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SDSF BOARD: There are currently 5 members on the SDSF board who all volunteer their time to run the organization. The President currently acts as the Executive Director in the day to day management of the Foundation and is assisted by a part time secretary.
 
Blair Van Brunt, President since 2008, Vice President 2004-2008, mother of 3 children with the last child, 13, with SDS. She is also chair of the Groundwater Protection Committee for her hometown, and is in a bluegrass/folk band as vocalist.
 
Bryan Sample, Treasurer since 2007, has 3 children, one of whom has SDS. He has included corporate fundraising as part of his duties on the SDSF. He is a lawyer by trade and donates his time to other non-profit organizations in his hometown.
 

Matthew Palmer, Secretary since 2008, has two children one of whom has SDS. He has been involved in tracking and organizing research on SDSF and handles much of the communication with new family contacts and requests for information. Matthew is a medical physicist and Assistant Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School.
 
Donna Garfield, has served SDSF for a number of years as the newsletter editor and joined the board in 2009.
 
Theresa Henle, member since 2006, has 3 children and one has SDS who is a teenager now. She has been involved in family support for many years.
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