Meet the AiArthritis Leadership Team
We are an award-winning team of passionate individuals who always put the patient voice first. Many of us directly live with autoimmune & autoinflammatory arthritis diseases, others support those who do. Together our staff, board of directors, advisors, and volunteers make up #TeamAwesome.
Tiffany Westrich-Robertson
Chief Executive Officer | Co-Founder | Board President
Person living with non-radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis & various co-morbidities.
Ray Patnaude
Project Manager - Knowledge = Empowerment Public Policy Program
Person living with Psoriatic Arthritis
Anika Rahman
Legislative Liaison and Policy Consultant
Person supporting a "Mystery Patient"
Vanessa Lathan
Grassroots Advocacy Manager
Person living with Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease (UCTD)
Kelly Conway
Co-Founder and Community Awareness Lead
Person living with spondyloarthritis
Support Team
Educational Media Assistant
Person living with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Non-Radiographical Axial Spondyloarthritis
Deane Hartwell
Operations Assistant
Person supporting those with AiArthritis Disease
Isaly Ferguson
Communications and Administrative Assistant
Person supporting those with AiArthritis Disease
Board of Directors
We are an organization of change agents, working - at times quickly - to tackle the most pressing community issues. Keeping our Board of Directors small helps to expedite approvals when needed. Since our primary aim as an organization is to infuse the patient voice in all we do, which at times may challenge current healthcare practices, our Board members cannot be affiliated with therapeutic practice. Any medical input we obtain is strictly done in an advisory capacity.
Tiffany Westrich-Robertson
President
CEO | Business Development | Educator and Sr. Project Manager
Person living with non-radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis
Ami Patel
Treasurer
Senior Director of Clinical Education and Research at BHOF
Person supporting those with AiArthritis diseases
Alan Miklofky
Board Member
Business Executive| Board Leader| Financial Strategist
Person supporting those with
AiArthritis diseases
Brittany J. Bell
Board Member
MBA|MLS(ASCP)| MB(ASCP)
Person supporting family members with AiArthritis diseases
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Chelsea Kinney, MBA
Board Member
MBA | PhD Candidate | Research Consultant | Health Sciences Researcher
Person supporting those with AiArthritis diseases
Michele Hamm, Ph.D
Board Member
BridgeWell Consulting, LLC| Organizational Design & Well-Being Strategy
Person supporting those with AiArthritis diseases
INTERESTED IN APPLYING?
WE ARE LOOKING FOR THREE ADDITIONAL BOARD MEMBERS IN 2026-2027
Volunteers
Volunteers who are passionate about our cause can become foundation leaders. They help in a variety of ways including: project development, project implementation, coalition membership, and ambassadors for our organization and in our communities and around the world.
Advisors
As people living with these diseases and communicating with others like us daily, we are continuously identifying outstanding issues that our community needs to solve. We then identify the right experts or stakeholders to bring "to the table" - alongside people living with AiArthritis diseases, to help develop and implement solutions together. These are called our Engagement Partners.
Advisors may include other patient advocacy organizations, healthcare and medical professionals, and various stakeholders who bring value and expertise to each project team.
Examples of existing advisors include: Rheumatology Nurses Society, FORWARD Databank, Center for Survey Research (Boston), Center for Autoinflammatory Diseases.