Marie Filbin, PhD - New York City/Southern NY Chapter
Professor Filbin received her Ph.D. from the University of Bath, United Kingdom in 1982, and over the next two years, conducted post-doctoral training in the Department of Pharmacology, University of Maryland at Baltimore. From 1984 to 1986 she was a post-doctoral fellow in the Neurology Department, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, advancing to Research Associate, where she served from 1986 to 1990. In the Department of Biological Sciences at Hunter College, Professor Filbin has held the titles of Associate Professor (1990-1995), Professor (1995-1997), Marie Hesselbach Chair in Biology (1997-1998), and Distinguished Professor (1998-present).

Dr. John Fleming - Wisconsin Chapter
Dr. John O. Fleming is a neurologist, professor, and MS Clinic Director at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, specializing in MS and virology. He has received numerous Society grants to conduct MS research. Dr. Fleming’s research currently consists of clinical trials of MS therapies, advanced neuroimaging in multiple sclerosis, animal models of viral-induced demyelination, immunochemistry of viruses and viral evolutions and persistence. He is principal investigator on Helminth-induced immunomodulation therapy (HINT) in relapsing-remitting MS.

Mark D. Mannie, PhD - Eastern North Carolina Chapter
Dr. Mark D. Mannie, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at ECU, is a renowned scientific researcher, whose recent development of a fusion protein may potentially lead to a vaccine therapy for multiple sclerosis. Dr. Mannie’s important contributions to MS research and his personal commitment to the mission has raised the profile of both the National MS Society and the Eastern North Carolina Chapter and has moved the state of MS research ever closer to a cure.