Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors guides the Foundation's mission, sets policies, monitors progress of NF research, and provides oversight and direction.
Board Members
Gabriel Groisman is a husband and a father of five beautiful girls. He spends his days working as a government affairs consultant and attorney at LSN Partners, LLC in Miami, Florida, where he is a Partner and Chair of the Israel Tech Practice. Mr. Groisman also served his community as Mayor of Bal Harbour, Florida for six years (Nov. 2016 – Nov. 2022).
In addition to his role at CTF, Mr. Groisman is also a sought-after public speaker and TV and radio analyst, on the topics of combatting anti-Semitism and Middle East policy. He is a member of the Jewish National Fund’s Speakers Bureau as well as the StandwithUs Speakers Bureau. In 2018, Mr. Groisman was awarded the Pursuit of Justice Award by the prestigious American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists.He has presented as a legal scholar on two occasions at the United Nations in New York and at conferences held at the Italian Parliament in Rome, the Israeli Knesset, and conferences across the country. In addition, he often advises on cases around the world related to protecting the Jewish community from discriminatory conduct by governments and private individuals alike. Mr. Groisman was awarded the Pursuit of Justice Award by the prestigious American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists.
Mr. Groisman has a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a J.D. from American University-Washington College of Law.
Recognized as a visionary leader, Liz has a career-spanning record of leading impactful business transformation, integration, and performance turnaround initiatives while maintaining a culture of transparency, and high morale. She offers expertise in omnichannel sales, merchandising, marketing, operations, and success in driving the business and delivering outsized ecommerce sales gains.
With a nuanced understanding of evolving consumer needs and behaviors and the capacity to nimbly respond to challenging market conditions and competitive threats, Liz has a track record of identifying and capitalizing on strategic opportunities; launching new brands, and businesses from the ground up, enhancing in-store/ digital customer experience and optimizing pricing, lifestyle architecture, and brand mix to differentiate from competitors in a crowded market landscape.
Liz currently serves on the leadership boards of Two Ten Footwear Foundation and Parsons School of Design and the advisory board of Fashion Group International, supporting the education, professional training, and leadership development of established and emerging industry talent and disaster/crisis assistance for footwear industry professionals and their families.
Laura Grannemann is the Executive Director of the Rocket Community Fund and the Gilbert Family Foundation. Together, these two organizations make up the philanthropic arm of the Rock Family of Companies. She co-founded the Rocket Community Fund in May of 2016 and led the announcement and strategy behind a $500M joint commitment across the two organizations to building opportunities for Detroit residents. Laura has a degree in International Development from Georgetown University.
In her role, Laura focuses on breaking down complex systems related to economic development, housing stability and employment, including Detroit’s tax foreclosure crisis, the mortgage market in the city, and bridging the digital divide. Additionally, Laura oversees the Rocket Community Fund’s national investments that support housing stability at scale across the United States, as well as the Gilbert Family Foundation’s investments in advancing scientific research to cure neurofibromatosis.
Throughout her time in philanthropy, Laura has founded and led projects that bring together community, public and private partners such as Rehabbed & Ready, Motor City Mapping, Neighbor to Neighbor, the Make it Home program, the Detroit Tax Relief Fund and Detroit Home Repair Fund. This work has affected tens of thousands of Detroit residents, helping families to stay in their homes, become homeowners and build equity and opportunity. Laura was named a “Crain’s 20 in the 20s” honoree in 2018, and her work has been featured in national publications like the New York Times, Reuters and the Wall Street Journal.
John Morris is a native of St. Louis who married his high school sweetheart, Beth, with whom he raised five children. Most of the children are married with kids of their own; Beth and John have six grandchildren and counting. Their advocacy and sponsorship for the Children’s Tumor Foundation started when one of their children was impacted by NF2 at an early age.
John has spent his career in professional services largely in the healthcare industry. He is a natural connector with an abundance mentality who instills high standards, puts things in order and inspires high performance. John has an expert history of attracting talent, building teams, developing business, achieving high growth, market expansion and strong business results. John is the Managing Partner of an advisory and consulting firm named Clario Advisors. Prior to founding Clario Advisors, John was a Senior Managing Director at Accenture where he was responsible for client value delivery, business growth across strategy, consulting, technology, and operations.
John did his undergraduate work at Washington University and his MBA at St. Louis University. He is a Certified Public Accountant and Series 2 Licensed Investment Advisor. He is on the boards of St. Luke’s hospital in St. Louis, the Children’s Tumor Foundation and Health Management Associates. He assists his wife in running a women’s retail apparel and accessories company, Paperdolls. He is active in fitness, investing, philanthropy and snow skiing.
Cleveland, OH
Kimberly is currently an Executive Vice President at Key Bank in Cleveland, Ohio responsible for the end-to-end transformation of the commercial servicing and onboarding experiences across business banking, commercial, and institutional clients in 26 markets. The mission of Kimberly’s organization is to create differentiated client experiences that can scale with growth and optimally leverage both digital platforms and field personnel to support Key’s clients when and how they want.
Prior to her current role, Kimberly served in technology executive and CIO roles for multiple financial institutions including Bank of America, Capital One, USAA, and Key Bank. As CIO, she established and successfully delivered on a transformative technology roadmap aligned with the business priorities, performed strategic and operational planning and execution, and managed best-in-class cost efficiency and system availability standards.
Kimberly is a passionate advocate of women in technology and overall diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. She is currently serving on the Key’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee and has served in leadership roles on several internal advocacy groups. Kimberly currently serves on the Ashland University women’s leadership advisory board to help design impactful curriculums to elevate women’s professional development and career progress.
Kimberly and her husband, Bryan, are parents of an NF fighter and hero, Madison their daughter, who was diagnosed with NF1 when she was four-years-old. Kimberly and Bryan work tirelessly to encourage Madison to not let her NF1 challenges stop her from trying new things and pursuing her passion. As a CTF board member, Kimberly leverages her technology, operations, and overall business leadership and experience to support the CTF vision and approach to research and medical advancements that are having a real impact on the NF community.
