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Meet Our Experts

Co-Founders

Sherri Bale, Ph.D., FACMG,
Managing Director, GeneDx

Senior Vice President, BioReference Laboratories

John Compton, Ph.D.,
Scientific Director

Directors and Associate Directors
Gabriele Richard, M.D., FACMG Chief Medical Officer	Yuriy Shevchenko, Ph.D. Chief Technology Officer	Nizar Smaoui, M.D., FACMG Medical Director
Anne Maddalena, Ph.D., FACMG Compliance Officer	Swaroop Aradhya, Ph.D., FACMG Director, Neurogenetics and Array Group	Sharon F. Suchy, Ph.D., FACMG Director, Metabolic Disorders
Ellen Pfendner, Ph.D. Director, Epidermolysis Bullosa Diagnostics Program	Kathleen Hruska, Ph.D., FACMG Director, Review Analysis Director, Postgraduate Education	Daniela Macaya, Ph.D., FACMG Director, Cardiogenetics
Renkui Bai, M.D., Ph.D., FACMG Director, Mitochondrial Disorder Testing Services	Isabelle Olivos-Glander, Ph.D. Director, Core Lab	Sonia Benhamed, Pharm.D. Director, Next Generation Sequencing Operations
Jeanne Meck, Ph.D., FACMG Director, Cytogenetics and Prenatal Diagnostic Services	Eden Haverfield, Ph.D, FACMG Director, Whole Exome Sequencing Program	A. Craig Chinault, Ph.D. Director, Research and Development
Rhonda Brando, M.S. Director, Bioinformatics	Patricia McAndrew, Ph.D. Associate Director, Core Lab Operations	Renee Varga, Ph.D. Assistant Director, Core Support Services
Mustafa Saifi, Ph.D. Associate Director, R&D	Dianalee McKnight, Ph.D., FACMG Assistant Director, Neurogenetics

Genetic Counselors
Elizabeth Butler, M.S., C.G.C. Director, Genetic Counseling Services	Jaimie Higgs, M.S., C.G.C. Assistant Manager, Senior Genetic Counselor	Amy E. Fuller, M.S., C.G.C. Senior Genetic Counselor
Bradley Williams, MGC, C.G.C Senior Genetic Counselor	Darlene M. Ho Riethmaier, M.S., C.G.C. Senior Genetic Counselor	Christopher Lauricella, M.S., C.G.C Senior Genetic Counselor
Leah Williams, M.S., C.G.C. Senior Genetic Counselor	Bethany Friedman, M.S., C.G.C. Senior Genetic Counselor	Amy Daly, M.S., C.G.C. Senior Genetic Counselor
Kate Lynch, M.S., C.G.C. Manager of Genetic Counseling Outreach Services	Elizabeth Kramer Dugan, M.S., C.G.C. Senior Genetic Counselor and Test Coordinator for Prenatal Diagnostic Services	Jackie Tahiliani, M.S., C.G.C. Senior Genetic Counselor
Amanda Singleton, M.P.H., Sc.M., C.G.C. Senior Genetic Counselor	Anita Shanmugham, M.S., M.P.H., C.G.C. Senior Genetic Counselor	Aura Janze, M.S., C.G.C. Senior Genetic Counselor
Jessica Nieto, M.G.C., C.G.C. Genetic Counselor	Tara Hart, M.S., C.G.C. Genetic Counselor	Darnelle L. Dorsainville, M.S., C.G.C. Genetic Counselor
Courtney Downtain, M.S., C.G.C. Genetic Counselor