Marketing Officer at the start-up TriPlay and ran sales and marketing for SiriusXM as the company grew into the world's largest radio broadcaster, with earlier marketing leadership roles at DIRECTV, Grey Advertising, and Young & Rubicam. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan. Matt is a CMT1A patient and the father of three children with CMT.

Kara spent seven years as a Vice President in the internal audit function of Barclays Investment Bank in New York, specializing in finance, compliance, and financial crime, and leading global strategic change initiatives. Before Barclays she was a Manager at KPMG for six years, focused on financial statement audits for banks and other financial institutions in Chicago and New York. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from the University of Illinois. Kara became involved with HNF after moving to New York in 2010, dedicated to raising awareness and supporting research that improves the lives of her family members and others impacted by CMT, and has since relocated to Los Angeles, where she is expanding HNF's network on the west coast.

Brooke is the proud mother of a smart, articulate daughter dealing with the challenges of CMT1A. She has dedicated herself to finding the best care for her daughter and husband, serving as the family's primary medical advocate through several surgeries, and first sought out HNF as a way to be better prepared for the challenges ahead. She is committed to finding a cure for all children and to sharing what she has learned about effective treatments with other families. Brooke earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, a Master of Engineering Management from Northwestern University, and an MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management.

Daniel McQuade has built a career on a single principle: curiosity is a strategy. At Columbia Business School he has served as Adjunct Lecturer and as Director and Instructor of the Venture for All global entrepreneurship program, teaching founders and business leaders that asking what comes next is a competitive advantage. He has founded four companies, from one of the first blockchain solutions on IBM's Food Trust platform to early direct-to-consumer commerce ventures, and has directed more than $7 million in grants supporting education, health, and wellness across New York City. Diagnosed with CMT later in life, he understands what earlier diagnosis and treatment could mean for the community, and joined HNF's board to put his skills as an educator, entrepreneur, and technologist to work accelerating progress toward a cure.

Dennis has spent his 36-year career in medical devices, with deep experience across research and development, operations, quality, and sales and marketing. Having worked at both start-ups and Fortune 500 companies, including Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic, he brings invaluable experience in building relationships with the medical community, shaping regulatory strategy, and guiding medical-device design and product launch, all of which he puts to work supporting HNF within the medical industry. Dennis comes to the team with direct experience of CMT, which a member of his family lives with. His goal with HNF is to create awareness of hereditary peripheral neuropathies, work with industry leaders on therapies for today, and help drive an eventual cure for future generations.

Dominic Hadeed leads or holds investments in a diverse group of successful enterprises in the Caribbean, including Blue Waters Products Limited, Blue Waters St. Lucia Limited, Fabric Land Limited, and Domhad Properties Limited. He is a member of the Young Presidents Organization and one of the few members from Trinidad and Tobago in that global community of chief executives. In 2015 he was named Ernst & Young's Master Entrepreneur of the Year and EY's country winner for Trinidad and Tobago, and in 2016 he represented the country at EY's World Entrepreneur of the Year gala. Under his leadership, Blue Waters Products Limited was named Best Managed Company 2019 by Deloitte & Touche.

Natalia Salejko is a happy wife and the mother of two wonderful girls, one of whom lives with CMT4A. Her professional background spans marketing, medical environments, and operations management for an international company headquartered in London, and she currently serves as office manager for Allegro, the largest e-commerce company in Poland. After living in the United Kingdom for fourteen years, her family relocated to Poland. Medicine has always been one of her greatest passions, and her family and growing team are laser-focused on finding a cure through aggressive fundraising across many channels, determined that her daughter's generation will grow up with treatments that do not exist today.

Sital Bhavsar sought out HNF after her daughter was diagnosed with CMT2A. Learning how much the science had advanced, she decided she wanted to help HNF cross the finish line on treatments for children like her daughter. She is unwavering in her support of scientific research and believes that, with the right advocacy, a definitive treatment can become a reality. Sital brings that same determination to the board, where she works to grow awareness of CMT and strengthen the community of families facing it. For her the mission is deeply personal: every advance in CMT research is an advance for her own daughter's future.

Sonny is the President of Granger Development, Inc. and a licensed real estate broker in Florida, Alabama, and Georgia. He is also a Principal and Senior Advisor at SVN Southland Commercial Real Estate, with more than twenty years of experience across every major property type and a proven track record of success. Among other projects, Granger Development was the lead developer of The Tennyson, Downtown Tallahassee's first residential high-rise condominium: a fourteen-story, ninety-unit building a block from the Florida State Capitol that helped win the City of Tallahassee's Visionary Award.