Meet Our Leadership Board of Directors Ali F. Sonel, MD, FACC, FACP Chairman of the BoardChief of Staff, VAPHS Steven Graham, MD, PhD Secretary/TreasurerAssociate Chief of Staff for Research and Development, VAPHS Donald E. Koenig Medical Center DirectorVAPHS Frank DeCarlo, Esq. Major/US Army General Counsel and Corporate SecretaryLiberty Tire and Recycling Thomas Grau, MD Associate Chief of Staff for Education and Innovative LearningVAPHS Ronald Poropatich, MD Colonel/Retired/U.S. ArmyProfessor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care MedicineExecutive Director, Center for Military Medicine Research, Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Alan Smith Major/Retired/U.S. Air ForceCongressional Veteran and Military Liasion Marlon Ferguson Southwest Regional Director,U.S. Senator Bob Casey John Innocenti, MBA PresidentUPMC Presbyterian and Shadyside Hospitals Patrick J. Doyle, PhD Former Director Audiology & Speech Pathology Program, VAPHSAssociate Director of Research, GRECC Jim McMahon, CPA MBA Bronder & Company Officers Alanna Caffas Chief Executive OfficerPhone: (412) 360-3866Email: Alanna.Caffas@va.gov Administrative Staff Shannon Austermann Hula, PhD Grants and Contracts ManagerPhone: (412) 360-2456Email: Shannon.Hula@va.gov Jennifer Mock Operations Manager Phone: (412) 360-2403Email: Jennifer.Mock3@va.gov
