AVICHAI "AVI" KREMER, Chief Executive Officer, is a co-founder of Prize4Life, Inc. and former Chairman of the Board. Kremer was diagnosed with ALS in 2004 and since then he has worked as the CEO of an ALS nonprofit, IsrALS • the Israeli ALS Association, where he raised funds to launch multiple ALS research projects in Israel. He has also worked to promote ALS research at the Harvard Center for Neurodegeneration and Repair and the Massachusetts General Hospital. Before attending Harvard, Kremer was a project manager for Elbit Systems, Ltd. Previously Kremer was a Captain in the Israeli Defense Force. Kremer holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and his B.A. degree in Computer Science from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology. Kremer was recognized in 2006 with the Harvard Business School's prestigious Dean's Award for making an outstanding contribution to Harvard and society.

SARAH GROOTHUIS is Prize4Life's Manager of Operations and Administration. Prior to joining Prize4Life, she served as Business Manager at Peter Rose + Partners, an architecture and urban design firm in Cambridge. Sarah earned a dual AB in Biology and Literary Arts from Brown University and maintains an active interest in molecular biology and regenerative medicine.

NATE HINCHEY is the Communications and Marketing Manager at Prize4Life. Before coming to Prize4Life, Nate served as the Development and Communications Coordinator for the Hyde Square Task Force, a non-profit organization based in Jamaica Plain. The Hyde Square Task Force works to develop young leaders from the predominantly low-income and minority Hyde-Jackson Square neighborhoods of Boston. In addition to fundraising and promoting the organization, Nate worked as the co-coordinator of a young men's discussion group and lead instructor for an improvisational theater class.  Nate's passion for theater was sparked during his four years with Boston College's famed Asinine improv and sketch comedy troupe. He also spent a little time studying in order to earn his BA in Political Science in 2008.

DR. MELANIE LEITNER, Ph.D., is Chief Operating Officer and Chief Scientific Officer for Prize4Life. Prior to Prize4Life, she served as Program Officer for JGPerpich, LLC, a small consulting firm focused on developing and using information technologies to promote collaborations in biomedical research, services, and education, particularly in the neuroscience and mental health fields. She has also held Director positions with the Society for Neuroscience and the DC-based start-up foundation FasterCures / The Center for Accelerating Medical Solutions, and is the recipient of two prestigious policy fellowships from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Leitner received her PhD from Washington University in St. Louis where she was the recipient of a Howard Hughes Predoctoral Fellowship to study neuroscience and she graduated magna cum laude from Brown University with an Sc.B. in neuroscience.

ANDREA MARANO, Chief Financial Officer, is an assistant to the CEO at Enel SpA in Rome, former Assistant Vice President of the Capital Group Companies in London, Chartered Financial Analyst® Charterholder, and holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Business and Economics from Bocconi University in Italy.

DR. ANNABELLE SHEILA MENZIES, Ph.D., is Scientific Program Officer at Prize4Life. Sheila joined Prize4Life after completing a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School. She received her PhD from MIT, where her research focused on developmental neurobiology, and a BA in Biology from Queens College, City University of New York with a minor in Business and Liberal Arts.

RACHEL VON ROESCHLAUB is Prize4Life's Director of Business Development.  After a brief career in professional tennis, Rachel worked as a molecular biologist at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York, where she participated in cancer research and managed the Genome Facility. In 2003, she traveled to monasteries and schools in India to introduce Tibetan monks, students and teachers to modern Biotechnology. Her passion for science and art intertwined in 2003 as her paintings of biological themes were featured on the covers of leading industry magazines and journals. Rachel studied chemistry at the University of Montana and received an M.S. in organic chemistry from the University of Oregon.