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Executive Team
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Paul A. Volberding, MD, Chair, NCIRE Board of Directors
Dr. Paul A. Volberding was appointed Chairman of the Board in January 2009. Dr. Volberding, who is widely considered one of the world's leading AIDS experts, is currently Chief of the Medical Service at the San Francisco VA Medical Center, Professor and Vice Chair of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and Principal Investigator and Codirector of the UCSF Center for AIDS Research. In 1999, he was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Volberding holds an AB from the University of Chicago and an MD from the University of Minnesota.
paul.volberding@ucsf.edu
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Robert Obana, Executive Director, CEO
Robert E. Obana joined NCIRE as Executive Director in January 2005. The Executive Director, in coordination with NCIRE's Board of Directors, is responsible for overseeing the administrative staff that provides support to over 200 NCIRE principal investigators engaged in health science research dedicated to improving the lives of Veterans. Bob is a graduate of UC Berkeley and Golden Gate University where he received a Masters of Business Administration degree. Bob brings a strong background in management to NCIRE. Before joining NCIRE, he was CFO and Director of Finance for the Public Policy Institute of California. He has also served as the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Budget and Finance at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), the Western Regional Manager at KPMG, LLP, and the Vice President for Finance and Administration/CFO at Alliant International University in San Francisco.
robert.obana@ncire.org
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Stephen Morange, Chief Financial Officer
Steve Morange joined NCIRE as Chief Financial Officer in May 2006. Steve’s responsibilities include fiscal management, financial reporting and compliance, budgeting, risk management, and the development and implementation of capital planning strategies for the growth and enhancement of NCIRE’s resources. Steve’s professional career has included more than 12 years in corporate and commercial banking and over 25 years in public and private higher education administration and finance. Steve was the Assistant Treasurer, Finance of the University of California system for over 18 years. He is a graduate of Santa Clara University.
stephen.morange@ncire.org
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Management Team
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 Keith Chan, Manager of Business Applications
Keith joined NCIRE as Information Systems Specialist in January 2005 and assumed his current position in March 2008. Keith is a graduate of Portland State University and the University of Portland in Oregon, and he has strong background in various IT areas including database administration, application development, and server administration. He is responsible for managing servers and applications for the NCIRE administrative office. keith.chan@ncire.org
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Gerard Choucroun, Director, Veterans Health and Integration Program
Gerard Choucroun, MSW, is Director of the Veterans Health and Integration Program at NCIRE – The Veterans Health Research Institute. He has worked in mental health research at NCIRE and the UCSF Department of Psychiatry since 2001. With experience and training in online communications and a Master’s degree in social work from the University of Pennsylvania, he served as outreach and intake coordinator for the PTSD Research Program
at the San Francisco VA Medical Center from 2001 to 2006. He was project manager of the UCSF Death Notification and Survivor Care Program from 2003 to 2006. gerard.choucroun@ncire.org
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Susan Dugdale, Manager, Design and Creative Services
Susan Dugdale has been with NCIRE since May 2000 and leads the delivery of graphic design services in support of our research mission. Susan is also responsible for all creative aspects of the NCIRE brand, print materials and web presence. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and the Art Institute of Houston. susan.dugdale@ncire.org
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Robin Morjikian, Director of Development
Robin Morjikian joined NCIRE as Director of Development in October, 2008. Previously, she was Deputy Director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellows Program at the University of California, San Francisco Center for the Health Professions. Prior to that, she served as Manager of Communications and Corporate Planning for Dresdner RCM Capital Management in San Francisco. Robin received her MPA in Non-Profit Management from New York University and her undergraduate degree from Mount Holyoke College. robin.morjikian@ncire.org |
Janet Yokoyama, Director of Human Resources
Janet has been a member of NCIRE's Human Resources unit since September 2002. Before assuming her current position, she served as Acting Director of Human Resources. Janet is a graduate of California State University, Hayward, and brings 10 years of progressive experience in the human resources field to her position. She is responsible for the oversight and development of HR services including recruitment and selection, policy, employee relations, performance management, compensation, benefits, affirmative action, and immigration. janet.yokoyama@ncire.org
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