About Us

2025 AALAS Foundation Board of Directors

2025 Chair, AALAS Foundation
Larry Shelton, DACLAM
Director, Veterinary Resources
University of Maryland, Baltimore

2025 Vice Chair, AALAS Foundation
Lucy Kennedy, DACLAM
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Michigan

Directors-at-Large

Molly Romick, CMAR, RLATG
Director of Business Development
Charles River Laboratories

Deb Hickman DACLAM, ALAT
Global Director
AAALAC International

Jessica Hunt, RLATG
Senior Manager - Technical Services
Bristol Myers Squibb

Nicole La Mattina, LAT, BS, M.Ed., MBA
Sr. Business Development Director
Charles River Laboratories

Kelly Patterson, MLAS, CMAR, RLATG
Director, LAF
Fox Chase Cancer Center

Lindsay Holmes, RLAT
Senior Client Development Representative
Charles River Laboratories

Noel Pena, RALAT, CLABP, CATEP, CEATP
Supervisor of Operations – Enrichment
Inotiv LAMS West, Inc.

AALAS BOT Representative

Jennifer Asher, DACLAM
Clinical Veterinarian
Yale University

Brian Ebert, RLATG
Sr. Manager, Global Facilities Operations
AbbVie Inc

Secretary/Treasurer

Mark Sharpless, CMAR, RLATG
Animal Care Operations Manager
Emory National Primate Research Center

Executive Director

Thomas Joseph, MPS, CAE
Executive Director
AALAS & AALAS Foundation

Foundation Administrator

Vicki Campbell, BA, CFRE
Administrator
AALAS Foundation

About the Foundation

A 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization, the AALAS Foundation is an advocate for laboratory animal science and research. The future of the profession and biomedical science depends on promoting the benefits of biomedical research through public outreach and ensuring that high-quality training and education programs and materials are available for those working in the profession of laboratory animal science.

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