Leadership

Board of Directors

Chair

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Miguel Forte

MD, PhD

President

June 2024 - June 2026
Kiji Therapeutics
Rixensart, Belgium

Directors

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Daniel J. Weiss

MD, PhD

President-Elect

June 2024 - June 2026
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT, United States

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Jacques Galipeau

MD

Chair, Strategic Advisory Council (Immediate Past President)

June 2024 - June 2026
University of Wisconsin in Madison
Madison, WI, United States

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Qasim Rafiq

MEng, PhD

Global Secretary

June 2025 - June 2028
University College London
United Kingdom

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Emily Hopewell

PhD

Global Treasurer

June 2020 - June 2026
Indiana University School of Medicine
Zionsville, Indiana, United States

Pawan Gupta

MBBS, MD, DNB, PhD

Asia, Regional Vice-President

June 2025 - June 2027
Stempeutics Research
India

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Emily Blyth

B.Med(Hons), FRACP, FRCPA, PhD

Australia and New Zealand, Regional Vice-President

June 2024 - June 2026
Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney, Westmead
Institute for Medical Research
Sydney, NSW, Australia

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Dominique Farge

MD, PhD

Europe, Regional Vice-President

June 2025 - June 2027
St Louis Hospital Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux De Paris;
Paris-Cité University
France

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Jaap Jan Boelens

MD, PhD

North America, Regional Vice-President

June 2024 - June 2026
Memorial sloan kettering cancer center
New York, NY, United States

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Andrés Caicedo

PhD

South and Central America, Regional Vice-President

June 2025 - June 2027
Universidad San Francisco De Quito, USFQ
Ecuador

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Massimiliano Gnecchi

MD, PhD

Chief Scientific Officer

June 2024 - June 2026
University of Pavia
Pavia, Italy

Phil Vanek

PhD

Chief Commercialization Officer

2025–2027
Gamma Biosciences
Washington, D.C., United States

Bambi Grilley

RPh, RAC, CIP, CRC, CCRP

Chief Regulatory Officer

January 2023 - December 2027
Baylor College Of Medicine
Houston, Tx, United States

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Alice Bertaina

MD, PhD

Elected Member MD

June 2025 - June 2027
Stanford University
United States

Janet Macpherson

PhD

Elected Member PhD

June 2024 - June 2026
Cytiva
Australia

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Gloria Carmona Sanchez

MSc

Elected Member Technologist

June 2024 - June 2026
Andalusian Network for the design and translation of Advanced
Therapies (And&tAT)
Seville, Spain

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Jessica Sue

BSc, MHSM

Elected Member Technologist

June 2025 - June 2027
Sydney Cord Blood Bank
Australia

Edwin M. Horwitz

MD, PhD

Editor-In-Chief, Cytotherapy

August 2023 - August 2028
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA, United States

Queenie Jang

BSc (Pharmacy), MBA

Chief Executive Officer

ISCT
Vancouver, BC, Canada