The Jackson Laboratory

Leadership Team

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Doug Abbott

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Meet Doug
mark-adams

Mark Adams

Ph.D.

Professor & Interim Scientific Director, The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine

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Brendan Arbuckle

Chief Information Officer

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LuAnn Ballesteros

Vice President, External and Government Affairs

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Brian Bannerman

Vice President, JMCRS Finance

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madeleine-braun

Madeleine Braun

Vice President, Research Growth Initiatives

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lon-cardon

Lon Cardon

Ph.D., FMedSci

President and CEO

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Dana Carroll

Vice President for Research Administration

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Mary Dickinson

Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer

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Michael Ellis

Ph.D.

Vice President, JMCRS Research & Development

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Dan Hoag

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

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James Keck

Vice President, Innovation and Product Development

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Mitchell Kennedy

Executive Vice President, JAX & President, JMCRS

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Cathleen (Cat) Lutz

Ph.D., M.B.A.

Vice President, Rare Disease Translational Center, Professor, Evnin Family Chair

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Melanie Moon

Vice President, Global Commercial Operations

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Martha Munhall

Vice President, Human Resources

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Rika HS

Rika Namiki

Representative Director of JAX Japan

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karolina-pulucka

Karolina Palucka

M.D., Ph.D.

Professor, Director, JAX Cancer Center, Edison T. Liu Endowed Chair in Cancer Research

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Daniel Paull

Ph.D.

Scientific Director, JAX-NYSCF and Vice President, Discovery & Platform Development

Meet Daniel
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Nadia Rosenthal

Ph.D., FMedSci, FAAHMS

Scientific Director and Professor, The Jackson Laboratory for Mammalian Genetics, the Maxine Groffsky Endowed Chair

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jens-rueter

Jens Rueter

M.D.

Chief Medical Officer, JAX; Medical Director, MCGI

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Emily Schorer

Senior Vice President, Chief of Staff and Chief People Officer

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Eduardo Teixeiras

Vice President, JMCRS Operations

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Jay Vetelino

Vice President, Financial Planning, Budgets, Research and Administrative Finance

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Linda Waterman

Vice President, Quality and Chief Veterinary Officer

Meet Linda
aubrey-watkins

Aubrey Watkins, III

David Shaw Family Endowed Vice President of Corporate Development

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brett-witham

Brett Witham

Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and JMCRS General Counsel

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charlie-wray

Charlie Wray

Vice President for Education

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