Katie Hood Appointed Interim Chief Executive Officer of Michael J. Fox ...(cutive Officer Ms. Hood will provide day...),Health

Date:10/1/2007

cutive Officer, Ms. Hood will provide day-to-day management and oversight of all Foundation activities and will specifically oversee fundraising, the Foundation's research team and communications, administration and financial management. Ms. Hood will report to the Board of Directors. Debi Brooks will continue to serve as co-founder with a focus on principal-gifts fundraising and outreach to key external audiences, reporting to the Board of Directors.

The Foundation stated that Ms. Hood will be a candidate to assume the CEO position on a permanent basis.

Prior to joining the Foundation, Ms. Hood was employed as a consultant at Bain & Company in New York City, doing work in the consumer products, financial services, and nonprofit sectors. She has also served as an analyst in the Credit Department of Goldman, Sachs & Co., and as a program coordinator with Duke University's Hart Leadership Program. Ms. Hood graduated from Harvard Business School, and holds a BA in Public Policy Studies from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.

About The Michael J. Fox Foundation

Founded in 2000, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research is dedicated to ensuring the development of a cure for Parkinson's disease within this decade through an aggressively funded research agenda. The Foundation has funded more than $95 million in research to date, either directly or through partnerships. For more information please visit the Foundation's Web site at http://www.michaeljfox.org.

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