The MMRF welcomes
our new honorary board members
Marlee Matlin and Sugar Ray Leonard have both been
personally affected by myeloma.
Marlee Matlin
Academy Award-Winning
Actress and Activist
Marlee Matlin served as the
2015 Chicago Awards Dinner
keynote speaker, and for the
first time publicly shared her
father’s 10-year battle with
multiple myeloma. Having
lost her father in 2013,
Ms. Matlin remarked how humbled and grateful she is to be
part of the MMRF family and to be surrounded by myeloma
patients and families who will not stop until there is a cure
for every patient.
Our executive leadership team
welcomes a new member
Rob Miani, Chief Financial Officer
Rob Miani joined the MMRF team as
Chief Financial Officer in 2016. Most
recently he was the Vice President
of Finance and Corporate Controller
of Aptuit, LLC, a global contract
research organization providing
integrated early discovery to mid-phase
drug development services in the pharmaceutical industry.
Rob has over 20 years of leadership experience in the
private and public sectors, holding managerial positions
in the renewable energy, private equity, internet and
technology industries, including Davenport Newberry,
Oak Investment Partners and INT Media Group. He
began his career with Arthur Anderson LLP in the
Assurance and Business Advisory Services Division.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Rob is a CPA and received his BS degree in Accounting
Boxing Legend,
from Fairfield University.
Entrepreneur and Author
Sugar Ray Leonard delivered a
moving keynote address at this
year’s 15th Anniversary Chicago
Awards Dinner. Mr. Leonard
“Aggregating and analyzing high-quality,
shared his family’s story and his
well-curated data is one of the best ways
personal connection to multiple
to discover potential new drug targets and
myeloma, as his father, Cicero,
is living with multiple myeloma. Mr. Leonard credited the rapid
to learn more about how to attack cancer,
advancements in myeloma treatments for enabling his father
leading to more precise treatments and
to celebrate his 94th birthday this year. At the dinner, Sugar Ray
commended the MMRF for our innovative work and said he was
grateful to be in our corner in the fight against this disease.
PE O PL E
cures for patients.”
— Paul Giusti, President and Chief Executive Officer, MMRF
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