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As a licensed clinical social worker, Andrea Arzt has worked for over 25 years with individuals with chronic illness and disabilities and their families through both her agency and private practice work.
Her special interest has been in working with people living with neurological diseases and injuries, with a focus for the past 13 years on Multiple Sclerosis. In her current position at the National MS Society, she works closely with Centers for Comprehensive MS Care as well other health care professionals treating people with MS, and MS researchers. She is committed to helping connect people with MS with the best professional care available and encouraging the next generation of clinicians and researchers to join the field of MS. Andrea also provides consultation and training on a variety of topics related to psychotherapy with individuals with chronic illness and their families.
In previous positions, Andrea was Assistant Director of the Epilepsy Institute, Coordinator of the International Center for the Disabled’s Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program, worked as psychotherapist at the Center for the Independence of the Disabled in NY (CIDNY), and at AHRC. She also saw patients in her private psychotherapy practice for over 20 years. She obtained a BA from the University of Pennsylvania, an MSW from Hunter College School of Social Work and a Certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy from the Brooklyn Institute for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.
Andrea is thrilled to serve on the board of MS Hope for a Cure, as it allows her to utilize her knowledge and expertise to help this wonderful organization fund essential research for a cure to MS and enhance its critical support of area MS Care Centers.
From Europe, Josh moved to Los Angeles to work for the largest gourmet food distributor, re-engineering all the technology in the business units.
By 1997, he formed his first company and ultimately moved it to San Francisco to join the new and growing Internet ecommerce space. After a variety of different roles in technology startups he left the technology space in 2002 and bought a 100+ year-old natural food brand from Unilever. Since then, his primary job has been running the Stone-Buhr Flour company. Josh is on the Board of City Winery and is involved in helping a variety of food and technology startups. Josh received his BS degree from the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
She also worked as an associate at the New York office of Winston & Strawn. Jane previously served on the Board of Directors of the Innocence Project.
Jane received a BA from the University of Pennsylvania, and a JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She lives in New York City with her husband Mark, and her 3 children, ages 16, 14 and 12.
He was the recipient of a 2006 American Academy of Neurology Scholarship and received a Sylvia Lawry Fellowship in clinical research from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. He graduated summa cum laude from Columbia College, and received his MD degree from Yale University.
Since 2008, Dr. Krieger has a clinical practice at the CGDC for MS, where he received two Cullman Awards for excellence in physician-patient communication. He has participated in numerous MS clinical trials, has presented work at AAN, CMSC, ACTRIMS, and ECTRIMS, and lectures nationally about MS with an emphasis on emerging therapies and MS disease course. Dr. Krieger is on several advisory boards and steering committees in the field of Multiple Sclerosis, and is an active member of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) who awarded him an A.B. Baker teaching recognition award in 2010 and the FAAN designation in 2016.
In addition to his clinical work, he has an academic appointment as Associate Professor of Neurology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where he served as Director of the Neurology Residency Training program for ten years. Dr. Krieger proposed the Topographical Model of MS, a reconceptualization of Multiple Sclerosis clinical course that was published as the cover of the journal Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation, and was the subject of an article in Scientific American.”
Dr. Riley earned an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and a medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, in New York.
She completed her internship in internal medicine and residency in neurology at the Columbia University Medical Center. She is board certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Riley completed a two-year clinical fellowship in multiple sclerosis at Columbia University Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Care and Research Center in 2010.
Dr. Riley is an investigator in clinical trials related to multiple sclerosis. As an author or co-author, her work on multiple sclerosis has been published in Multiple Sclerosis and Merritt’s Neurology 12th edition. Dr. Riley joined the faculty of the Department of Neurology of Yale University in New Haven, CT, in 2010, where she served as the Clinical Director of the Yale MS Center. She returned to Columbia University as the Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Care and Research Center in 2012.
In her current role, she is responsible for Finance, Administration, Human Resources and Information Technology and plays an important role in Strategic and Operational planning.
Lisa served as the CFO for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society from January 2009 through March 2012. Ms. Risi began with the MS Society in March 1997 as the Accounting Manager. She was promoted to Controller in September 2000 and served as Vice President of Finance from January 2003 to May 2005.
Ms. Risi also served the Society as Chief Operating Officer of the New York City chapter where she was responsible for Finance, Administration, Information Technology, and Volunteer Development from December 2005 through December 2008.
Prior to joining the National MS Society, Ms. Risi worked in Ernst & Young’s financial services audit group and as Audit Manager for Citibank’s Investment Banking Division. She also managed the accounting department for Hilton International’s US based real estate development subsidiary, London and Leeds.
Ms. Risi has family and friends who have been affected by MS and she has a deep commitment to finding a cure and ensuring the quality of life for all people with MS today.
He is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
Mr. Siegel served as a Director, Chairman of the Compensation Committee and member of the Executive Committee of KCS Energy, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange company from 1988 to June 2006 and as a Director and Chairman of the Board of the Constellation Bank prior to its 1994 merger with CoreStates Financial Corporation. In 1991, Mr. Siegel served as the interim President and CEO of Constellation Bank.
He is the President of the Liberty Hall Foundation and a trustee of the Liberty Hall Museum in Union, New Jersey. Liberty Hall was built on the eve of the American Revolution and has been associated with many of the events and individuals that have shaped the history of New Jersey and our nation.
Mr. Siegel served as a Trustee and President of GlassRoots located in Newark, New Jersey. GlassRoots works with at-risk inner city youth ages 10-18 to realize their potential through the creation of glass art.
He is a resident of West Orange. He previously resided in Livingston where he served as a Member and Chairman of the Zoning Board of Adjustment. He has served as Chairman of the Lawyers Division of the United Jewish Appeal of Metrowest.
Mr. Siegel is a graduate of the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce of the University of Pennsylvania and a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School where he was an Editor of the Law Review. He received his master’s degree in taxation from New York University.
