OurBrainBank was the fulfilment of our founder Jessica Morris’s lifetime of campaigning and pushing for social change. Jessica died in June 2021.
Jana Bennett, a ground-breaking television executive on both sides of the Atlantic, was an active member of the OurBrainBank board until her death in January 2022.
OUR FOUNDER.
OurBrainBank was the fulfilment of our founder Jessica Morris’s lifetime of campaigning and pushing for social change. Jessica died in June 2021.
Jana Bennett, a ground-breaking television executive on both sides of the Atlantic, was an active member of the OurBrainBank board until her death in January 2022.
LEADERSHIP
Our boards include members from the worlds of media, healthcare, tech, strategy, business, and communications — some living with GBM, some caregivers, all touched by the disease.
Chair. Chief reporter, The Guardian US, and husband of GBM patient Jessica Morris
ED PILKINGTON
Executive Director. Senior pharmaceutical executive
KELLI DUPREY
Harvard medical student
JACOB ELLEN
Daughter of OurBrainBank founder Jessica Morris
TESS PILKINGTON
Analytics leader, and daughter of GBM patient Howard Onk (1954-2020)
KATE ONK
Consultant. Brain Tumor (Oligodendroglioma) Patient. Sister of GBM patient Fawad Hashmi (1979-1998)
Sundas Hashmi
Pharmaceutical Executive
Richard Micali
Consultant. Patient Advocacy Leader
Gregory Grevera
Healthcare Consultant
Christy Hoffman
US BOARD.
Chair. Chief reporter, The Guardian US, and husband of GBM patient Jessica Morris
ED PILKINGTON
Executive Director. Senior pharmaceutical executive
KELLI DUPREY
Harvard medical student
JACOB ELLEN
Analytics leader, and daughter of GBM patient Howard Onk (1954-2020)
KATE ONK
Daughter of OurBrainBank founder Jessica Morris
TESS PILKINGTON
Consultant. Brain Tumor (Oligodendroglioma) Patient. Sister of GBM patient Fawad Hashmi (1979-1998)
Sundas Hashmi
Pharmaceutical Executive
Richard Micali
Consultant. Patient Advocacy Leader
Gregory Grevera
Healthcare Consultant
Christy Hoffman
Chair. Co-founder, Carradale Futures
JAKE ARNOLD-FORSTER
Qualitative researcher and strategist, and daughter of GBM patient Jana Bennett (1955-2022)
ALEX BENNETT-CLEMMOW
TV and radio producer and journalist, and husband of GBM patient Jana Bennett (1955-2022)
RICHARD CLEMMOW
Advocate, and mother of GBM patient Laura Nuttall (1999-2023)
NICOLA NUTTALL
Founder of strategic advice firm Coulson Partners, and brother of GBM patient Debbie Coulson (1959-2018)
ANDY COULSON
Experienced communications professional
SIMON MATTHEWS
Co-founder of Inside Stuarts Head, Marketing & Communications Specialist and wife of GBM patient Stuart Bathers (1981-2021)
ESTHER BATHERS
Advocate, and wife of GBM patient, Laurent Antoine Viteau (1970 - 2021). Laurent’s father also died from GBM.
UZMAH YUNIS
A comms and reputation management expert who is currently supporting her brother through his battle with GBM
FIONA THORNE
Campaigner & advocate whose wife died of glioblastoma
MATTHEW WILSON
UK BOARD.
Chair. Co-founder, Carradale Futures
JAKE ARNOLD-FORSTER
Qualitative researcher and strategist, and daughter of GBM patient Jana Bennett (1955-2022)
ALEX BENNETT-CLEMMOW
TV and radio producer and journalist, and husband of GBM patient Jana Bennett (1955-2022)
RICHARD CLEMMOW
Advocate, and mother of GBM patient Laura Nuttall (1999-2023)
NICOLA NUTTALL
Founder of strategic advice firm Coulson Partners, and brother of GBM patient Debbie Coulson (1959-2018)
ANDY COULSON
Experienced communications professional
SIMON MATTHEWS
Co-founder of Inside Stuarts Head, Marketing & Communications Specialist and wife of GBM patient Stuart Bathers (1981-2021)
ESTHER BATHERS
Advocate, and wife of GBM patient, Laurent Antoine Viteau (1970 - 2021). Laurent’s father also died from GBM.
UZMAH YUNIS
A comms and reputation management expert who is currently supporting her brother through his battle with GBM
FIONA THORNE
Campaigner & advocate whose wife died of glioblastoma
MATTHEW WILSON
MD, Deputy Head of Neuro-Oncology at Columbia University, Chair of OurBrainBank Medical Advisors
Fabio Iwamoto
MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University-New York Presbyterian
Marina Benaur
MD, Harvey Cushing Prof of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School; Neurosurgeon-in-Chief and Chairman, Dept of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
E. Antonio Chiocca
MD, Neuro-Oncologist, Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute
Alexis Demopoulos
MD, Dermatologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering
Mario Lacouture
MD, Neuro-Oncologist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Lakshmi Nayak
MD, Neuro-surgeon, NYU Langone
Daniel Orringer
MD, Clinical Director, Center for Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Prof of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
David A. Reardon
MD, MSN, Chief of Pain and Palliative Care Service, National Institutes of Health
Ann Berger
MEDICAL ADVISORS.
MD, Deputy Head of Neuro-Oncology at Columbia University, Chair of OurBrainBank Medical Advisors
Fabio Iwamoto
MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University-New York Presbyterian
Marina Benaur
MD, Harvey Cushing Prof of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School; Neurosurgeon-in-Chief and Chairman, Dept of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
E. Antonio Chiocca
MD, Neuro-Oncologist, Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute
Alexis Demopoulos
MD, Dermatologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering
Mario Lacouture
MD, Neuro-Oncologist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Lakshmi Nayak
MD, Neuro-surgeon, NYU Langone
Daniel Orringer
MD, Clinical Director, Center for Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Prof of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
David A. Reardon
MD, MSN, Chief of Pain and Palliative Care Service, National Institutes of Health
Ann Berger
Founder
JESSICA MORRIS (1963-2021)
UK Board
JANA BENNETT (1955-2022)
US Board
GAIL FOSLER (1947-2023)
UK Board
LAURA NUTTALL (1999-2023)
IN MEMORY.
Founder
JESSICA MORRIS (1963-2021)
UK Board
JANA BENNETT (1955-2022)
US Board
GAIL FOSLER (1947-2023)
UK Board
LAURA NUTTALL (1999-2023)
Staff.
David Robles, Lead Researcher
Martha Wilkie, Outreach Director
